Today I have failed miserably :-( This morning I attempted the black belt fitness test that we put our 1st Kyus through when they do their pre-grading. The test is designed to get them physically intensely tired so that by the time they do their kata, bunkai, and randori ... their heart beat is sky high and it becomes a mind over matter thing ... instead of just comfortably showing techniques with no pressure. Yes ... there are many who would disagree with this method, and I will not argue with anyones opinion. This is however the path that future black belts walk under me, and now also under Sensei Elrie. However ... Today I have decided to start my December fitness training by attempting this test myself. And if I was doing this pre-grading, I would have told myself to get fit and start training at home!!! Pushups in 3 minutes 67 out of 100 Situps in 3 minutes 75 out of 100 Squats in 3 minutes 63 out of 100 Tigers in 3 minutes 30 out of 50 After this I was lying spread eagle on the cold kitchen floor begging Elrie to stamp on my head and put me out of my misery. Luckily she did not and one of my character traits that has helped me along my road to where I find myself today is DETERMINATION. So tomorrow starts the actual training so that in 1 weeks time I will do this test again and we will see if I have improved. As an instructor ... I realize that lifting weights and being strong, being technically as good as i can be regarding kata, kihon, and bunkai ... is not enough. I HAVE TO PUSH MYSELF ... AND BE ABLE TO PRACTICE WHAT I PREACH.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 08:03:22 +0000
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