{"id":16272,"date":"2009-11-24T20:38:36","date_gmt":"2009-11-25T03:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=16272"},"modified":"2009-11-24T20:38:36","modified_gmt":"2009-11-25T03:38:36","slug":"kyud-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/11\/24\/kyud-up.html","title":{"rendered":"Kyu<\/i>‘d up"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/div>\n

Woot. Katherine and I both passed our tests to 2nd Kyu <\/em>brown belts. That means two more kyu <\/em>ranks to go before we (gasp) test for black.<\/p>\n

Katherine was quick to point out that I had gotten a “B” after my rank, which indicates a partial passage. Sensei cleared up later in class that I am just all tensed during my kata <\/em>and other exercises — it slows me down, throws me off balance, robs my moves of power, etc. Though I pointed out that dynamic tension is a great way to build muscle tone, he wasn’t buying it.<\/p>\n

(Actually, he was very sympathetic, as he had the same problem early on in his karate career.)<\/p>\n

Being told that (again) was helpful, as I made a point during tonight’s class to really try to relax — and I did feel the difference, and Sensei did, too, and complimented me on it.<\/p>\n

I mentioned that I was really struggling to relax. He laughed.<\/p>\n

Which reminds me of a joke.<\/p>\n

A man goes to a psychiatrist. “Doc, you’ve gotta help me! I’m being driven crazy by these dreams I’m having!”<\/em><\/p>\n

“Well, what are these dreams about?”<\/em><\/p>\n

“One night, I dream I’m a tipi! One night, I dream I’m a wig-wam! One night, a tipi! The next night, a wig-wam!<\/em><\/p>\n

“Ah,” the doctor says. “That’s easy.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“What is it doctor? What’s wrong with me?”<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

“Your problem is, you’re two tents!”<\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks, folks.\u00a0 I’ll be here all week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Woot. Katherine and I both passed our tests to 2nd Kyu brown belts. That means two more kyu ranks to go before we (gasp) test for black. Katherine was quick to point out that I had gotten a “B” after my rank, which indicates a partial passage. Sensei cleared up later in class that I … Continue reading “Kyu<\/i>‘d up”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jokes","category-karate"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10631,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/12\/06\/karate_kid_4.html","url_meta":{"origin":16272,"position":0},"title":"Karate Kid","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 6-Dec-06 1:42pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Katherine continues to enjoy her karate classes (Shotokan - JKA) at the rec center. She's \"re-upped\" for another month (January), and gave me permission to join her (in the...","rel":"","context":"In "Karate"","block_context":{"text":"Karate","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/karate"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/sensei2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12570,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/03\/21\/its_not_easy_testing_for.html","url_meta":{"origin":16272,"position":1},"title":"It’s not easy testing for Green","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 21-Mar-08 10:48pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Katherine and I both had our tests for Green Belt (6th Kyu) on Thursday.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 No idea whether one or the other or both of us will make it (and,...","rel":"","context":"In "Karate"","block_context":{"text":"Karate","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/karate"},"img":{"alt_text":"klh-greenbelt-test-1","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/klh-greenbelt-test-1.JPG?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13531,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/11\/21\/karate_kid_6.html","url_meta":{"origin":16272,"position":2},"title":"Karate Kid","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 21-Nov-08 6:28am","format":false,"excerpt":"Katherine did her test last evening for 4th kyu Purple Belt. In our school, there are two \"grades\" of Purple Belt (I believe there are four of Brown); that...","rel":"","context":"In "Karate"","block_context":{"text":"Karate","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/karate"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/iskf-rockymtns-tiger.gif?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10370,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/02\/02\/its_karate_kid.html","url_meta":{"origin":16272,"position":3},"title":"It’s karate, kid!","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 2-Feb-07 6:54am","format":false,"excerpt":"So last night I took my first karate class. It's down at the Lone Tree rec center, and the sensei is the same as the one that Katherine has earlier...","rel":"","context":"In "Karate"","block_context":{"text":"Karate","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/karate"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14273,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/03\/19\/the-karate-test.html","url_meta":{"origin":16272,"position":4},"title":"The Karate Test","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 19-Mar-09 10:51pm","format":false,"excerpt":"As they say, \"Oh, no! Not another learning experience!\" So today Kitten tested for her brown belt. She's been preparing for a while -- not as diligently as she might have, but still cognizant of it and willing to do some practice at home. I wasn't as diligent as I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Karate"","block_context":{"text":"Karate","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/karate"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":20786,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/18\/sensei-speaks.html","url_meta":{"origin":16272,"position":5},"title":"Sensei speaks","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 18-Apr-11 11:10pm","format":false,"excerpt":"This video has my karate sensei (Gary Swain) and was shot at the Lone Tree Rec Center where Katherine and I take our classes. (Un)fortunately, it was shot on days when we weren't there, but it's a spiffy intro to Sensei Swain and what sort of stuff we do on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Karate"","block_context":{"text":"Karate","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/karate"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}