Power Levelling
Too much spirit??? I think maybe not enough.
Sensei will be gone for the next 5 weeks, so our most senior member is taking the trainings... to another level it seems. So by the time sensei comes back, we're supposed to be able to do kakari geiko (ie. be able to train 'til exhaustion, and yet still maintain some modicum of technique).
Well training started with no seniors around, so one of the guys that's coming through took the warmup, which was his first time doing it. Good effort. I guess it must be nerve racking when something like that is thrust upon you. He missed a couple of elements in the warmup, but all in all, he tried to motivate people in way... which was good.
So onto training proper. Did some footwork exercises against a motadachi (?). Basically we stood at kamae and moveded either forward or back depending on the call, and the point was to maintain issoku itto no maai with your partner. I think my step forward and backward weren't exactly the same size. My partner and I never seem to end up where we started at the end of each set... Another thing to work on. Then lined up against motadachi, at this point, we were still menless... Practiced seme-ing. Step in to IINM from touma with intent to cut, then follow through (no cut).
Mensuke.
Back into lines of 4. Kiri kaeshi. Didn't feel that great today. Just felt like I lacked something. Then to uchikomi geiko, again, felt like it wasn't all quite there. Kinda like my batteries were low. Then did some kihon cuts, men, kote and dou.
Class separates. The fun begins... By this time, I already felt drained.
Did some more kihon practice. Tsuki. We always seem to do this when this sempai takes the class. I'm starting to think he's got a tsuki fetish. No damage done to me this time. Then uchikomi again. The pattern was men, kote-men, dou, men, men. Did this once. Then did it again. Then... Ok, 2 sets in a row... whoo. Fun Fun Fun. My kendo must have looked like shit by the time I was doing this cos most of my focus was on trying to stand up straight.
Then we practiced hiki waza. The pattern was men (follow through), men-hiki-men, men-hiki-kote, men-hiki-dou, men (follow through). Did this a couple of times. Then... twice in a row (without the follow through men cuts in between), so 6 consecutive hiki cuts. Then... 3 times a row... followed straight up (no kotai) with kiri kaeshi. I think the shinai almost fell out of my hand at one point. But I powered through. By the second set of cuts, I just let my kiai pull me through. It waned but I gave everything I had to get through at a still quick-ish pace.
Then jigeiko. Time to learn how to stand in kamae correctly was about all I thought I could learn. Can't remember much of the jigeiko's. Except that for the very first cut, I just kinda opened up and breathed a sigh of relief, hehe. Now I had her off guard... AHHHHH... hehe. Too sneaky. Each jigeiko was finised off with ippon shobu. I lost the first to a hiki dou. Won the second pretty quick with a debana men cut. Won the third with a hiki men cut. 2 out of three aint too bad I guess.
At the end of training, the post training advice was basically... There's more to come... and then some... bwahahaha. Bring it on I say. By the time sensei is back, I should have levelled up and put some attribute points into spirit, stamina and endurance.
Sensei will be gone for the next 5 weeks, so our most senior member is taking the trainings... to another level it seems. So by the time sensei comes back, we're supposed to be able to do kakari geiko (ie. be able to train 'til exhaustion, and yet still maintain some modicum of technique).
Well training started with no seniors around, so one of the guys that's coming through took the warmup, which was his first time doing it. Good effort. I guess it must be nerve racking when something like that is thrust upon you. He missed a couple of elements in the warmup, but all in all, he tried to motivate people in way... which was good.
So onto training proper. Did some footwork exercises against a motadachi (?). Basically we stood at kamae and moveded either forward or back depending on the call, and the point was to maintain issoku itto no maai with your partner. I think my step forward and backward weren't exactly the same size. My partner and I never seem to end up where we started at the end of each set... Another thing to work on. Then lined up against motadachi, at this point, we were still menless... Practiced seme-ing. Step in to IINM from touma with intent to cut, then follow through (no cut).
Mensuke.
Back into lines of 4. Kiri kaeshi. Didn't feel that great today. Just felt like I lacked something. Then to uchikomi geiko, again, felt like it wasn't all quite there. Kinda like my batteries were low. Then did some kihon cuts, men, kote and dou.
Class separates. The fun begins... By this time, I already felt drained.
Did some more kihon practice. Tsuki. We always seem to do this when this sempai takes the class. I'm starting to think he's got a tsuki fetish. No damage done to me this time. Then uchikomi again. The pattern was men, kote-men, dou, men, men. Did this once. Then did it again. Then... Ok, 2 sets in a row... whoo. Fun Fun Fun. My kendo must have looked like shit by the time I was doing this cos most of my focus was on trying to stand up straight.
Then we practiced hiki waza. The pattern was men (follow through), men-hiki-men, men-hiki-kote, men-hiki-dou, men (follow through). Did this a couple of times. Then... twice in a row (without the follow through men cuts in between), so 6 consecutive hiki cuts. Then... 3 times a row... followed straight up (no kotai) with kiri kaeshi. I think the shinai almost fell out of my hand at one point. But I powered through. By the second set of cuts, I just let my kiai pull me through. It waned but I gave everything I had to get through at a still quick-ish pace.
Then jigeiko. Time to learn how to stand in kamae correctly was about all I thought I could learn. Can't remember much of the jigeiko's. Except that for the very first cut, I just kinda opened up and breathed a sigh of relief, hehe. Now I had her off guard... AHHHHH... hehe. Too sneaky. Each jigeiko was finised off with ippon shobu. I lost the first to a hiki dou. Won the second pretty quick with a debana men cut. Won the third with a hiki men cut. 2 out of three aint too bad I guess.
At the end of training, the post training advice was basically... There's more to come... and then some... bwahahaha. Bring it on I say. By the time sensei is back, I should have levelled up and put some attribute points into spirit, stamina and endurance.
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