song meme, kendo, rambling

[deralte]

This song meme is fun. I've been enjoying recieving and sending songs all day:)

I tried out Kendo this evening and wasn't very impressed. The etitquette was very strict and I suspect I'll have the same problems with it that I had with fencing (namely, it's not realistic fighting). The sensei was a sadist at the beginning, making everyone sit in seisan (legs tucked under, arse on feet, hands on thighs, back straight) for well over four minutes on a hard wooden floor. I've been doing martial arts and sitting in that position for six or seven years now, but even I was having trouble near the end (it's the wooden floor that does it since your ankle bones grind into it... unless you're a guy and then you can sit with your ankles crossed...bastards...). He did it to point out how hard his class was going to be, and I must admit, this is the first martial arts class I've attended that drew blood on the first day (everyone is bare foot and learning a new way of walking so feet are bound to get hurt and slashed up), but I wasn't too impressed by how 'hard' everyone was. It was an interesting thing to try, but it's definately not for me.

Comments

[ilanabean42.livejournal.com]

The sitting with the ankles crossed is a guy thing? I could never figure out why some of the guys would sit like that while I found it fiendlishly uncomfortable.

[deralte.livejournal.com]

As far as I can tell, they have extra bones or streching or something that allows them to do it comfortably. I find sitting with my ankles crossed as uncomfortable as you do. Now, traditionally, men are allowed to sit that way while women are supposed to sit with feet pointing straight back and hands in a certain position, so either way, we loose.