I am blessed. At karate training Saturday, I mentioned in passing to my Sensei Enrique O. that the Olympic lift called the snatch was a "mystery movement" to me, not unlike the golf swing. It turns out Enrique Sensei was a Mexican national champion in Olympic lifting.
Because he knows both karate and Olympic lifts, he can draw from both to teach one or the other. After training was over, out in the parking lot, he made up a snatch kata to illustrate how the hands/arms should move quickly to the overhead position. I imitated and got that part of the snatch drawing on that part of my brain devoted to countless repetitions in karate, but this time applied to a different objective.
He also demonstrated what he called the S-shaped curve for the body's route during the snatch. This was easier to watch than to do, but it is helpful to have the image of my karate sensei doing it in my mind's eye, there in the sunny parking lot on a Saturday morning. Can't wait to attack snatch again during CrossFit training this week. That is, if we do it. We may not. CrossFit exercise variation is great. Part of what I enjoy so much about it is its variety.
But it is certainly a blessing to be around so many knowledgeable people. Sensei Enrique O., Dave S., Jen H., and Carl W. I am so grateful to know them.
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