semi-powerful

i just had my first self defense class today, and it was FUN! the class is held at ELAC, whos actually doing some construction right now, so i had a tough time finding the entrance of the gym. its like you see it, but theres no way to get to the door! anyways, the setup was a bit ghetto, with itty bitty foam mats spread across the floor, so the whole time in the middle of pinning your partner down, we are just constantly adjusting the mats so we dont trip over them. there was one official teacher, and about 10 minutes into the class, another dude came in an was co-teaching with him. they kept on trying to give different directions...mixed messages in self defense learning is not that effective. the class went like 40 mins over because the co-teacher had no concept of time and the official teacher went to teach his childrens karate class. overall it was pretty fun, i learned how to bring someone down to the floor. plus there a cute guy in the class ;)