The kids, husband, & I have been taking #karate classes at our local rec center for a few years. Our dojo is part of Goju‐Ryu Canada. The kids have their first belt levels but husband & I have been doing it casually & haven't tested. Well we decided to go for it & will be taking the test next month. 😬
It's tough because we are shown the katas a couple times in class then are expected to practice at home without any reference. So of course I went hunting on Youtube...
And it turns out that there are variations on the katas despite the name being the same. So it took concerted hunting to find videos that <kind of> match the #kata the way our dojo does it. Then I've been transcribing the steps into text. 😵💫 It's hard to know if I'm getting it right.... but I turned my efforts into a blog post in case any other local people are looking for the same resources.
Anyway.. I've been memorizing the numbers 1-10 in #japanese and practising. Totally nervous! 😁 #karate