I went to my first Karate Class out here yesterday. It felt really good to get back into it. It was a good mix of refresher and new concepts. A lot of it was new ways to think about stuff that I already knew. I haven't done martial arts in almost three years, so my body is definitely not used to it. I'm very sore today. I've got a pretty nasty mark on the top of my foot where I hit the bag with a roundhouse kick.
Sarah was reading through some of the material. She saw the part that says I need to be able to break 4 inches of ice for every 50 lbs of my weight. (It's part of this system's black belt test). I had to re-assure her and let her know that it would be a while before I do that. I do get to keep my black belt that I've had, and get to work towards my second degree.
The style is called American Eagle Karate. It's a freestyle system. I've done both freestyle and hardstyle systems in the past, and I definitely prefer freestyle. It just makes more sense to me.
One final thing about it: the schools motto is something I think should be used in every martial arts school, and I've never heard it before. "A black belt is a white belt who never quit."
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holy crap - 4" per 50lbs... do they want you to shatter the ice or do they want the ice to shatter your hand? i better lose some weight before considering karate i guess. oof.
how many pounds does your hand need to be? can most of the weight be there?
confuscious say: in karate you learn enough patience for the ice to melt so you don't break hand. gaze into the light and meditate on that truth.
lol I'm with confuscious :)
Soft styles are pretty cool. Your getting into the karate is making me think I should go check one out.
maybe...
Gratz on finding a good place.
Yea dood. You're working a standard 8-5 now. That was our biggest problem with doing martial arts back at the geeksquad.
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