Goju ryu karate

Saturday, as usual, we practiced at the old place, where there's a Karate class just before us. Mario the sensei also tries to practice with us as much as possible and did get his 2 kyu last exam. So even though he attends much less than others, he's got the goods. Well this time I asked him to return the favor and give us an introduction to Goju-ryu karate. We did only a 30 mns warmup with very basic drills and stances but 1- it was excruciating (to me anyway) and 2-it was quite fascinating. I found myself quite comfortable with the (somewhat-odd-for-a-kendoka) footwork and body/hips movements. We have to try that again.

After the quick preview (which we will try again for sure) we went full speed for 1 hour in the scorching midday heat. Lots of kirikaeshi again and uchikomi drills. Fun Fun Fun !!