Dead tired
Got to training late last night. Missed out on the warm-ups with everyone. Man that’s gotta be the smallest circle yet this year. More like an octagon, and that’s with guests from other dojos! Those from other clubs were Chiaki (woot), Barnett (he’s been a few times to the club), and a couple of others that I’ve never seen before, one’s from MBK and another from Mumeishi (I assume it was mumeishi from his tenugui). Due to my lateness I did my own warmup, but it probably wasn’t enough, even though I was stuffed afterwards.
After the rei, it was straight into menstuke. Got beaten by not one but two (rather short) kendoka!!! Man, my kendo is going way downhill! Though Pei had a twist in her men himo and the lengths were all over the place. Tsk tsk tsk.
Kirikaeshi and I was just about done after 2 sets, and I wasn’t even doing them fast!!! From then on it was a struggle to stand for me. My feet were just shuffling, lacked any real spirit. A bit embarrassing considering there were a few guests. We did a few kihon cuts, then moved onto uchikomi against motadachi. Sensei picked me as one of the motadachi only because there weren’t enough seniors around, but then gave me a reprieve when Jon joined the training. Was really struggling at this point. Tried to do each uchikomi set in one breath but that was impossible. Had two of the motadachi urging me to follow through faster. Quite embarrassing. I tried to but yeah, my body just didn’t want to do any of it.
I’m blaming my lack of breakfast for my low energy… that and the spicy beef noodle soup my mum made for me the night before. It just didn’t sit well in my stomach all day. No wonder I had no energy. I feel like I need a decent bowl of rice for dinner the night before to keep me energised.
Anyway, we went onto jigeiko. Now, at any other time I would have relished the opportunity to spar with Chiaki (since she doesn’t train at UMKC anymore), but Monday night, well… I was almost ashamed to go up against her. It’s a bit like when I go up against Pai Mei. I feel I have to give face, and by that I mean do my best. I guess my thinking is that I want to make it worth it for them to be training with me. I don’t have delusions of kicking their asses, cos I know I’d get my ass handed to me, but yeah, always want to do my best. It’s the same with sensei I guess. Yeah, anyway, can’t remember much from this point on. I remember I landed a men cut on her, hehehe. She’d tried to resist doing kaeshi dou on me for the first half, but then she threw a couple in, so I tried to beat her with mixed timing, but hmm, this one may have been a bit unintentional. I remember lifting my shinai for the cut, but held it up for a bit, and saw her raise her shinai to block my oncoming men, but then she lowered it because I held the shinai there, and that’s when I cut, hehe. Sneaky. I found it amusing because my cut was quite slow. It bit like the exercise we did the other day, where sensei just made us lift our shinai, and let it drop (without forcefully bringing it down) and stop it with tenouchi. Anyway, I’ve been invited to train at Fudoshin if I want to spar with her again before she leaves for Taiwan. I’m just a bit intimidated at the thought of having to spar with Brett Smith sensei…
Anyway, not much more that I can remember. There was a point where I was sparring with Barnett from MBK. I noticed that he didn’t like being at tsubazeriai, and would always retreat back quickly, however, I actually don’t mind fighting from tsubazeriai. Anyway, he’d nod to me to indicate that he wants to go back, but I never nodded back. Well at one point, I decided to cut men just as he went back. This prompted an annoyed tilt of the head from him. Hmm, don’t know what the etiquette is, but I didn’t acknowledge that I was going to let him go back. Besides, he should still be alert when going back. I know I am. I try to move back as quick as possible to avoid being hit, but I also try to be ready to counter attack if my opponent does. So yeah, I didn’t get to talk to him afterwards, but I don’t think I was wrong to try and cut him. How else am I going to practice my hiki waza.
After the rei, it was straight into menstuke. Got beaten by not one but two (rather short) kendoka!!! Man, my kendo is going way downhill! Though Pei had a twist in her men himo and the lengths were all over the place. Tsk tsk tsk.
Kirikaeshi and I was just about done after 2 sets, and I wasn’t even doing them fast!!! From then on it was a struggle to stand for me. My feet were just shuffling, lacked any real spirit. A bit embarrassing considering there were a few guests. We did a few kihon cuts, then moved onto uchikomi against motadachi. Sensei picked me as one of the motadachi only because there weren’t enough seniors around, but then gave me a reprieve when Jon joined the training. Was really struggling at this point. Tried to do each uchikomi set in one breath but that was impossible. Had two of the motadachi urging me to follow through faster. Quite embarrassing. I tried to but yeah, my body just didn’t want to do any of it.
I’m blaming my lack of breakfast for my low energy… that and the spicy beef noodle soup my mum made for me the night before. It just didn’t sit well in my stomach all day. No wonder I had no energy. I feel like I need a decent bowl of rice for dinner the night before to keep me energised.
Anyway, we went onto jigeiko. Now, at any other time I would have relished the opportunity to spar with Chiaki (since she doesn’t train at UMKC anymore), but Monday night, well… I was almost ashamed to go up against her. It’s a bit like when I go up against Pai Mei. I feel I have to give face, and by that I mean do my best. I guess my thinking is that I want to make it worth it for them to be training with me. I don’t have delusions of kicking their asses, cos I know I’d get my ass handed to me, but yeah, always want to do my best. It’s the same with sensei I guess. Yeah, anyway, can’t remember much from this point on. I remember I landed a men cut on her, hehehe. She’d tried to resist doing kaeshi dou on me for the first half, but then she threw a couple in, so I tried to beat her with mixed timing, but hmm, this one may have been a bit unintentional. I remember lifting my shinai for the cut, but held it up for a bit, and saw her raise her shinai to block my oncoming men, but then she lowered it because I held the shinai there, and that’s when I cut, hehe. Sneaky. I found it amusing because my cut was quite slow. It bit like the exercise we did the other day, where sensei just made us lift our shinai, and let it drop (without forcefully bringing it down) and stop it with tenouchi. Anyway, I’ve been invited to train at Fudoshin if I want to spar with her again before she leaves for Taiwan. I’m just a bit intimidated at the thought of having to spar with Brett Smith sensei…
Anyway, not much more that I can remember. There was a point where I was sparring with Barnett from MBK. I noticed that he didn’t like being at tsubazeriai, and would always retreat back quickly, however, I actually don’t mind fighting from tsubazeriai. Anyway, he’d nod to me to indicate that he wants to go back, but I never nodded back. Well at one point, I decided to cut men just as he went back. This prompted an annoyed tilt of the head from him. Hmm, don’t know what the etiquette is, but I didn’t acknowledge that I was going to let him go back. Besides, he should still be alert when going back. I know I am. I try to move back as quick as possible to avoid being hit, but I also try to be ready to counter attack if my opponent does. So yeah, I didn’t get to talk to him afterwards, but I don’t think I was wrong to try and cut him. How else am I going to practice my hiki waza.
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