I have been forgetting about this, okay so not really forgetting but I have been playing this game called 'N' while I am working. It is really just a little flash game but it has so many levels that it is taking me a long time to beat it. I am still not done with it but I wanted to post because it has been a while. If your interested in playing 'N' you can download it here. I must warn you that its addicting and you might break your keyboard.
So the dealing has not been going very well. Most of the time if the game makes it is small and the only people tipping are the owners. They decided to change the days to Tuesday and Friday. They decided to let me know on Thursday which was a little irritating. I am the only dealer again, Jamal was re-hired and re-fired. You would think they would give me a little more notice. I got a text message today (Sunday) advertising the game tonight. They didn't even contact me to see if I could deal, so I sent them a text to let them know that I wouldn't be there tonight and they called the game off.
Tuesday night wasn't bad, I made $160. Not a huge amount but better than any other night up there so far. I was having a good time cracking jokes and people were appreciating my humor and were tipping me pretty liberally. I probably was a little more talkative than I should have been but I didn't think it would be an issue. Friday, when I got there for the new night and not one fucking player showed up, Trent kind of pissed me off when he told me that I should be professional and not talk. He told me that I wouldn't like it if I was in the middle of a big decision and the dealer was cutting up. I agreed and then said at the same time and he cut me off and said there is no at the same time. Totally ran me over, nothing pisses me off more than that.
First of all, I was not talking when there were big pots being played. Second of all, there were no mess ups on my end that night. Third, people tip dealers who are talkative and nice and friendly more than a robotic dealer who doesn't have a personality. I was going to mention this third point when he cut me off. I just sat there and didn't say anything, then about 20 minutes later he asked me if that makes sense, about being professional. I just look at him and say, "You just told me how its going to be. It apparently doesn't really matter if it makes sense to me, right?" he had no response.
I was looking for a job that was going to work well with this dealing thing, work a full time job and then deal a few nights and make some good side money. Now though I couldn't give a shit. I am quitting that place when I get a new job no matter what it is. I wouldn't mind putting up with a bunch of bullshit if I was making really good money like I was at the Basement. I am not making anywhere near that, and they are making me pay 20% of my tips to the house to help with the cost, and many times I show up and the game doesnt make. So as soon as I get a job I am done there. I will just show up play the free-roll tournaments and crush those soft cash games on my terms and my time.
I really have not been playing online poker much at all here lately. I just can't get motivated to deal with the horrendous play that continues to run lucky against me. I am not giving up but I just need some time off. I am thinking about saving up and just depositing enough to play at a level where they play wont be so bad. My reasoning behind that thought process is this, if you outplay me and win money off me I am 100% okay with that. I am just tired of guys calling raises with J3 and calling me down on the flop and turn when the Jack pairs and hitting a 3 on the river.
I have been playing a lot of Smash Brothers on the Wii. Today I got up before work and bought Mario Kart. I played a little bit before work and I really like it so far. I will be playing some more of that tonight when I get off work here in about 30 minutes (thank God).
I somehow or another left my phone at home this morning. I got to work and noticed it and decided to run home on my 15 minute break to get it and come back. On the way home my serpentine belt snapped. So I am going 70 on the highway and all of the sudden I have no power steering, no AC, no coolent being pushed to my engine. Talk about shitty luck. When I get it back up to work I text Chad and ask him to pick one up and help me change it. He came up here and we knocked it out, its was harder and easier than I expected. Chad did most of the work so I am going to buy him a few beers. I really need to get out of that thing and into a new vehicle.
I have an interview with AT&T on Wednesday, but I am not sure how it is going to go. When I spoke on the phone with the hiring manager he asked me if there were days that I couldn't work, and of course, I tell him that I can't work Monday or Wednesday nights. I don't tell him why, I just mention that I am taking a class. He says that he is not sure if we can work that out and I am a little shocked. It is not like I am asking for weekends off. He tells me that the schedule is done on a bid system based on seniority and that being the new guy I will be the last to pick. I am going to bring this up in the inteview and see what happens. The store closes at 8PM so even if I close it wouldn't be horrible but still it shouldn't be that hard to accomodate. I dont really have anything else going job wise right now, I have been slacking on the job search.
Kung-Fu has been going along very nicely. I am just drilling the same stuff to get it down. I am not sure how much more there is at this level, but I think it will be a little bit before I am ready to test again.
