Kyokushin, take 2

[annuin]

So tonight was the second kyokushin class. I think personally I did worse this time than I did last Wednesday at the first lesson. Bleh. I hate being a newbie, I hate not knowing the moves, I hate screwing up, it all makes me extremely self-conscious. And being more self-conscious doesn't really help, it just kind of makes you screw up more. I need to get PreZ to run through some of the punches with me, it's the ones that have both arms doing completely different things concurrently that really throw me off. And yes, I know it'll eventually come to me, and the senseis and sempais are all patient and stuff, so it's mostly me being hard on myself rather than anything exterior. Part of it is also a general lack of fitness too, you don't kick quite as high as you could when your legs feel like they're going to fall off if you do it one more time ;)

And I need to start doing things like push-ups at home, I have fuck-all upper body strength, especially the arms. Next class on Wednesday, so maybe tomorrow night I can get PreZ to go through some of the stuff with me in preperation, and read up on the counting stuff that some people helped me out on (thanks guys).

At this moment though, it's bedtime... I need to go pry the little plastic discs from my eyes, reinsert the industrial, and crawl into bed with my most-likely-already-asleep husband. And tomorrow morning I get to welcome back muscle ache no doubt ;)

Comments

[darktor.livejournal.com]

It's not a competition. You don’t have to do well. You just have to Do. It’s about the exercise and conditioning.

Seriously, you’ll have allot more fun if you stop caring… looking good at it will come in time.

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Well, it's the doing part I'm having issues with in some cases :P

[captainflux.livejournal.com]

Well, if you WILL choose traditional kara-te for your first martial arts experience.....

For your reference and amusement, I have included a table of the most commonly used japanese words for the numbers 1-10, as well as a translation table for "sensei-speak".

#1 - Ichi - "Eech!"
#2 - Ni - "NEE!"
#3 - San - "SUN!!"
#4 - Shi - "Shiiiurgh!"
#5 - Go - "Go!"
#6 - Roku - "ROCK-oo!" (think abs, rock hard abs)
#7 - Shichi - "SHITCH!" (sort of like "bitch" and "shit" combined)
#8 - Hachi - "HAAARCH!" (this should sound painful and constricted)
#9 - Kyu - "KEW!!" (by now you should be panting anyway, so pronunciation is optional.)
#10 - Ju - "JEW!!" (Racism is a Japanese national pastime)

Hope this has been helpful, Lil. *grin*

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Right, now, if you could name all the punches and kicks too that'd be great ;)

But yeah, I've had a few people give me the counting basics which is handy, and thanks also for the pronounciation chart :)

[darktor.livejournal.com]

Stage 1: get through it alive and in one piece, regardless of how you look.
Once that becomes easy you can set other goals.

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Here's hoping. And yes, I realise I am expecting a lot from myself with this, more than I should be seeing as I only just completed my class. It's just I feel uncomfortable about not knowing the basics, it's a personality flaw trait.