Good job in class Thursday. It was good to see some faces that I haven’t seen in a while. A couple points that I noticed while class was going on. In class IS the time to take a technique and slow it down. On the street it will be faster, but you can only master it at full-speed after you have mastered it at half-speed. I also saw a lot of flailing and just trying to hit the other person without regard to technique, form, power, or precision. It is much better to get that one punch that turns the tide of a fight than to get one-thousand hits that don’t do anything. Everybody GREEN BELT/ ADULT and up, don’t forget the after-class grappling sessions on the next few Thursdays from 20:00-20:30.

 Before coming to class Tuesday, please take some time to think about how you perform your basic punches and blocks (muscles used, amt. of hip rotation, any visualizations you use, etc.) and then think of how you think they should be. Are you close? Being self-critical about your own techniques is very helpful in improving them.