Another side note of yet another type of customer I hate. I hate when people call in and say that they have been working in retail for so many years. I really couldn't care less. Especially when they are calling in about the horrible service thy received in a store, "I work in retail and would never treat anyone like that." Really, you have never had a bad day? Never gotten a little pissy with a customer? I am calling bullshit on that right now. There is not one person who has not had a bad day and taken it out on a customer in one way or another. Also, all the people who tell me that their whole house is decorated in our merchandise and how they spend all their money in our stores. Wouldn't our company be a lot better off if that were true. I dont care that you say you spent $3,000 with us last year, if you don't have a reciept we are not giving you cash back.
That is pretty much it for now.
Until later.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Update: I hate work
A large amount of stuff has happened since the last post so I will get right to it. I haven't been playing much poker. I have been taking some time off trying to think about my game. When I do play I just can't seem to get motivated, seems like it is inevitable that I am going to lose. So after taking a week off I played some yesterday and basically broke even. I had one hand where I have T9 in the big blind, the flop comes 8JQ giving me the nut straight. I make a pot sized bet and this guy calls, the turn is a harmless 3, I bet again and he moves in on me and I snap call. The river is another 3 and he shows J3 for a full house. It was beyond sick. I am disgusted with the play at this level, I can't catch a break and it is pissing me off.
The game didn't make on Tuesday, I was there for about an hour and no one showed up so I went home. I am hoping this picks up because I am really not making much money. I went there after work on Saturday and dealt cash game for a while. It was only a $1/$2 NL game so there were a bunch of no tipping bad players there. I made $80 for my 3 hours of work, it is not horrible but it should be better. When Trent was paying me out he noticed how little it was and told me to tell him the next time people are not tipping and he would make comment about it for those who don't know. The game ended early Sunday before I got off work. They hired back Jamale the guy they fired for not showing up on the first Saturday. I am not sure how I feel about that. I know that I can't be there on Saturdays and Sundays until after work but the guy has already proven unreliable. We are having a game tonight, the house is guaranteeing $300, the first buy in is free but you can re buy for like $20. They are projecting 2 tables, we will see what happens.
The Citi thing turned out to be a bust. It was selling loans to people with sub-prime credit, which isn't that bad, but if they didn't pay I had to do the collections as well. Not really my cup of tea. I got a call today from AT&T about coming to work for them selling cell phones. It would be more retail which is kind of something I am trying to get away from but I don't really have any other prospects currently. I am going to do some looking after I get done with this blog. The money could be very good but I would like something not retail I think.
On Friday Chad's divorce was final so he wanted to get a lot of people and go to the Magic Time Machine in Dallas. He didn't have enough people to fill the reservation so I invited Renee and Amy from class. It was a very good night lots of fun. I was not familiar with the place but all the servers dress up like famous or known people. Our server was Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde and he was really fun, very sarcastic and it was a very good meal. Renee gave me a stack of music to listen to and I put it on my Ipod and I am giving it a shot. I like it all so far.
I am so beat down by work, they actually called me yesterday to see if I would come in and work 2:30-11PM. The whole reason my schedule is 10-6:30 is because of Kung-Fu, and they are not willing to give me a weekend day off so I am not overly eager to do any favors for them. It is not like I want a weekend day off just to be off, it's to make money, it is really irritating that they wont work with me. Hopefully I wont be here much longer. I am so tired of working weekends just to be here for all the stupid store phone calls. If they did their job we wouldn't need to be here on the weekends.
Last night in class I got to start the corner drill. I didn't get very far, but its AMAZING. I can't wait for Wednesday to do some more of it. It is kind of hard to explain but let us just say I would be very comfortable fighting from a corner. I am getting really motivated again, I am working on stuff out side of class and getting much better over all in my opinion.
I guess that is all for right now. I will update with how tonight goes later on in the week.
Until later
The game didn't make on Tuesday, I was there for about an hour and no one showed up so I went home. I am hoping this picks up because I am really not making much money. I went there after work on Saturday and dealt cash game for a while. It was only a $1/$2 NL game so there were a bunch of no tipping bad players there. I made $80 for my 3 hours of work, it is not horrible but it should be better. When Trent was paying me out he noticed how little it was and told me to tell him the next time people are not tipping and he would make comment about it for those who don't know. The game ended early Sunday before I got off work. They hired back Jamale the guy they fired for not showing up on the first Saturday. I am not sure how I feel about that. I know that I can't be there on Saturdays and Sundays until after work but the guy has already proven unreliable. We are having a game tonight, the house is guaranteeing $300, the first buy in is free but you can re buy for like $20. They are projecting 2 tables, we will see what happens.
