Bring it on...
Tried on the new club jacket last night, and I have to say, it looks quite good, and is of quite high quality. Its got what seems to be a waterproof shell with polyfleece lining. Got myself a large so I can wear it while i'm in dou/tare.
Got my men on first last night too! With Pei and Viet just seconds behind, muahahahaha! Too slow guys. Though I did rush it a bit and it wasn't as tight as it could have been, still, I saw some minor mistakes that Viet and Pei had made, where Viet had a bit of a twist in his himo of the side of his men, whilst Pei's two men himo were slightly separated... Tut tut tut...
Comps are coming up so sensei wants us to do more jigeiko. We did a few kirikaeshi to start followed with some kihon cuts and nidan cuts. I remembered doing a really nice kihon kote on Roxy which 'popped' really nicely, and she was like 'oooh, that felt good...' hehe. We then did uchikomi with an emphasis on multiple cuts. At least 4 multiple cuts in 5 passes, at least thats what I heard.
Then jigeiko. Was quite fun. Had Pei first up. Tried to fool her with some 'tricksy' kendo but she didn't buy it. I've noticed that I find it hard fighting really short girls, because kote cuts seem harder, and dou cuts are pretty much non-existent. I then fought Yvonne. More zanshin Yvonne! and go straight... Next I fought Russel I think. He beat me in my first shiai match at camp, so I wanted payback! But not much in it I guess. I like fighting Russel, he goes all out, no mucking about. Hit me in the ribs at one point too. Been hit there so many times this year I think I'm getting immune to bruising there! Then fought Andrew. He kicked my ass, but I really enjoyed it. I scored one cut on him which he acknowledged, I think it was a kote cut. Later he said that I was moving back too much. I found that I've been doing a lot of this lately so that I can fight from issoku distant and not chikama. I guess I need to be more attacking and just cut if it comes to chikama rather than go back all the time. I really like Andrews cuts though, every time he went for a men cut, he'd go straight for me and be all in my face. Its something I'm trying to emulate. I then had Josh... me,'Nitto onegaishimasu', Josh,'Sorry, not tonight'. Damn, oh well. For some reason that fight seemed sooooo short. I still liked it though. Josh was trying some different variations on chudan kamae which I didn't know how to fight against, but it was good experience. I then had KevH. I think I know how to fight him better now, but I just can't quite do it yet. I need to be more attacking as he is very attacking, making him 'open' a lot. I just need to be in a very attacking mindset to make use of those opportunities. He also commented that I was fighting a bit too close, and I wasn't really doing anything... More attacking... Last up I was against Vinnci. Hmm, she was cutting to the sides quite a bit, so I told her to cut straighter, which she did, and landed a couple of cuts on me towards the end.
So yeah, bring on more jigeiko. I want the practice. There's a lot of good high kyu grade players in our club, so the chances of me making the kyu grade team are quite remote, but I've thrown my hat into the ring. I think it would be good experience.
Got my men on first last night too! With Pei and Viet just seconds behind, muahahahaha! Too slow guys. Though I did rush it a bit and it wasn't as tight as it could have been, still, I saw some minor mistakes that Viet and Pei had made, where Viet had a bit of a twist in his himo of the side of his men, whilst Pei's two men himo were slightly separated... Tut tut tut...
Comps are coming up so sensei wants us to do more jigeiko. We did a few kirikaeshi to start followed with some kihon cuts and nidan cuts. I remembered doing a really nice kihon kote on Roxy which 'popped' really nicely, and she was like 'oooh, that felt good...' hehe. We then did uchikomi with an emphasis on multiple cuts. At least 4 multiple cuts in 5 passes, at least thats what I heard.
Then jigeiko. Was quite fun. Had Pei first up. Tried to fool her with some 'tricksy' kendo but she didn't buy it. I've noticed that I find it hard fighting really short girls, because kote cuts seem harder, and dou cuts are pretty much non-existent. I then fought Yvonne. More zanshin Yvonne! and go straight... Next I fought Russel I think. He beat me in my first shiai match at camp, so I wanted payback! But not much in it I guess. I like fighting Russel, he goes all out, no mucking about. Hit me in the ribs at one point too. Been hit there so many times this year I think I'm getting immune to bruising there! Then fought Andrew. He kicked my ass, but I really enjoyed it. I scored one cut on him which he acknowledged, I think it was a kote cut. Later he said that I was moving back too much. I found that I've been doing a lot of this lately so that I can fight from issoku distant and not chikama. I guess I need to be more attacking and just cut if it comes to chikama rather than go back all the time. I really like Andrews cuts though, every time he went for a men cut, he'd go straight for me and be all in my face. Its something I'm trying to emulate. I then had Josh... me,'Nitto onegaishimasu', Josh,'Sorry, not tonight'. Damn, oh well. For some reason that fight seemed sooooo short. I still liked it though. Josh was trying some different variations on chudan kamae which I didn't know how to fight against, but it was good experience. I then had KevH. I think I know how to fight him better now, but I just can't quite do it yet. I need to be more attacking as he is very attacking, making him 'open' a lot. I just need to be in a very attacking mindset to make use of those opportunities. He also commented that I was fighting a bit too close, and I wasn't really doing anything... More attacking... Last up I was against Vinnci. Hmm, she was cutting to the sides quite a bit, so I told her to cut straighter, which she did, and landed a couple of cuts on me towards the end.
So yeah, bring on more jigeiko. I want the practice. There's a lot of good high kyu grade players in our club, so the chances of me making the kyu grade team are quite remote, but I've thrown my hat into the ring. I think it would be good experience.
posted by Son at 4:34 pm
2 Comments:
do you really have to place the emphasis on short by adding a 'really short'...btw it was a good jigeiko. Tricksy kendo indeed, that is 100% trung-do...he wrote it on the forum before, addressing it to me. fob alert *beep beep*
ummm btw with Josh, he did the nito style one-handed jigeiko with me but only with one shinai :D he was like in chudan then when i go for kote, he hides his right hand (omg i didnt know you can do that!!!) and while i was still in shock, he got my men. he told me thats nito style but without the shorter shinai...then he changed into jodan...then into that other kamae that ben sensei told us about. it was fun tho! although i should have been concentrating on cutting doh coz his doh is wide open most of the time.
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