Judo adventures - Class 10

Late start today. Sensei got the time wrong; we start at a different time on Thursdays than on Tuesdays. So, me and S were standing outside, wondering what was up; S phones him, we're like "Dude, Sensei, what gives?"... Anyway, we still had class. Just a bit delayed.

I got to talk with S a bit while we waited, get to know him a little more. ...He assumed I was a student? Maybe even a highschool student? Which, uh. Fff. No!!! But I guess I just have one of those faces. Plus - I suppose it's unusual to start completely new with judo when you're over 30, so it makes sense to assume a lower age. Fair enough.

Today was me, S, L, and K. We practiced osoto-gari and ouchi-gari + combinations of the two, and then did some upright randori. Hella fun, that sure was. We were able to switch in such a way that each person got a turn with everyone else at least once. I was even able to get S down on the mat a few times, hooray. :D

(By the end I was totally exhausted. But it was a fun kind of exhausted.)

I've discovered that having class after a kind've crappy day really lifts my mood. It's like, there's all this grumpy energy, and I get to work it out by running it off and throwing some guys around. It's really cathartic.