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"Welcome back." *thud*
Dec. 5th, 2005 01:59 pmI'm dehydrated, overheated, and winded; I did, in fact, have a fabulous time.
This being my first day back in nearly two weeks (and sporadic attendance before that), I rather had it in mind to take it easy; but I ended up working out with Eric, who is, as Claire-sensei noted, probably the most fit person in the entire dojo. And, because he's so much fun to partner with (unlike the testosterone-based lifeforms), and puts in so much good energy, it makes me dial up to eleven to match him. Even if my body isn't up to it.
I also got a lot of useful data today. Much of it from Eric, because not only is he very good himself, he's also very good at passing on helpful pointers; but Claire also mentioned a few things that just went *click*. She had us practicing ukemi during warm-ups, which I think more teachers should do (not because I love rolling, but God knows a lot of us need it), and gave the clue of how you kick over your back leg so that when you finish the roll, your ankle doesn't smack into the ground. I have been asking various people about this for MONTHS, because if it stings when you do this on a tatami mat, what will it feel like on concrete? And the usual answer was along the lines of "um don't do that". The other was, she also had us practicing the knee walking thing--which I fear and loathe, but I know I need--and after watching me do it, put me aside for remedial practice. It seems my hips are too tight, which is probably the first time that's been true of me, fnarr fnarr. After about five minutes of intensive one-on-one training, I am now mostly doing it right, and boy howdy is it a lot easier. Though it's still terribly tough on the toesies.
This being my first day back in nearly two weeks (and sporadic attendance before that), I rather had it in mind to take it easy; but I ended up working out with Eric, who is, as Claire-sensei noted, probably the most fit person in the entire dojo. And, because he's so much fun to partner with (unlike the testosterone-based lifeforms), and puts in so much good energy, it makes me dial up to eleven to match him. Even if my body isn't up to it.
I also got a lot of useful data today. Much of it from Eric, because not only is he very good himself, he's also very good at passing on helpful pointers; but Claire also mentioned a few things that just went *click*. She had us practicing ukemi during warm-ups, which I think more teachers should do (not because I love rolling, but God knows a lot of us need it), and gave the clue of how you kick over your back leg so that when you finish the roll, your ankle doesn't smack into the ground. I have been asking various people about this for MONTHS, because if it stings when you do this on a tatami mat, what will it feel like on concrete? And the usual answer was along the lines of "um don't do that". The other was, she also had us practicing the knee walking thing--which I fear and loathe, but I know I need--and after watching me do it, put me aside for remedial practice. It seems my hips are too tight, which is probably the first time that's been true of me, fnarr fnarr. After about five minutes of intensive one-on-one training, I am now mostly doing it right, and boy howdy is it a lot easier. Though it's still terribly tough on the toesies.