The Citi thing turned out to be a bust. It was selling loans to people with sub-prime credit, which isn't that bad, but if they didn't pay I had to do the collections as well. Not really my cup of tea. I got a call today from AT&T about coming to work for them selling cell phones. It would be more retail which is kind of something I am trying to get away from but I don't really have any other prospects currently. I am going to do some looking after I get done with this blog. The money could be very good but I would like something not retail I think.
On Friday Chad's divorce was final so he wanted to get a lot of people and go to the Magic Time Machine in Dallas. He didn't have enough people to fill the reservation so I invited Renee and Amy from class. It was a very good night lots of fun. I was not familiar with the place but all the servers dress up like famous or known people. Our server was Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde and he was really fun, very sarcastic and it was a very good meal. Renee gave me a stack of music to listen to and I put it on my Ipod and I am giving it a shot. I like it all so far.
I am so beat down by work, they actually called me yesterday to see if I would come in and work 2:30-11PM. The whole reason my schedule is 10-6:30 is because of Kung-Fu, and they are not willing to give me a weekend day off so I am not overly eager to do any favors for them. It is not like I want a weekend day off just to be off, it's to make money, it is really irritating that they wont work with me. Hopefully I wont be here much longer. I am so tired of working weekends just to be here for all the stupid store phone calls. If they did their job we wouldn't need to be here on the weekends.
Last night in class I got to start the corner drill. I didn't get very far, but its AMAZING. I can't wait for Wednesday to do some more of it. It is kind of hard to explain but let us just say I would be very comfortable fighting from a corner. I am getting really motivated again, I am working on stuff out side of class and getting much better over all in my opinion.
I guess that is all for right now. I will update with how tonight goes later on in the week.
Until later
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Dealing and the wreck
I am going to get the obligatory poker info out of the way. I went through a pretty large down/tilt swing. I had to move back down to rebuild, I have been pretty frustrated so I haven't been playing much. I played some on Tuesday night and really just didn't care. I lost 3 buy-ins but just couldn't muster up any feelings about it other than I knew I was going to lose. I am hoping that taking a couple of days off will help this because it will be very detrimental otherwise. It could be good since I wouldn't worry about the small shit but I think this is a little too far.
I am really getting beat down by these complete idiots online, I don't know why I make bad plays against them. I know that they are never folding any piece of the board. Time to revamp my approach again I think.
OK, so lets talk about dealing and what has been going on with that. Last Tuesday was going to be the first night but there wasn't really anyone there. We set up a schedule and figured out buy-ins for the tournaments and stuff and I got to meet everyone. I met the head dealer and the other owners and we just messed around playing a $20 freeze-out tournament. I got all in with AQ vs AT and lose when he hits a 10. Then I was short so I moved all in with 33 and same guy called with 45s and hit a 4. Pretty sick but whatever.
We set the schedule for Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays with the weekend days starting at 2PM. I told them I would talk to my work about getting one weekend day off so I could help out. I talked to my boss and she told me that those days are the worst for our stats and that I needed to be here on those days. Personally, I think that is pretty much bullshit because its slow as hell on the weekends. I let Trent and Josh know about that and showed up Saturday after I got off work in time to deal the cash game. The head dealer didn't show up so they fired him and offered it to me. I dealt for about 2 hours and made $120, not bad at all. I let them know that I would be there on Sunday when I got off work at 9PM. On lunch I went to eat at a place near the house and there wasn't anyone there. The game didn't make because Nascar was in town.
Tuesday I came straight from work and it was an unorganized mess. I was the first one there, Josh was running late. He shows up and tosses me the key and then goes to get some food. We only had 3 people show up and the game didn't make again. Kind of frustrating, I really need the money. I talked to Trent and we are going to change the schedule up a little bit to make it so more players will come. Other changes are also in the works, we will see what happens.
It was raining pretty bad yesterday on my way to Kung-Fu, visibility wasn't that good and it was the king of day that makes it hard to see the lane dividers in the road. I was exiting and there was an SUV in front of me and a car in front of it. The car cruises through the light then it turns yellow. The driver of the SUV has plenty of time but slams on his breaks and I have to slam my breaks on. Well as many people know, pick-up truck + wet roads = no traction, so I slid into him.
