deralte: (bujinkan (by me))
([personal profile] deralte Jan. 9th, 2009 02:43 am)
Well, this morning, I finally got a tracking number for my transcript (which is in the transit facility in East Midlands as I type), which I had to call them up and demand, but at least I got it.

Bujinkan last night was a bit tedious due to basics, but tedious or not, it was downright useful. We practised chi no kata for twenty minutes, focusing on cohesiveness i.e. moving all parts of the body in concert with each other. I really need to work on my left side for that kata since it's horribly jerky on that side and while I'm very stable when I do it slowly, I freely realize I tend to rush it when I'm in a hurry and could possibly lose my balance. Need to work on being lighter too. After that, we paired up and did a slow mo exercise to practice taking the space from the other person's space before they finished a punch. It basically involved doing chi no kata then stopping with your fist in the right spot (being careful not to overextend). Your opponent runs right into the fist (which is why my chest has some deep bruises today). We did this for a very long time.

My training partner was this young kid who's in the army and is new to training. He alternated between being respectful and cocky, which could have been worse. At one point, he thought of a possible way around the block by stepping to the left and jabbing quickly. I told him it didn't matter and proved it by using the move to block him, but he didn't believe me *shrugs* Now I know how Jack feels since he gets challenged like that all the time. (The truth is that in a fight, you won't be using the full kata form and therefore your opponent is a lot less likely to see it and dodge it like that, but his jab could have worked if you were slow about your own response. And if your timing is off, the defence won't *ever* work, and in a real fight, that is likely to happen so...) I think it's instinctive for people to try to think of ways around our techniques when they start training because they don't understand that the purpose is to reach the point where even if the person's attack does change, you'll smoothly change to some other response. There is no ultimate technique that works every single time. I found this chi no kata block rather interesting actually in that my opponent had really long arms so half the time I was fine and the other half of the time I was getting my head clipped - always on the left side too. I couldn't figure out if it was something I was doing or something he was, or just a combo of things.

Anyway, we then did pushing the other person away with your fist while keeping your kamae, then blocking kicks which was kinda boring mostly cause it really just involves putting your foot into the space where the person will kick. The same went for the variation with someone trying to knee you. Also, Jack's advice for fighting Muay thai fighters was to get as far away as possible or take all their space before they can kick - very dangerous either way since if they land a blow you'll be in a world of pain. (I have no idea why we were on this topic, but there you go.)
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