2011-07-05 07:28:00
Last night, despite muscle aches* and tiredness, Martijn and I got together for another training session. After stretching and a little suburi I followed Menno's advice and decided to forego any real focus on the small/fast men strike.
First off, Martijn was interesting in practicing jodan no kamae, which is a completely different stance than is normally used and taught. Whereas chudan no kamae is both safe and stable, jodan has both drawbacks and positive sides. For example, while extending the kendoka's reach considerably (at least half a pace), the raised shinai leaves both the do and the left kote open for attack.
With Martijn having practiced some men strikes from jodan we then proceeded with something that I could use more of: jigeiko. With Martijn wearing his bogu it was up to me to practice seme and to create an opening for myself. As I already know (and as Martijn remarked yesterday) I'm about as threatening as an arctic rabbit, so this is good practice for me!
Stuff we practiced:
*: I helped lay laminate flooring at Kaijuu's new house last weekend. I love doing that as it's part puzzle, part physical and all manual labour ^_^
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Posted by Thomas
Hahah, yeah... If only my opponents didn't see me that way. =_=;
Posted by martijn
Haha you had me rofl there about the bunny part.^_^ But futher the practice went very well, Cant wait till next time couse it went well and we both learned a few things. Yes i learned some stuff from the jigeiko aswell. like what counters are best and what can i do best at what moment.
Let me know when you want to train again. I am all ready for it^_^
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2011-07-05 09:42:00
Posted by luthien
Wahaaaa :) Cute, cute, fluffy bunny!