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This is just a place holder .... There will be Karate. There will be a grading. There will be general fitness. There will be Paddy's day (even though I disagree with most of it) There will be a new Gi. Details to follow Copied from below... So... My Goals for this 6 week challenge: Karate: Keep attending the weekly lessons! (My initial misgivings about the lessons only being 60 minutes long have been dealt with to some degree as we regularly over run in typical Irish fashion - they're often 80-90 mins which seems to work well) During this challenge I intend to do my grading near the end of March. I should be wearing a yellow or orange belt by the end of the challenge Kata: Do practice on katas a couple of times a week. Keep practising Fukyugata Ichi and Ni and Bo Shodan. Finish learning Pinan Shodan and Nidan. Begin learning the remaining Pinan Katas. Fitness: In addition to the short bursts of exercise I get from my Wednesday lunchtime class, I will try to do the same as last time and include two workout sessions per week. Bodyweight and kettlebells. Other: Get my Karate Gi. Sometime in the next few weeks my Sensei should have a gi for me (a bit cheaper than ordering my own or driving to Dublin to get one from a shop). I just need to pay for it (and likely shorten the legs a bit...) Help the other members of the class prep for Paddy's day: The club will probably be involved in the local parade or celebrations in some way. As I have a choreography background, I'll be helping to come up with some simple paired kata's involving different weapons and defences against same.