Tuesday, July 26, 2005

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Today i had that talk with mrs.T. (thompson.) i heard something that really made me smile. when mrs. T said that a teacher usually reports it if they think a student would be good for the black belt club.. and i asked ms. becki to send in a reccomendation for me to get in the black belt club. and i thought id just got in because of that. but she told me mr.peyton, mr.stephen and mr.evan all sent in that they thought i would. lol if jessi heard about this she'd probably be like "go erin! you rock!!" i really like the confidence she gives me. oh and today before class i turned around when i saw mr.peyton go by and he goes over to me and says "what'chu lookin' at?" - and i sorta stood there not knowing what to say "um.. you?" he always picks on me >-< but that just for some reason gives me confidence. im sorta glad to know that its ok that im not good at sparring right now, because mrs.T said thats ok, ill learn. but guess what else!!! theres a weapon class, every wednsday, not just after pre-test week, every wednsday. every wednsday! ^^^ lol she said i could also be in the demo team , thats the group that takes part in carnivals and stuff like one year they went there to show everyone what they could do, like.. um.. they'll show examples of what they teach, they'll do flips, and breaking thin boards and.. flying kicks and everything. one time the demo team even preformed on ice. on a mat that was on ice, though. it was awesome i saw the pictures. but anyway, theres a class mr.T teaches where they use chucks, but the correct pronounciation is nunchakus. you guys know what those are, right? well anyway, the weapons class is.. well.. i think its going to be always bo classes but.. im not sure. i think the other weapon is the kama. you guys have heard of those, right? oh well, its all fine here. but i havent told you about the other part of becoming part of the black belt club. its not a downside, just the hard part of it. i remember mrs.T's words exactly, she said "its not about putting a black belt on its about becoming a black belt. for alot of people that probably doesnt make sense.. some girls might even say "its the same thing" but its not. you've gotta think about it here. putting on a black belt, anyone could do that, but becoming a black belt is a completely different thing. it takes alot of work, mentally and physically. and for those of you who dont know about the work mentally, its because if you really love doing karate, then.. well in the words of mrs.T you have to want to be good , you have to think you'll be good, or you probably wont be good at it. same for any other sport, and i think shes right. i really like going to upstate karate. and i know it will get harder from here but.. i mean.. if you just went there you'd understand maybe. i think i could just go down there, or just talk to mrs.T or some of the teachers down there and.. id probably be fine. i just cant imagine me doing fighting forms >-< have you seen them before???? if you've seen star sets.. ok.. imagine something 10 times harder than star sets. i dont even know the moves. its.. alot of flying kicks. i forgot the name of that one.. um.. spinning hook kick.. or flying.. i forgot. i dont even know the position you move in, like star set 7 has a form its shoulder rolls and turning but you end up in the same spot and fighting forms.. they're.. *sigh* but ill get there. it just seems hard. ill get there. -- anyway ive gotta go, k? cya
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