Fe Fi Fo F*CK!

I should make a list of the elements and skills I'm losing as I get closer to test day. Lunges went away (or I guess they were never there) but are fixed now. One-foot spins have always been easy for me but as of Sunday they're gone with no sign of returning. And today, I lost my outside edges forwards and backwards. Aren't we supposed to get better the more we practice?

I spent almost the whole hour today on Moves. Perimeter Stroking felt fine on both sides but my crossovers at the end still feel forced even though I made a special effort to not be steppy. The speed was good and I was getting on my outside edges for each stroke. Maybe the judges will be focused more on the stroking technique than they are on the crossovers. Then, edges happened. My FO edges...gone. Like, those are the easiest ones! I start on my right foot and that edge is fine. It's when I switch to my left that I lose control and do more of a swingroll than a controlled edge. FI edges were just fine. BO edges, not so much. With these, I'm on too deep of an edge so I'm starting to circle in on the line. I just can't flatten it out. These used to be easy for me until today. BI edges were fine. Actually, they were more than fine, they felt pretty great. So, I'm not sure why my inside edges are so much stronger than my outside edges. I just hope things even out come test day.

I moved over to the hockey circles to work on my crossover pattern. I feel like everything has a nice cadence but I had a scary moment when I tried to emphasize the underpush and tweaked my bad ankle a bit. I'm okay. It was just jarring. The swingroll mohawk transition works every time now so no worries there. Moving on to waltz 8! I finally remembered what to do with my arms! Celebration time! I only did a couple of these but I don't feel like they need my focus now. Spirals happened.

With my final 15 minutes I worked on jumps, spins, and sections of the program. My lunge is finally consistent. It's still not perfect but is so much less of a worry now.

Had a pretty bad fall on my FO edges of all things. I caught my toepick and down I went. I should have a fancy bruise on my knee by tomorrow.


Countdown to test day: 15 days and 2 more lessons with Christopher