Tonight at the dojo was test prep for May 21st kyu testing. Since I'll be doing a shodon test myself; I'll try to attend all three classes leading up to the testing date. Tonight Ken, Clint, and I went through the 5th kyu testing requirements in detail with me being full-time uke as Clint practiced shomenuchi nikkyo omote and ura, kata dori ikkyo and nikkyo omote and ura, munetsuki kaitenage omote and ura. We also worked on katatetori shihonage ura as well.
At the end, I got out the thicker blue mats and Clint was great to agree to be my uke as I went through different koshinage variations from different yokomenuchi, shomenuchi, and tsuki attacks. Clint took some great falls and was a great uke. A good practice and Ken helped me a lot by reminding me to keep my heels together and feet pointed at 45 degrees. My right knee and hip are still weak and my technique is the fails when I let that weakness influence my movement. My leg can clearly take the extra movement; it is just deep bone and muscle pain that I should eventually get checked out. My knee injury is primarily from snowboarding with poorly fitted bindings, my right hip is from a bad snowboarding fall on Crested Butte a couple of years ago.
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