Stupid soccer
Played a staff vs student soccer match in the afternoon (I was on the staff side) and screwed up my ankle quite badly. Damn! My shin was bleeding too, which I didn’t even notice until Yvonne pointed it out to me. So yeah, just watching the training last night.
During the warm-ups, Mike got to the hayasuburi, and asked everyone how many they think they should do, so up in the stands, Yvonne yells out ‘100!’. Mikes’ like ‘Oooh, 100, who said that? Must be Yvonne since she’s not trainging’. Hehe. Anyone reading this that had to do it, be sure to ‘thank’ Yvonne at the next training.
Sensei didn’t come last night, nor did Pai Mei, so Josh took the training.
Throughout the training, there was a common theme. I’d noticed that the level of the juniors was quite poor. I remember that after about 6 months of training in kendo, I had at least some decent basics, which few from this batch seem to have. Even Yvonne noted that they were shit. This may be due to the large size of the group, so they don’t get as much attention from sensei as I used to get. My beginners group was merely 15, and by second semester it was probably down to about 7 or 8, so we’d obviously get more attention. Maybe it was just because it was the first training back from holidays, and all the non regulars decided to come back.
One thing that kinda annoyed me (and I’m sure this is going to come back and bite me in the arse) was the number of times people decided to drop out, either to fix their himo or catch their breath. It just kinda fucks it up for everyone else. I think during every single rotation, there was at least one person left stranded by themselves without a partner.
Hmm, not much else. I tried to note P<3I’s performance so I can give her advice, since she’s always asking for it. Hmm, didn’t know where to start. However I’m still jealous of her hiki men. Mine just plain sucks.
Another thing, I noticed Chiaki fighting one of the juniors during jigeiko (one of the Potter twins). He’s only a part timer so I guess I shouldn’t be too hard on him, but yeah, at one point, Chiaki opened for him to cut men, and he jumped back in fear, hehehe (she was making mince meat of him prior to that).
During the warm-ups, Mike got to the hayasuburi, and asked everyone how many they think they should do, so up in the stands, Yvonne yells out ‘100!’. Mikes’ like ‘Oooh, 100, who said that? Must be Yvonne since she’s not trainging’. Hehe. Anyone reading this that had to do it, be sure to ‘thank’ Yvonne at the next training.
Sensei didn’t come last night, nor did Pai Mei, so Josh took the training.
Throughout the training, there was a common theme. I’d noticed that the level of the juniors was quite poor. I remember that after about 6 months of training in kendo, I had at least some decent basics, which few from this batch seem to have. Even Yvonne noted that they were shit. This may be due to the large size of the group, so they don’t get as much attention from sensei as I used to get. My beginners group was merely 15, and by second semester it was probably down to about 7 or 8, so we’d obviously get more attention. Maybe it was just because it was the first training back from holidays, and all the non regulars decided to come back.
One thing that kinda annoyed me (and I’m sure this is going to come back and bite me in the arse) was the number of times people decided to drop out, either to fix their himo or catch their breath. It just kinda fucks it up for everyone else. I think during every single rotation, there was at least one person left stranded by themselves without a partner.
Hmm, not much else. I tried to note P<3I’s performance so I can give her advice, since she’s always asking for it. Hmm, didn’t know where to start. However I’m still jealous of her hiki men. Mine just plain sucks.
Another thing, I noticed Chiaki fighting one of the juniors during jigeiko (one of the Potter twins). He’s only a part timer so I guess I shouldn’t be too hard on him, but yeah, at one point, Chiaki opened for him to cut men, and he jumped back in fear, hehehe (she was making mince meat of him prior to that).
posted by Son at 4:34 pm
1 Comments:
Mmm...my hiki waza actually suck sht because I always instinctively cut with my right hand. What is it about my hiki men that you're jealous about?
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