Huntington State Beach: Sat. Oct. 1st, '22
The day started out overcast but later the clouds burned off and gave way to a bright sunny day. A big thank you to all who participated in our annual beach workout. On this day after the workout, we were treated to a spectacular air show.
In the workout we packed a lot in and finished on time by 11:00 am.
>Meditation: breathing, in-sink with the ebb and flow of the waves.
>stretching/warm ups, then start training, with each Sensei leading the class in basics (blocks, strikes, kicks) progressives (moving basics).
>partner self-defense: on the take downs some of us got a little taste of sand.
>then it was time to get our feet wet, basics and kata with the water level at about knee high or better (that's why I were high waters). It was challenging to maintain balance against the thrashing of the powerful waves.
>"Be like water my friend" Bruce Lee
> Towards the end, someone had the brilliant idea to have some fun wrestling matches in knee high water to see who could take the other down.
> we closed class with meditation and a bow.
> the remainder of the day was spent eating munchies, wading/swimming in the water, chilling, being amazed by speed & sound of the planes, jets, etc. that the air show offered, and enjoying each others company. Some left for home between 12 and 2 pm-ish, some stayed longer.
> thank you all: Senseis, sempais, students and parents of our younglings.
>it was a smaller than usual turnout, next time we will have an even bigger response.
>Thank you to the Clevelands & Kiana for the pictures.
