Strick's Ramblings

Last Wednesday I took a pretty good fall... bruised my side... & got my wrist bruised when I was being pinned... wasn't a good night... so I skipped the Friday class.  Today was ok, I did more Ukemi practice... did little better today.

Today we had a good practice session at the Sumo dojo again. I'm definately improving on my unkemi. Well... atleast when I do ukemi by myself. But, when someone was throwing me, I'm having a hard time. Sensei Matsumoto-san showed me a trick today... I wasn't taking a step... I take a wide step, then roll... I was just trying to roll... and that wasn't working out for me.

I feel like I have improved drastically! I'm sorry I will miss Monday & possible Wednesday's class due to work.

We had a good session tonight.  I'm really sore, but I really need to work on my Ukemi.  If I practice my ukemi by myself, I'm fine.  However, someone is throwing me, then I mess it all up for some reason.  Geez... it's a bit embarrasing.  I don't know why.  I really need to visit an Onsen... think I'll try to fit that in tomorrow...