Brown Belt Sydrome
Katatetori //
kokyunage (omote & ura)
W/Tanya
shihonage (omote & ura)
W/Raymond
iriminage (omote & ura)
kotegaeshi (ura)
W/Brown belt
Kokyunage throws
three variations from katatetori and katatetori ai hanmi.
W/Raymond and Muna
suwari waza katatetori ai hanmi ikkyo (omote & ura)
W/Raymond and David
kokyudosa.
W/David
I'm feeling lazy tonight, so no breakdown of the waza-- just a few notes. Raymond really helped me with shihonage. It's the first time I didn't slip into slacker technique. When he was nage, he made very slow, deliberate movements and really took my balance. I tried to mimic his execution with a little success actually. Huzzah! :)
Practicing with the brown belt is always a little trying on my patience. I've heard many people describe brown belt syndrome, and he's got all the symptoms. I sort of wonder how he made it to brown belt (which in our dojo is second or first kyu)
because he seems to spend more time talking than practicing. Perhaps he does not behave in that fashion in mixed or advanced classes, but when I practice with him, feels the need to teach. I've discovered there is a fine line between helpful pointers and outright teaching on the mat. Some students walk a fine line, but he is way past that line.
It got to the point tonight where I could not even complete the technique because he would correct everything and then start over. There was no sense of order either-- usually when we practice, we alternate in fours. If applicable, 2 omote, 2 ura--once on each side. Then nage and uke switch. He would practice on one side sometimes doing 4, sometimes 6..etc..
I finally had to insist we switch back and forth on kotegaeshi because of the turn over and nikkyo pin. He was wrenching my elbow pretty hard. I did not say anything to him, and I tried to just continue practicing in silence in order to discourage his excessive teaching, but he seemed to take that as an opprotunity to talk more. I was thankful when Sensei clapped.
I noticed Sensei watching us practice rather intently, and after changing partners for the kokyunage throws, he pulled most of the senior students aside and explained that they were all supposed to practice and refrain from teaching on the mat.
He also said that uke's job is to fall when practicing, not stop nage to explain what they are doing wrong.
Perhaps Sensei's displeasure about the excessive teaching on the mat brought about the extended suwari waza practice, because I didn't think it would ever end. O_o My knees are definitely protesting the abuse they suffered tonight. We practiced for about 20 minutes, which seemed like an eternity.
We had a visitor from another dojo tonight, David. He practiced with Raymond and I on SW and then kokyudosa with me. It was strange because, though he outranked me, he was following my lead. Typically the senior student is nage first-- that usually means not me. LOL It was odd to go first. Just random thoughts.
Sensei asked me tonight If I was supposed to be testing. O_o Me, test?
While practicing with Raymond, he too asked me about testing for 5th kyu. I told him I was still short on hours, and he
said I was ready to test now, and was actually surprised that I've only been practicing for about 3 months.
I suppose I should take it as a compliment that my sempai and maybe even Sensei think I'm ready to test, but I've got to admit to being a little daunted at the prospect. I think I'm perfectly content to wait until the next kyu testing sometime in July.
Was a fun class, but I'm really wiped out. Now off to do some chores. Bah humbug!
Liz
kokyunage (omote & ura)
W/Tanya
shihonage (omote & ura)
W/Raymond
iriminage (omote & ura)
kotegaeshi (ura)
W/Brown belt
Kokyunage throws
three variations from katatetori and katatetori ai hanmi.
W/Raymond and Muna
suwari waza katatetori ai hanmi ikkyo (omote & ura)
W/Raymond and David
kokyudosa.
W/David
I'm feeling lazy tonight, so no breakdown of the waza-- just a few notes. Raymond really helped me with shihonage. It's the first time I didn't slip into slacker technique. When he was nage, he made very slow, deliberate movements and really took my balance. I tried to mimic his execution with a little success actually. Huzzah! :)
Practicing with the brown belt is always a little trying on my patience. I've heard many people describe brown belt syndrome, and he's got all the symptoms. I sort of wonder how he made it to brown belt (which in our dojo is second or first kyu)
because he seems to spend more time talking than practicing. Perhaps he does not behave in that fashion in mixed or advanced classes, but when I practice with him, feels the need to teach. I've discovered there is a fine line between helpful pointers and outright teaching on the mat. Some students walk a fine line, but he is way past that line.
It got to the point tonight where I could not even complete the technique because he would correct everything and then start over. There was no sense of order either-- usually when we practice, we alternate in fours. If applicable, 2 omote, 2 ura--once on each side. Then nage and uke switch. He would practice on one side sometimes doing 4, sometimes 6..etc..
I finally had to insist we switch back and forth on kotegaeshi because of the turn over and nikkyo pin. He was wrenching my elbow pretty hard. I did not say anything to him, and I tried to just continue practicing in silence in order to discourage his excessive teaching, but he seemed to take that as an opprotunity to talk more. I was thankful when Sensei clapped.
I noticed Sensei watching us practice rather intently, and after changing partners for the kokyunage throws, he pulled most of the senior students aside and explained that they were all supposed to practice and refrain from teaching on the mat.
He also said that uke's job is to fall when practicing, not stop nage to explain what they are doing wrong.
Perhaps Sensei's displeasure about the excessive teaching on the mat brought about the extended suwari waza practice, because I didn't think it would ever end. O_o My knees are definitely protesting the abuse they suffered tonight. We practiced for about 20 minutes, which seemed like an eternity.
We had a visitor from another dojo tonight, David. He practiced with Raymond and I on SW and then kokyudosa with me. It was strange because, though he outranked me, he was following my lead. Typically the senior student is nage first-- that usually means not me. LOL It was odd to go first. Just random thoughts.
Sensei asked me tonight If I was supposed to be testing. O_o Me, test?
While practicing with Raymond, he too asked me about testing for 5th kyu. I told him I was still short on hours, and he
said I was ready to test now, and was actually surprised that I've only been practicing for about 3 months.
I suppose I should take it as a compliment that my sempai and maybe even Sensei think I'm ready to test, but I've got to admit to being a little daunted at the prospect. I think I'm perfectly content to wait until the next kyu testing sometime in July.
Was a fun class, but I'm really wiped out. Now off to do some chores. Bah humbug!
Liz
posted by Liz at 5/19/2005 11:49:00 PM
2 Comments:
You should get your test over with before you make too big a deal of it. It's easier once you get a couple of tests under your belt (so to speak), and the early ones are short and sweet.
I know.. I know :)
I'm just not a fan of testing. Luckily, it's a non-issue at the moment. I don't have the time (unless Sensei says test for 6th kyu--which is a new rank that that's somewhat unofficial in our dojo.)
But I'll test when Sensei says test.
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