I jump out of the truck and there is no damage on his SUV or my truck. The guy gets out and is acting very weird. He was Mexican and I apologize and ask him if he is alright and he tells me that he is fine. I am thinking that this guy seems really ready to get out of here. I tell him that we should call the cops and exchange information. He starts acting very weird, telling me that he is going to church and he has his kids in the car. I ask him what he wants to do about this. He says that he just wants my phone number and he will call me later, then he tells me that the truck isn't even his. I didn't figure the chance of this guy calling me were very good so I gave the guy a made up number. I know that I am going to hell, but I was ready to do it right and he wasn't, so whatever.
I have a phone interview today with Citi Bank, it was supposed to be yesterday but the person was a little sick. Since work won't even try to work with my dealing schedule I have increased my efforts to get into a position that I will like and will allow me to deal at the card house as much as possible. This position with Citi Bank is like a personal banker sales position. I think it has the potential to be very good. That money plus the dealing income would be very substantial.
I bought Smash Brothers Brawl for the Wii the other day and I have been playing the hell out of it. I am glad it is not a bunch of special moves to memorize as is the case with most fighting games. It is a pretty good all around game. I have found that some of the Wii games try to hard to make use of the motion sensor, like the Tony Hawk game is terrible. This doesn't have that, it is pretty straight forward. You can also play online which is pretty cool as well. There is no shit talking though which makes me sad.
I guess for now that is all. I will update again soon.
Until later.
I am really getting beat down by these complete idiots online, I don't know why I make bad plays against them. I know that they are never folding any piece of the board. Time to revamp my approach again I think.
OK, so lets talk about dealing and what has been going on with that. Last Tuesday was going to be the first night but there wasn't really anyone there. We set up a schedule and figured out buy-ins for the tournaments and stuff and I got to meet everyone. I met the head dealer and the other owners and we just messed around playing a $20 freeze-out tournament. I got all in with AQ vs AT and lose when he hits a 10. Then I was short so I moved all in with 33 and same guy called with 45s and hit a 4. Pretty sick but whatever.
We set the schedule for Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays with the weekend days starting at 2PM. I told them I would talk to my work about getting one weekend day off so I could help out. I talked to my boss and she told me that those days are the worst for our stats and that I needed to be here on those days. Personally, I think that is pretty much bullshit because its slow as hell on the weekends. I let Trent and Josh know about that and showed up Saturday after I got off work in time to deal the cash game. The head dealer didn't show up so they fired him and offered it to me. I dealt for about 2 hours and made $120, not bad at all. I let them know that I would be there on Sunday when I got off work at 9PM. On lunch I went to eat at a place near the house and there wasn't anyone there. The game didn't make because Nascar was in town.
Tuesday I came straight from work and it was an unorganized mess. I was the first one there, Josh was running late. He shows up and tosses me the key and then goes to get some food. We only had 3 people show up and the game didn't make again. Kind of frustrating, I really need the money. I talked to Trent and we are going to change the schedule up a little bit to make it so more players will come. Other changes are also in the works, we will see what happens.
It was raining pretty bad yesterday on my way to Kung-Fu, visibility wasn't that good and it was the king of day that makes it hard to see the lane dividers in the road. I was exiting and there was an SUV in front of me and a car in front of it. The car cruises through the light then it turns yellow. The driver of the SUV has plenty of time but slams on his breaks and I have to slam my breaks on. Well as many people know, pick-up truck + wet roads = no traction, so I slid into him.
I jump out of the truck and there is no damage on his SUV or my truck. The guy gets out and is acting very weird. He was Mexican and I apologize and ask him if he is alright and he tells me that he is fine. I am thinking that this guy seems really ready to get out of here. I tell him that we should call the cops and exchange information. He starts acting very weird, telling me that he is going to church and he has his kids in the car. I ask him what he wants to do about this. He says that he just wants my phone number and he will call me later, then he tells me that the truck isn't even his. I didn't figure the chance of this guy calling me were very good so I gave the guy a made up number. I know that I am going to hell, but I was ready to do it right and he wasn't, so whatever.
I have a phone interview today with Citi Bank, it was supposed to be yesterday but the person was a little sick. Since work won't even try to work with my dealing schedule I have increased my efforts to get into a position that I will like and will allow me to deal at the card house as much as possible. This position with Citi Bank is like a personal banker sales position. I think it has the potential to be very good. That money plus the dealing income would be very substantial.
