So on Wednesday me and my brother in law had our promotion ceremony for our Karate class… I now hold an 8th Kyu rank in two styles of Karate and in American Tae Kwon Do, woooh!
This promotion was actually easier than the last one, I think because I’m in a lot better shape. I was still sore for a day or two afterwards, mostly because of the extended time we spent in horse stances (my legs were shaking after the second set of questions)… but on the whole I didn’t get knocked around as much this time. Heck, even the weather cooperated, it was a cool 66F on the day!
I can’t help but think about what tremendous motivation combat sports are for fitness. Paintball, Karate, Aikido… nothing motivates you to move like the potential for getting your butt whipped. The hardest part is finding a school or club that doesn’t get all macho and turn it into a traumatic event, but once you get that out of the way it’s time to spit out that liporexall and get moving!