10/17/05

Monday; Kristy taught the 5:30, dad taught the 6:15, and Kwan Jang Nim(!!!) taught the 7:00(yay!!!) which was, of course, great! Only five of us in the 7:00; John Mike, Mr. Reid, Paul, Angel, and me. Worked on details; retracted arm, when to use your hips and your knees for power in kicks, the direction your power should make the target go, and basically just being able to control yourself, making your arms and legs do what you want them to do in terms of where you want them to go and how much force you want to apply. It was a superb class, as always with Kwan Jang Nim. The usual hug before and after... he went over Pyung Ahn Oh Dan and Bassai So with me and Kristy, which was a lot of fun. He went through the whole samurai sword demo in Bassai. He pulled me up(argh, wasnt in uniform yet) during the 6:15 to show the green belts what the moves in Pyung Ahn Sam Dan were for, and ouch! From the top, with the blocks and punches to the groin...argh. I thought it wouldn't get any worse, but then, he wanted me for the double forearm block, spearthrust(ouchhhh!!!! that got me right in the stomach and I thought I was gonna have a bruise arghhh...LOL talking to J. M. and apparently he got the same thing once, yikes...), turn, hammerfist(right on my head!!!! not as bad as the spearthrust but still...), punch(punched me right over the line!!), and then a couple minutes later he went over the crescent kick, block, hammerfist, and so of course this time he was kicking me...I thought that would hurt even more but lol the spearthrust was still the worst. LOL and John Mike and I got hit here and there with the hand target several times during class. Lots of soft laughter during that class; it was great! I can't wait til tomorrow; Kwan Jang Nim told me he'd be there again. Marked cards as usual, put them away. Sparred with Des and Nicki in the lobby...Des said Justin was on crutches...Lyndon if you see this, tell him to hurry up and get better; I wanna see Paula beat him up before I move!!!