Class was fun

I went to shorinji kenpo class today, and enjoyed it quite a bit. For the first hour or so we warmed up and I worked on basics with the other new comer. Then the second hour I watched sparring. The third hour we moved down into the Judo room, and I progressed just a little farther in the basics. After class had officially ended I stuck around a bit and ordered a gi. I got the expensive kind and some of the people seemed to be in disbelief. but i like gis, i don't spend too much money on any other hobbies, and it wasn't that much more expensive, so i think it was a reasonable decision. After thaaat.. I sat around a bit and then this former sophia student, who apparently hadn't been to class for a year or so, asked me if there was anything I wanted to practice or learn. I told him that I wanted to learn shorinji's throws, and he actually showed me a few things. It was really cool, cause for the most part I just punch the air working on my basics. The stuff I did with him was very similar to danzan ryu, and I picked it up pretty quickly. He was a really cool guy too, apparently he was a elementary/junior high teacher for a couple years, but his body was getting into poor shape so he joined the army? That's one way to solve the problem huh. Hopefully he'll actually be showing from time to time, cause I feel like he could really be one of my teachers... since he is willing to teach me. There are a couple others too though, so I will learn in any case. I'd like to hang out with some of them more often, but everyone lives so far away from school, and in many directions, so it may be difficult to arrange.

next time. why japan is so similar to a bad video game.