Daily Training Diary

DAY #95
Monday August 31, 2026

Refresh Nights

Current mindset
Energised

Katas Today

Tekki NidanTekki SandanJiinJitteJunro ShodanJunro NidanJunro SandanJunro YondanJunro GodanKakuyoku Shodan

What I Found Challenging

This challenge needs structure. I need to plan Refresh nights where learned katas are revisited to keep them fresh, and learning nights where real progress is made with learning new katas on the road to 50.

The current method of simply doing what I feel motivated to do in any one night is not achieving the progress you 50 that I need. Tekki Shodan is a good example of why not - I spent three nights on that basic kata obsessed with every detail. That’s not what this challenge is about. Getting each of the 50 kata to competition standard is for another day, this is a recall challenge to perform 50 kata, 2255 moves, in one go.

To achieve this I need to timetable the entire journey. To do that I have something to work to which will deliver progress.

What I Really Enjoyed

The fact I remembered 10 kata that were quite new to me a few weeks ago was good because memory is going to be a factor in this challenge.

Training Notes

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