FIGHT: Its Saturday night and I just finished folding my 4th load of laundry. After a delicious night of sushi last night (and far too much saki) and the night before celebrating the twins bdays until wee hours of a school night, I embrace the couch time.
The laundry not so much, but it was a necessity.
Today was the first class in the temp space. It's always so weird in a new space because you feel like you're invading someone's home. The last gym was very cozy, this one is over double in size--and it has a ring, (YES!!) It was a foreign concept to spread out during drills, but it was awesome. This Saturday we were all about the push kicks. PK Combos with punches and body kicks flowed nicely, but my
hip's have a real issue with extending the way one needs to extend to put some power behind it. I also held for one of the other teachers, which is always great because I get to watch her footwork, her stance, and the way that you can't tell that she's going to strike. Leaving today I had my mind full of things that I need to work on, the force of my push kicks, the power of my cross, the snap of my body kicks. It's the reason that I do this, constantly learning, constantly being humbled, and constantly trying my best.
Plus there's always class tomorrow where I learn a bit more and get a bit better every day.
The coolest thing about next Saturday is that we're starting sparring drills. This is such a huge thing and I can't even tell you how excited I am to get my ass handed to me. When I got home and started my crazy laundry day, I jumped online to Fightergirls.com, ordered a mouth guard, along with some kick ass camo board shorts, and some pull on shin guards (my leather ones w/ the Velcro like to shift around too much on my legs, leaving me unprotected during kick drills).
My only experience in sparring was in Boxing, even then it was a mere 3 times. Its scary how quickly everything that you have learned is forgotten the second a fist clocks you in the head. The first time I was hit, I stood there mute & dazed with my gloves down. It was as though I was shocked that you actually get hit! The second time, I threw some good punches but still took a lot. The third time I felt the adrenaline and it was AWESOME, as well as exhausting, it was my best of the bunch.
Unfortunately that was 3 months ago.
With Muay Thai it's even trickier. There are elbows, knees, & kicks to go with those punches, all of which hurt...bad.....
So this is a huge step in the right direction as well as a big challenge for me. There are 5 classes between now and then, I'm going to make each session count.
It will be awesome.
FILM: Watched "Field of Dreams" as well as "Poltergeist", no there is no hidden connection between the 2 except when I finished the feel good F.O.D. there was this crazy urgency to see that blond girl get sucked into the TV.
God I love that movie.
I'm going to finish the night off in bed watching episode 3 of Walking Dead, we'll see if I can curb the nightmares this time. Making it an early night, as class is at 11 and I really want to work on the issues I had today.
FOOD: Tomorrow I'm going to make this very interesting recipe from my Cooking Light Mag. It's Beef Tangine with Butternut Squash. The dish has so many interesting spices, a little Paprika--a little Cinnamon--and it's served over a Scallion Couscous. This will make enough for dinner & at the very least lunch on Monday. There's also this spicy goat cheese spread with endive that looks amazing. After trying these bad boys out, I'll post the recipes if they are good.
If they suck, well, why would you want to cook something that sucks? You sick or something?
Night-night, don't let the Zombies bite.............
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