Focus
Late for Monday’s training cos I was helping out with the symposium.
Made sure I taped the callous on the big toe on my left foot, since it is very susceptible to cracking and splitting during training. I’d given up on this before because the bandaid seems to just come off halfway through training due to the sweat, but I figure I should ride this out until the damn thing completely heals. Didn’t have a problem before the first split, but after that first split, it seems so much more susceptible to cutting open. Bah.
Did a few kirikaeshi to warm up, followed with some kihon cuts. Quite a few late comers that night, and I ended up just receiving kirikaeshi for them during the kihon practice (since I was at the end of the line…). We then practiced hiki waza, like last week. Started off with slow deliberate cuts focussing on the basics, then we progressively went faster. Had Pai Mei for one of the rounds, and he told me to cut harder. I think I was stopping short for the taiatari, so I cut as if I was going to follow through. I’ve told others this before when I felt their taiatari was week. Guess I should listen to my own advice, but its always better coming from someone senior. We then worked our way up to doing the 19 cut hiki thingo… men hiki men, men hiki kote men hiki dou, repeated 3 times, then finish off with men. Did this a few times. After about 3 times, a few people dropped out and sat on the sidelines, which caught the ire of sensei. Hehe. He doesn’t get this way as often as he used to. I remember one time way back, where I was standing around during free jigeiko (we actually did that all the time when I was a beginner), and he told me off cos he thought I was slacking off, but I was just waiting for someone to spar with me, hehe, so he got me to spar with him. He was then further unimpressed with my performance, because I had a blister on my toe that popped and I couldn’t slide my feet. Sensei is too nice these days I think. Anyway, I felt shit during my hiki cuts. My ‘in’ cuts were rushed and shit, and my hiki cuts were all over the place. For the last one, I focussed too much on speed and spirit and lost my technique. Really need to learn to focus more, or at least refocus when I’ve lost focus…
Made sure I taped the callous on the big toe on my left foot, since it is very susceptible to cracking and splitting during training. I’d given up on this before because the bandaid seems to just come off halfway through training due to the sweat, but I figure I should ride this out until the damn thing completely heals. Didn’t have a problem before the first split, but after that first split, it seems so much more susceptible to cutting open. Bah.
Did a few kirikaeshi to warm up, followed with some kihon cuts. Quite a few late comers that night, and I ended up just receiving kirikaeshi for them during the kihon practice (since I was at the end of the line…). We then practiced hiki waza, like last week. Started off with slow deliberate cuts focussing on the basics, then we progressively went faster. Had Pai Mei for one of the rounds, and he told me to cut harder. I think I was stopping short for the taiatari, so I cut as if I was going to follow through. I’ve told others this before when I felt their taiatari was week. Guess I should listen to my own advice, but its always better coming from someone senior. We then worked our way up to doing the 19 cut hiki thingo… men hiki men, men hiki kote men hiki dou, repeated 3 times, then finish off with men. Did this a few times. After about 3 times, a few people dropped out and sat on the sidelines, which caught the ire of sensei. Hehe. He doesn’t get this way as often as he used to. I remember one time way back, where I was standing around during free jigeiko (we actually did that all the time when I was a beginner), and he told me off cos he thought I was slacking off, but I was just waiting for someone to spar with me, hehe, so he got me to spar with him. He was then further unimpressed with my performance, because I had a blister on my toe that popped and I couldn’t slide my feet. Sensei is too nice these days I think. Anyway, I felt shit during my hiki cuts. My ‘in’ cuts were rushed and shit, and my hiki cuts were all over the place. For the last one, I focussed too much on speed and spirit and lost my technique. Really need to learn to focus more, or at least refocus when I’ve lost focus…
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