First Week of February

First practice in February. I can’t believe that it’s already February. I have about three months left of training before I complete my project. If I had to say anything I would say that I really enjoyed these last five months. It seems like every time I go into the dojo I learn so much more. Rather it’s learning something completely new, or learning how to properly perform one of the techniques that I’ve previously learned.

When Mat was instructing me last week he told me that I learned a lot since I started. I agree that I have learned a lot so far. But keep in mind that I am still a white belt. I have an enormous amount of stuff to learn. Yay, I’ve finally learned my first kata but it’s still more katas to learn.

I love the fact that I’m learning more every time I go into the dojo because if I felt like I was doing stuff that I already knew then I would feel like each session is a waste of time. It’s fun learning more because it makes me think. Martial arts are a lot more mental than I thought. Finding the muscles in your body that you want to work can be hard. You have to think about what your body is doing and you have to learn how to control the body parts you want. Like when we do the dragon walk while in the cat stance you have to learn to control your body so that you put 90% of your body weight on your back foot and only 10% of your weight on your front foot. You want to talk about learning your body?