A Dark Side Adventure

Tuesday teaching night – really small 1st class because of school holidays so split everyone into groups. Kata, basics (ugh), open-handed techniques, some self defence stuff for the smallest kids. Finished with the “drag them out of the circle” exercise - hard to get the kids to really really fight – theyre so totally conditioned. So we’ll need to keep working on it.

2nd class – huge long strength, fitness and stretching warmup because I was just in the mood. Then striking/avoiding drills increasing in intensity. Good conditioning for arms, some people sore. Moved into kumite. I took a huge, accidental shoken to the bicep (the only shokens in gkr are accidental). Pain is just weakness etc…Then some flowing Bassai-dai, as an experiment. Very non-gkr. Finished with kotikitae, more conditioning, just light. Everyone suitably battered, including me.

Wednesday Night – Gkr Senior training. Kata in pairs one critiquing the other, moving up through the sequence. My partner was a lower grade and it was a good revision of earlier katas. She was focussed on technique, I was just experimenting with timing and grouping really. Interesting, quite useful.

 Then some kumite. I’ve had enough of the points-scoring ethos, just can’t cope with it any more, so not doing very well on their terms. One girl very shocked that i kept hitting her…in tournaments you stop after you’ve scored a hit.  And I’m not a specialist in single reverse stomach punches. Trouble is I can’t really practise the way I want to.

So I’m caught between one thing and another, but thats okay. Theres only one direction this is headed.

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