after recent enthusiasm, it seems like all my little aches and pains are combining to make things kinda miserable. This is probably highlighted by the fact that there’s been at most 1 other person in the adult beginner class this week (Thursday I had to ask a brown belt to come hang out with me – no lower ranks bothered to come in.) Thus, every little thing I’m doing wrong has sensei’s full attention. urggggg..

oh well. Learned Ko Uchi Gari. Starting to get my brain around some counter moves, but going to take awhile before my body thinks to do them at the right moment.

We seem to have dropped the belt testing notion for a bit – fine with me, since I hate cramming for tests. Given another week or so, my reading the vocab casually before class should be enough.