Karate class has moved on to something new – One Step Sparring.
Basically, at my level, this means someone comes at you with a right punch and you have to think of a creative way to block it and then take them down. Do they end up face planted? Do you wrap their own arm behind their back? Do you drag them by a foot? It’s all fun and games till someone over 30 throws out their back…
Wendy was concerned about the whole class being more advanced than us. (They are, we have half black belts in the class now, we’re the lowest ranking females.) So we took a day with a different teacher on a different night to learn some new moved and that helped her a bit. We’re supposed to have 10 go-to Take Downs in our own personal repertoire that we can do at any time. I have 7 now. Wendy hasn’t really started a list.
School has begun and my girls are in 7th and 8th grade!!! They are tall and smiley and fun to be around. Almost all of the time.
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I went walking with a friend today who was going through chemo last year and could hardly walk, and now she power walks 3-5 days a week. That’s a motivator!!
My husband is on a Ragnar Relay team and will run across the state of Florida from Miami to Key West relay style. I think I’m going to be a driver or navigator – each team has 2 buses and I just want to be involved but the team is already full. (You can’t have more than 12.) We’re hoping this means we get to finally meet Blogger Lindsay from Chasing the Kenyans. We missed meeting her at the Disney Marathon 2 yrs ago, but she has joined the Ragnar Team. Lindsay, I will have M&Ms for you!!
Tonight we’re going to watch The Brothers Bloom. We had never heard of it but Netflix recommended it and I like Rachel Weisz and Mark Ruffalo. The girls and I are also addicted to Veronica Mars on Netflix streaming through the Wii, and hope to finish season 2. Sat night should be parent date night! Enjoy your weekend!