I bought Smash Brothers Brawl for the Wii the other day and I have been playing the hell out of it. I am glad it is not a bunch of special moves to memorize as is the case with most fighting games. It is a pretty good all around game. I have found that some of the Wii games try to hard to make use of the motion sensor, like the Tony Hawk game is terrible. This doesn't have that, it is pretty straight forward. You can also play online which is pretty cool as well. There is no shit talking though which makes me sad.
I guess for now that is all. I will update again soon.
Until later.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Interesting situation
OK I am going to get the poker stuff out of the way first. After I posted last Saturday and spoke with Jason I decided to take a shot at 25NL. I wanted to see how I played and felt and then go from there. I know that I said that I want to even out my stats but, I am playing for money not my stats. I ran pretty bad and was overly aggressive while I was getting used to the play at this new level. At one point during the session I was down 12 buy-ins, but I maintained discipline and didn't tilt and battled back to only down 6 buy-ins.
I know this sounds like I got my dick smacked in the dirt but, it was actually a very good session. I didn't feel over whelmed or anything like that. I just ran pretty cold, I was making plays that are going to be high variance. I decided to play again on Sunday. I won over 4 buy-ins, so now I am only down 2 buy-ins which I am incredibly happy about. The session was pretty rough too, KK vs AA I lost a stack, I flopped a set of Kings and had a guy hit runner runner straight, then I had QQ vs AK all in preflop and he his an Ace. So it wasn't like a picture perfect session, I should have won about 7 buy-ins. I really feel that I can maintain at this level, as opposed to all the other times I have played at this level.
Yesterday I played a little bit before leaving for Kung-Fu and since I didn't have a lot of time I just played 10NL. I wound up wining over 6 buy-ins from this complete donkey who was at 4 of my tables. He was the greatest horrible player I have ever seen, he was so aggressive that people were laying down and so he had multiple buy-ins at all the tables. I folded a few hands to him before I saw how aggro-tard he really is. Then I turned up my aggression and won a lot of money off of him. I was down 2 buy-ins and this guy got me all the way back up to over 4 buy-ins positive. My lifetime stats for this limit now is negative half a buy in, I will make that in the next couple of days.
I am really excited about my progression and feel really confident that I can be crushing 25NL for a good amount this month. I have to put some of the credit to deuces cracked. Those videos have helped so much and so has cutting down on the amount of tables I am playing.
So onto the interesting situation. I was in class last night and I was a little late because I was playing poker against the total donkey. He was so bad that I just couldn't quit. I was explaining this to Sifu when all of the sudden he got very excited and told me that he needed to talk to me about something. We walk out into the parking lot and tells me about how he was taking out some trash and there was a guy who was moving a box. He dropped the box and poker chips went everywhere. Sifu helped him pick up the chips and he was telling Sifu that he was having a small friendly game. Sifu looks up the stairs and there is a poker table up there. He understands that its probably more than a "friendly game". He is telling me this when the guy comes down the stairs and it is a guy that I know from the Basement. We start talking and I ask him if he needs a dealer and he said yes.
There is a poker room in Arlington that is closing called the Green Room. The owner of that is part owner in this room and is bringing a list of players with him. They are going to start out with some free-rolls to get the business going and see what happens. It is only going to be two tables at the most so it wont be on par with the money I was making at the Basement but even if its like $300 a week it would be a nice bump. They are spreading games on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. It could be a good situation and I could use the extra money.
I am leaving today at 4:30 in order to make it to the place a little early. I don't want to show up in my work clothes, I am going to go home and change. It will also give me some time to see Melissa which is important.
Class last night was good. There were only 4 people in 3rd hour who were above me. Sifu has been bringing up people into third hour a little earlier than he used to because he needs extra people to teach in the second hour. They work on their stuff off to the side. I worked with Derrick for the majority of the night, not the best work-out partner, but better than working alone. I spoke with Tai-Chi Bobby and Sifu about the sparring and my thoughts and we are going to work on it. Apparently I knocked down the guy during my sparring match. I stepped into him and my structure knocked him down. I had no idea and feel much better about it. Bobby and I spoke at length and he said that everyone goes through that and by doing it more it becomes easier and more relaxed.
