is 500 kicks week at the dojo. which means, well, 500 kicks per class. tuesday night in the "all ages" class (i.e. me, another adult, and a bunch of 8 and 9 year olds...) i managed 250 kicks. it was warm and humid in there, and there was someone counting out all the kicks.

[for reference, i think i did 160 or 180 last year as a white belt/new yellow belt.]

tonight was an adult only class (so anyone from age ~12 and up). jenn and I were next to each other, and we were all allowed to take breaks/water as necessary. the list was on the whiteboard, and we went at our own pace.

i did all 500. maybe 510. i think i missed a few in there. there were some kicks i didn't do, but i made up for them with others.

.10 front kicks each leg, 10 side kicks each leg, 10 back kicks each leg, 10 roundhouse each leg, 10 knee smashes each leg =100
.repeat that series on the bag =200
.25 double roundhouse each leg =300
.20 crescent kicks each leg, 20 hook kick each leg, 10 jump kicks each leg =400

I skipped the jump kicks and did more crescent kicks. This is where I may have done extra hook kicks or not.

the last 100 were combo roundhouse/hook or something else. instead I did like 80 more front kicks and 20 more knee smashes.

so, 500. holy. freaking. carp.

(i might need a ninja feesh icon. edit: i made one.)