O.J. watched Lily so that I could join Tiger for a Karate class over the noon hour. It really was fun to get to see him in the middle of a work day, and to be able to share an activity together, just us. The class was very small, which is nice, because the instructor was able to be highly attentive and correct things as we went--I am sure I have many old, bad habits that were never attended to when I took Tae Kwon Do twelve years ago. Our instructor, who is in his 70s and is in better shape than most of the people my age, is leaving for some advanced instruction from his sensei , which he has done every year for the past 30 years. He's been doing Karate for 50 years. I think he just might know what he's talking about.
Mom found my old gi and brought it to me this weekend. I had a difficult time getting my old club's patches off (good sewing job there, mom!) and ended up making some holes in the gi trying to cut it off. Sheesh. I did my best to darn them, but I haven't much practice at darning things. I think it turned out okay. I was also hoping that she would find my white belt with the rest of the stuff but no go, only my red and red/black, so I felt a bit foolish showing up to my first class with a red belt. Fortunately, there was an extra white belt hanging around, but it was a kid's, so I had to improvise a bit. I was surprised that I remembered how to tie them correctly.
There were only three students at the session, which is awesome. We worked on fine-tuning punches and stances, which I am embarassed to say I needed badly. We worked on were some side kicks at the end of the class, and due to the small class size, I got the insturuction I needed to not continually practice something wrong. I could feel myself improving. A fantastic feeling. I hope we can find someone to watch Lily so that I can meet Tiger for one lunch session a week. Going only one night a week simply will not cut it for me.
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