Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01378

Eva and I replaced our boxing gloves and they just arrived today. I’ve had mine since I started training over three years ago. Eva has had hers since she started, too. Apparently they were coming apart so it was time for some new ones. I know that mine were way overdue for being replaced and I am glad that I did. I’ll keep my old ones at the house so that I can use them on the BAS Body Action system sparring dummy that I have in the garage. I’ll be using that a lot more in the next few months as I prepare for my Black Belt Test, again. I had to defer it once again but this time was because of COVID. I’ll be training as much as I can between now and the spring to be ready when testing comes back around.

Not pictures are the practice swords that Eva and I got for our sword training classes that we start tomorrow night. I also got some boxing shoes that I’ll be using on the mats from now on. I hope that they give me better movement than the shoes I had been using.

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01348

Today there was a welcome meeting for candidates for Black Belt at America’s Best Defense. I made my first attempt a year ago and then decided not to go for it in the Spring because of family obligations. Now I am ready to go for it again. The Black Belt Curriculum Evaluation is a month from now. Then Boot Camp begins two weeks after that. The Pre-Test is three weeks after that and then one month after that is the final evaluation. I did not make it beyond the pre-test last time. I was not aggressive enough. I did not feel completely sure of my skills at that time, too. This time I have another year of experience and have had time to work on my skills. I’m ready to go for it and looking forward to it.