Click goes the shinai, click click click
hmm, not much happened today. Sensei held tryouts for the upcoming AUG, as there are only 10 places available but 15 people wanting to go. I didn't get to cheer or see the fights as those not wanting to compete were relegated to doing kata.
Anyway, got my men on first again today, despite giving an unfair advantage away... I'll just keep struttin'.
Well for those doing kata, we went through 1-3 against the juniors. I think teaching 3 at this point isn't really necessary, as I think it causes more confusion than anything else. There's so much to learn with kata that you can just pretty much practice the first one to get those points done, perhaps the second one too so that its not too boring. Well I didn't really learn much today, just tried to practice things that I already know.
Thats about it really. Ah yeah, it has been bugging me since camp but I finally achieved something that I've been trying for a while now. Its the 'click' you get when you have the proper tenouchi. I've realised that I was holding the shinai a bit too firmly with my right hand, and that I wasn't doing the tenouchi properly. SO yeah, the way to get the click is to have very little force with the right hand, and squeeze at the very utmost last point of the swing... 'click'... Well I managed to do it semi consistently with my doubari shinai, which I was planning to use today, but then I tried to do it with my chokuto and it didn't really come off properly. So I just used the chokuto for the training to try and get that click.
Another thing about shinai's. About 2 weeks ago, I realised that my left hand isn't exactly in the correct position, its not quite 'centred'. So I started using my doubari shinai (which has an oval handle) to try and correct this. The oval handle makes me more aware of what my hand position is so that I can correct it. I also think that my skill level isn't enough to warrant using the chokuto yet. Need to get better to use it properly I think.
Anyway, got my men on first again today, despite giving an unfair advantage away... I'll just keep struttin'.
Well for those doing kata, we went through 1-3 against the juniors. I think teaching 3 at this point isn't really necessary, as I think it causes more confusion than anything else. There's so much to learn with kata that you can just pretty much practice the first one to get those points done, perhaps the second one too so that its not too boring. Well I didn't really learn much today, just tried to practice things that I already know.
Thats about it really. Ah yeah, it has been bugging me since camp but I finally achieved something that I've been trying for a while now. Its the 'click' you get when you have the proper tenouchi. I've realised that I was holding the shinai a bit too firmly with my right hand, and that I wasn't doing the tenouchi properly. SO yeah, the way to get the click is to have very little force with the right hand, and squeeze at the very utmost last point of the swing... 'click'... Well I managed to do it semi consistently with my doubari shinai, which I was planning to use today, but then I tried to do it with my chokuto and it didn't really come off properly. So I just used the chokuto for the training to try and get that click.
Another thing about shinai's. About 2 weeks ago, I realised that my left hand isn't exactly in the correct position, its not quite 'centred'. So I started using my doubari shinai (which has an oval handle) to try and correct this. The oval handle makes me more aware of what my hand position is so that I can correct it. I also think that my skill level isn't enough to warrant using the chokuto yet. Need to get better to use it properly I think.
posted by Son at 10:00 pm
1 Comments:
yeah i had that chukoto only because i was told ben sensei uses it - but i found out soon enough that its only for advanced players. So I'm sticking to my doubari for the moment since i've only just made my comeback to kendo recently :P besides its splintered
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