Black mark
I’ve been away in sunnier climes these past three weeks, and that will be my standing excuse for the lack of any postings on this site recently – you may find that I’m able to make these excuses on an as-required basis throughout this blog; the only constant being my inability to get the wordsmithing juices flowing at a constant rate… that or a mind numbingly boring life!
…actually I fear it’s a combination of the two!
Anyhoo, beginning of a new week and my first senior karate class has just been completed and I’ve received my first black mark on my belt. Of course ‘completed’ is a subjective term; survived is another one that could be used just as well.
Karate is something that you need to keep plugging away at every week, so even a small time away and you feel horribly uncoordinated. Arms, legs and various other appendages were waggled during the class, sometimes even when they were supposed to!
..oh and the black mark? Just an indication of some progress in my karate – so a good thing! Quite how I got it, given the unwieldy state of my moves yesterday, is somewhat beyond me; there’s a *lot* of things that need improving, kicks being chief among them. I think I may need to impart some of my hard earned cash (‘hard earned’ also being another of those subjective terms) into purchasing one of those mechanical devices for improving ones flexibility.
That's it... a bit more!
Onwards and upwards as I keep saying… and outwards, possibly, as well.
