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	<title><![CDATA[Don't think!]]></title>
	<body><![CDATA[John: "Just do it!"
Me: "Stop thinking."
John: "Free your mind."
Me: "There is no spoon." (laugh)

Me throws John.

John: "That felt better."
Me: "I leaned over too far."
John: "Again."

John shomens.

Me almost throws John.

John: (at same time as Me) "Don't come down."
Me: (at same time as John) "I came down."

John drops Me when I should have been dropping him.

John: "Ready?"
Me: "Yeah."
John: "Sure?"
Me:" Yeah."

Me takes hanmi stance.

John bends over to catch his breath.

John lightning-shomens at Me.

I come up too late and manage a block.

Me: "Too late."
John: "Again."
Me: "Yeah."
John: "Be ready for it."
Me: "Yeah."

John looks over at sensei and Josh.

Me does not.

John lightning-shomens Me again.

Me does one half of the technique and stops.

John: "Follow through."
Me: "Don't think." (nodding)
John: "Again."

Me takes hanmi stance.

John shomens.

Me goes wrong way.

Me: "Oops."
John: "That won't work on the street.  'Er, hold on, man, I went the wrong way.' "
Me: "Whatever." (laugh)
John: "Wharever, yeah.  (laugh)  Again."

John shomens.

Me parries, tenkans.

Me: "No, no tenkan!"
John: "No."

Etc.
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Okay, well, I'm getting there!  And that didn't even touch on my back-falls...a mix between a crumble, a slap, and a roll...  Hehe, I'm trying to do too many things at once...

Need to just roll or just slap, not both.  John tried doing one and almost hurt himself...it's one of those arts only newbies are good at...and one I hope I soon unlearn!

Forward rolls are getting better, still...John made me try a hard fall by holding onto my wrist.  I did a sideways hardfall.  Landed right and it didn't hurt, but I swept my legs out too far, instead of going up.

Still a bit dizzy from doing backwards rolls after class...scuffed my head too hard a few times.

Well, brother and sister are starting next week...so that's cool!

Until Tuesday,

~Veers ]]></body>
	<date>04-24-2003</date>
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