I am not going to go on Saturday because Sifu is going to be out of town and the class is going to be ran by a high ranking Mantis student. I am going to go next Friday when Sifu is back in town and will be running it. I am also going to get with a few people who I am comfortable with to work out with the pads as well. I need to work on my distance appreciation and other things.
My knee for some reason is hurting a lot here lately. It is not the same knee as last time and not even the same pain. This feels more like a twist, than anything else. I hope that its better soon because it is effecting some of my movements and footwork.
I guess that is it for now. I will update tomorrow or the next day with a trip report from the new card room.
Until later.
I know this sounds like I got my dick smacked in the dirt but, it was actually a very good session. I didn't feel over whelmed or anything like that. I just ran pretty cold, I was making plays that are going to be high variance. I decided to play again on Sunday. I won over 4 buy-ins, so now I am only down 2 buy-ins which I am incredibly happy about. The session was pretty rough too, KK vs AA I lost a stack, I flopped a set of Kings and had a guy hit runner runner straight, then I had QQ vs AK all in preflop and he his an Ace. So it wasn't like a picture perfect session, I should have won about 7 buy-ins. I really feel that I can maintain at this level, as opposed to all the other times I have played at this level.
Yesterday I played a little bit before leaving for Kung-Fu and since I didn't have a lot of time I just played 10NL. I wound up wining over 6 buy-ins from this complete donkey who was at 4 of my tables. He was the greatest horrible player I have ever seen, he was so aggressive that people were laying down and so he had multiple buy-ins at all the tables. I folded a few hands to him before I saw how aggro-tard he really is. Then I turned up my aggression and won a lot of money off of him. I was down 2 buy-ins and this guy got me all the way back up to over 4 buy-ins positive. My lifetime stats for this limit now is negative half a buy in, I will make that in the next couple of days.
I am really excited about my progression and feel really confident that I can be crushing 25NL for a good amount this month. I have to put some of the credit to deuces cracked. Those videos have helped so much and so has cutting down on the amount of tables I am playing.
So onto the interesting situation. I was in class last night and I was a little late because I was playing poker against the total donkey. He was so bad that I just couldn't quit. I was explaining this to Sifu when all of the sudden he got very excited and told me that he needed to talk to me about something. We walk out into the parking lot and tells me about how he was taking out some trash and there was a guy who was moving a box. He dropped the box and poker chips went everywhere. Sifu helped him pick up the chips and he was telling Sifu that he was having a small friendly game. Sifu looks up the stairs and there is a poker table up there. He understands that its probably more than a "friendly game". He is telling me this when the guy comes down the stairs and it is a guy that I know from the Basement. We start talking and I ask him if he needs a dealer and he said yes.
There is a poker room in Arlington that is closing called the Green Room. The owner of that is part owner in this room and is bringing a list of players with him. They are going to start out with some free-rolls to get the business going and see what happens. It is only going to be two tables at the most so it wont be on par with the money I was making at the Basement but even if its like $300 a week it would be a nice bump. They are spreading games on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. It could be a good situation and I could use the extra money.
I am leaving today at 4:30 in order to make it to the place a little early. I don't want to show up in my work clothes, I am going to go home and change. It will also give me some time to see Melissa which is important.
Class last night was good. There were only 4 people in 3rd hour who were above me. Sifu has been bringing up people into third hour a little earlier than he used to because he needs extra people to teach in the second hour. They work on their stuff off to the side. I worked with Derrick for the majority of the night, not the best work-out partner, but better than working alone. I spoke with Tai-Chi Bobby and Sifu about the sparring and my thoughts and we are going to work on it. Apparently I knocked down the guy during my sparring match. I stepped into him and my structure knocked him down. I had no idea and feel much better about it. Bobby and I spoke at length and he said that everyone goes through that and by doing it more it becomes easier and more relaxed.
I am not going to go on Saturday because Sifu is going to be out of town and the class is going to be ran by a high ranking Mantis student. I am going to go next Friday when Sifu is back in town and will be running it. I am also going to get with a few people who I am comfortable with to work out with the pads as well. I need to work on my distance appreciation and other things.
My knee for some reason is hurting a lot here lately. It is not the same knee as last time and not even the same pain. This feels more like a twist, than anything else. I hope that its better soon because it is effecting some of my movements and footwork.
I guess that is it for now. I will update tomorrow or the next day with a trip report from the new card room.
Until later.
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