Winter Training

Every year Sho-Shin-Do has an Winter Training. In this training session you practice with a bunch of other members from different dojos. A bunch of different masters come to this training to participate also and all of the members at their dojo are invited. I’m not sure if every single martial arts dojo is invited to this invite but I would assume that all of them are.

Jose Rivera was the person instructing us during the training today. Jose is the name that Sho-Shin-Do dojo is under. I can't exactly remember what the first style was but it was really interesting. I think it was kyokinshin which Is the style that sho-shin-do originated from. As Jose instructed he made sure to not stay on one technique for too long.

Looking at all of the members that were there at the training, a lot of them are black belts. I was one of only three white belts there. It didn’t bring down my confidence. Actually, it made me want to work harder to keep up. I have something to prove to all that are prestige in their practice. I know I can easily get beat if I was to spar one of the advanced people but my soul purpose of coming was to get a good training and that’s what we did. No one wanted to fight. Just have a good time with the martial arts community.

I felt good that I was able to keep up with everything we did. Rivera had walked us through a few combos. One of the combos that he showed us included: a front kick, a side kick, a back kick then a punch. It was fun learning more techniques.

I love the fact that Harry teaches me on more of a one-on-one basis but now I think I'm becoming fond of learning in a group like the one we worked In for the training. I felt comfortable with them. I know that they are like family to us, (us as in the Sho-Shin-Do community)