Gotta support the team!
Wow, been getting really slack with my kendo posts. Might be because I was sick all week, but that shouldn’t be an excuse.
Anyway, was already a bit sick on Sunday at the VKC, and it progressively got worse by Monday. At this point my throat was starting to get a bit sore so I thought I’d do non-kiai kendo. I must have gotten at least 4 comments regarding my lack of kiai.
Started off bad enough. I was feeling really thirsty and drained, so I went to have a drink when menstuke was called, only to have Pei beat me. I’ll give you that one Pei… but from now on, no more mister nice guy.
We just did a lot of kiri kaeshi to start off with. Then did a long kiri kaeshi across the width of the basketball court. Sensei was kinda hovering around the area I was, so I decided to kiai for this one. Had Josh as motadachi and he moves quite fast, I had to kinda chase him when going forward. Well my kiai was going alright until about halfway going back when it started to die, so I resuscitated it with my generic ‘Saaaaaaaaa’ and it got me home. I really don’t know where that comes from. Its like ‘Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee –out of breath’ (*without breathing in) ‘Saaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!’ Happy that I was able to do it in one breath.
Then uchikomi geiko against motadachi. Hmm, can’t remember much now, its like a week later! This must be the latest I’ve left writing up a kendo post. I think this might be associated with a drop in my motivation/enthusiasm. I still feel like I really want to improve, especially after the VKC. Must be due to the sickness that’s making me feel down. Lets hope I get well soon (though not very likely since its now spring). Anyway, during uchikomi, I felt like I had improved upon what sensei said about my uchikomi a couple of months ago… that I wasn’t constantly attacking. I found that there were a couple of times during the uchikomi geiko that I was actually waiting for the opening to cut, ie. that I felt I was ready to cut as soon as I turned around and really felt like I wanted to cut (which is what sensei emphasised that night). That all felt good. Although, again I forgot to put a bandaid on my big left toe and the callous ripped open again, so I had to step out for a bit to tape it up. Didn’t really miss anything though. I really should remember to bandaid it before training starts! I think this problem is going to stay with me forever.
Anyway, the motadachi then did their uchikomi and kakari geiko. I really liked watching Hiro do it. He seems soo fast, its just contantly bangbangbang! During the ai kakari geiko I did notice that one of the guys was probably not doing it right because he was blocking some of the cuts. The idea I have about kakari is that you’re constantly attacking so there shouldn’t be any blocking at all unless maybe you try a kaeshi waza. Anyway, its something to keep in mind and hope that I don’t do that during kakari and remember that I should always be attacking no matter what…
Yesterday was the AUG fundraiser and I got myself a couple of new shinais from the auction! Well one of them I didn’t really want, it’s a suburi shinai (750 grams I think). Anyway, I just wanted to do a smartass bid of $34.50 and assumed that someone would outbid me for it! But alas, no one did, and I didn’t even get to have it for 34.50… Mike made me pay the whole 35 bucks! Hehe, my bid: firty for fifty… Mike: Ok, we’ll just make that an even 35.. me: hey man, 50 cents is a lot of money!!! Hehe. Now I’m 35 bucks poorer. Anyway, I also got the handmade madake bamboo shinai worth $80 for $55. Again I made my 34.50 bid, which was honoured this time, but not that it mattered because it went to 40 bucks straight away. Hehe, Alex really really really wanted it! I probably should have just let him have it, but hey, I need a new shinai, I was drunk and I want to support the club! hehehehe
Anyway, was already a bit sick on Sunday at the VKC, and it progressively got worse by Monday. At this point my throat was starting to get a bit sore so I thought I’d do non-kiai kendo. I must have gotten at least 4 comments regarding my lack of kiai.
Started off bad enough. I was feeling really thirsty and drained, so I went to have a drink when menstuke was called, only to have Pei beat me. I’ll give you that one Pei… but from now on, no more mister nice guy.
We just did a lot of kiri kaeshi to start off with. Then did a long kiri kaeshi across the width of the basketball court. Sensei was kinda hovering around the area I was, so I decided to kiai for this one. Had Josh as motadachi and he moves quite fast, I had to kinda chase him when going forward. Well my kiai was going alright until about halfway going back when it started to die, so I resuscitated it with my generic ‘Saaaaaaaaa’ and it got me home. I really don’t know where that comes from. Its like ‘Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee –out of breath’ (*without breathing in) ‘Saaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!’ Happy that I was able to do it in one breath.
Then uchikomi geiko against motadachi. Hmm, can’t remember much now, its like a week later! This must be the latest I’ve left writing up a kendo post. I think this might be associated with a drop in my motivation/enthusiasm. I still feel like I really want to improve, especially after the VKC. Must be due to the sickness that’s making me feel down. Lets hope I get well soon (though not very likely since its now spring). Anyway, during uchikomi, I felt like I had improved upon what sensei said about my uchikomi a couple of months ago… that I wasn’t constantly attacking. I found that there were a couple of times during the uchikomi geiko that I was actually waiting for the opening to cut, ie. that I felt I was ready to cut as soon as I turned around and really felt like I wanted to cut (which is what sensei emphasised that night). That all felt good. Although, again I forgot to put a bandaid on my big left toe and the callous ripped open again, so I had to step out for a bit to tape it up. Didn’t really miss anything though. I really should remember to bandaid it before training starts! I think this problem is going to stay with me forever.
Anyway, the motadachi then did their uchikomi and kakari geiko. I really liked watching Hiro do it. He seems soo fast, its just contantly bangbangbang! During the ai kakari geiko I did notice that one of the guys was probably not doing it right because he was blocking some of the cuts. The idea I have about kakari is that you’re constantly attacking so there shouldn’t be any blocking at all unless maybe you try a kaeshi waza. Anyway, its something to keep in mind and hope that I don’t do that during kakari and remember that I should always be attacking no matter what…
Yesterday was the AUG fundraiser and I got myself a couple of new shinais from the auction! Well one of them I didn’t really want, it’s a suburi shinai (750 grams I think). Anyway, I just wanted to do a smartass bid of $34.50 and assumed that someone would outbid me for it! But alas, no one did, and I didn’t even get to have it for 34.50… Mike made me pay the whole 35 bucks! Hehe, my bid: firty for fifty… Mike: Ok, we’ll just make that an even 35.. me: hey man, 50 cents is a lot of money!!! Hehe. Now I’m 35 bucks poorer. Anyway, I also got the handmade madake bamboo shinai worth $80 for $55. Again I made my 34.50 bid, which was honoured this time, but not that it mattered because it went to 40 bucks straight away. Hehe, Alex really really really wanted it! I probably should have just let him have it, but hey, I need a new shinai, I was drunk and I want to support the club! hehehehe
posted by Son at 2:42 pm
2 Comments:
were you drunk then?!! you can't hold your alcohol either, can u? haha
I can hold it... I didn't throw up, and by the time it was all over, I was sober again... enough to drive home... with some clubbing in between.
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