Experienced the ridiculous situation where I'm so sore that when I try to move too fast that group of muscle actually seized up...and I ended up closing the car door on my leg by accident. I wonder how people in my dojo end up eventually achieved poise and grace. Mostly I just end up getting teased a lot by my classmate (also why are there so many Mikes in my life it's actually alarming at this point) when he spends five minutes trying to teach me how to punch someone in the kidney and I more or less fail at the entire experiment. (Though seriously if I were required to actually defend myself I would not be using my FISTS because I would most likely hurt myself more than my opponent.) (Though maybe punching things is therapeutic? My classmate certainly seemed unduly fond of it.) (Or maybe he just thinks watching me flail around is funny, which is more than likely.)

In the meantime I have jasmine tea and butter cookies. I have also discovered this fascinating thing called the water barrel brush. When I finish CODA I plan to myself a set of 3 as a reward.