36: Friday 7:00 : February 10, 2006

Tanto with Roland sensei!

Basic:
Kihon Dosa

Tai no Henko-1 (Right side)
Tai no Henko-2 (Right side)
Hiriki no Yosei-1 (Right side)
Hiriki no Yosei-2 (Right side)

Tai no Henko-1 (Left side)
Tai no Henko-2 (Left side)
Hiriki no Yosei-1 (Left side)
Hiriki no Yosei-2 (Left side)

Suwari Shomen Tsuki with Tanto
Suwari Yokomen Uchi with Tanto
Suwari Shomen Uchi with Tanto

Technique:

Tanto Soho (短刀　操法）
1　Uke Shomen Tsuki, Shite move to the side and Tap
2 Uke Shomen Tsuki, Shite move to the side and Tap (only Uke/Shite Changed)
3 Uke Shomen Tsuki (under the chin area), Shite Move to the side a bit and Yokomen
4 Uke Yokomen, Shite Block and Yokomen (at the same time)


Shomen Tsuki Kotegaeshi-1 with Tanto

Note:

Class of 1! Great "Hard Thompson" Class with Tanto : )
There was no time to go off focus, when I did...I made mistakes or got off balance which happened a few times during the class of an hour.

My thighs were crying during Kihon dosa (Tai no Henko-2 & Hiriki no Yosei-1 non-stop is a killer), and felt the pain that I wanted to cry for the soreness I was having on the side of lower leg during Suwari Tanto Practice... Felt a little relief when sensei told me he feels the same...somehow it helps to know "I'm not the only one, when I train hard with pain. : )
Found tiny scrathes on my knees after the class : P

Knee walking: How does it look from behind, that came across my mind when sensei showed me the way, so I asked to watch him does it from behind. It looked like he was walking with his knees using his knees as his feet. I tried to have that image when I did it, and I did it better ; )

To let body learn, to let muscle learn...as important as to learn and understand the movements.
When I'm in a hard training, ALL can think of (other than trying to do the things I'm told to do) is, "when is he (=sensei) gonna call us to stop. But I find a quite satisfaction when I finish doing it wituout giving up, also a feeling that my body has learned somethings from my movements, which are all good : )

Today, I felt my Kihon Dosa was so light and not low enough even though I tried pretty hard not breaking my balance as much as possible. However, I felt sweat drops inside my dogi right after that, which doesnt happen so often during winter...then I realized that was a sign for myself for making some effort : P

Kotegaeshi: I asked to do it since we did it with Bokuto just a week ago and I did not feel I was doing anywhere right, also knowing it doesnt work on Chris even with bare hands at all...
The key was my body, I dont turn it enough, move it enough...needs more practice but its good to know where to work on more ; )

It was quite hard, no space to be anywhere else for an hour... I so enjoyed it.

Next Week, Kangeiko!