Class on 1.5 hours of sleep O_o
I couldn't sleep last night. I hate insomnia. For some strange reason, I felt the urge to paint-- I've been experimenting with sumi ink and rice paper-- traditionally used for shodo or the "art of writing" I believe.
I spent about an hour painting cherry blossoms before I was finally able to settle down and go to sleep. (This was around 3:30) My alarm went off at the ungodly hour of 5am. grrrr...store meetings on a Sunday should be outlawed.
Had to take an extended lunch break due to OT (hurray for OT) so I was able to make it to class this morning.
Steve Sensei (from the Denton dojo, I believe) was teaching this morning.
I'm short on time, and we did alot this morning, so I'll be brief. :)
Ryotetori kokyunage backstretch//
W/5th kyu girl.
Bokken tori shomen strike (on nage's part)
Uke slides off the line and grabs morotetori //
Shihonage (omote & ura)
W/Jimmy.
Ikkyo (omote & ura)
W/Kumi
Kokyunage (omote & ura)
W/Sam
Bokken take-away--uke does shomen strike w/bokken. Nage slids to the inside, striking to the ribcage, other hand grabs bokken, tenshin, swing up then ikkyo.
W/Mark.
Second class. One of the new guys didn't make it in time for first class, so he decided to practice in second class. I thought he'd be a little overwhelmed, so I stayed to be a friendly face-- I wanted to stay anyway. I loved the weapons focus from first class, and since Steve Sensei does not teach often at our dojo, I got to practice alot of new techniques.
katatetori kokyunage backstretch //
W/the new guy. He's still at the point where he doesn't know where to put his feet, so Scott joined in. Didn't practice long before Sensei shifted focus to henka waza--which is transitioning from one technique to another.
katatetori shihonage to iriminage//
W/Scott and the new guy. Once again, Scott amazes me when I get to practice with him. He feels so fluid and in control. I've actually done this before, so I didn't stumble too much. I managed a very nice, fluid execution, and Scott actually said "excellent" :) He was probably just being nice, but it felt good anyway.
Spent the rest of the time on this technique helping the new guy. Scott demonstrated the iriminage portion on me a few times, focusing on the swing up which gets uke off balance.
katatetori shihonage to kotegaeshi//
W/the 5th kyu girl and Kumi. Difficult transition to kotegaeshi which we never really got...lol
Sensei then demonstrated kaeshi waza--reversing techniques.
OOOOOOOOOOO's and AHHHHHHH's :)
Shomenuchi Ikkyo reversal to ikkyo(omote)
W/ someone I've never practiced with.
Katatetori kotegaeshi reversal to iriminage
W/Charlie and a fairly regular weekend partner whose name escapes me. grr :)
Practiced another kokyunage throw with Ron, along with another technique I don't know the name of. I'll get all this stuff eventually. LOL
Standing kokyudosa//
W/5th kyu girl again. Standing kokyudosa.... I never got this. No Sensei intervention. I think I took a few nasty rolls too (no sleep really impairs the motor skills O_o)
All in all, fun class. I'm glad I stayed for second class. I think I'll try it again next Saturday. Had to work late tonight, so I'm beat. It's time to shower (again) and get to bed.
Liz
I spent about an hour painting cherry blossoms before I was finally able to settle down and go to sleep. (This was around 3:30) My alarm went off at the ungodly hour of 5am. grrrr...store meetings on a Sunday should be outlawed.
Had to take an extended lunch break due to OT (hurray for OT) so I was able to make it to class this morning.
Steve Sensei (from the Denton dojo, I believe) was teaching this morning.
I'm short on time, and we did alot this morning, so I'll be brief. :)
Ryotetori kokyunage backstretch//
W/5th kyu girl.
Bokken tori shomen strike (on nage's part)
Uke slides off the line and grabs morotetori //
Shihonage (omote & ura)
W/Jimmy.
Ikkyo (omote & ura)
W/Kumi
Kokyunage (omote & ura)
W/Sam
Bokken take-away--uke does shomen strike w/bokken. Nage slids to the inside, striking to the ribcage, other hand grabs bokken, tenshin, swing up then ikkyo.
W/Mark.
Second class. One of the new guys didn't make it in time for first class, so he decided to practice in second class. I thought he'd be a little overwhelmed, so I stayed to be a friendly face-- I wanted to stay anyway. I loved the weapons focus from first class, and since Steve Sensei does not teach often at our dojo, I got to practice alot of new techniques.
katatetori kokyunage backstretch //
W/the new guy. He's still at the point where he doesn't know where to put his feet, so Scott joined in. Didn't practice long before Sensei shifted focus to henka waza--which is transitioning from one technique to another.
katatetori shihonage to iriminage//
W/Scott and the new guy. Once again, Scott amazes me when I get to practice with him. He feels so fluid and in control. I've actually done this before, so I didn't stumble too much. I managed a very nice, fluid execution, and Scott actually said "excellent" :) He was probably just being nice, but it felt good anyway.
Spent the rest of the time on this technique helping the new guy. Scott demonstrated the iriminage portion on me a few times, focusing on the swing up which gets uke off balance.
katatetori shihonage to kotegaeshi//
W/the 5th kyu girl and Kumi. Difficult transition to kotegaeshi which we never really got...lol
Sensei then demonstrated kaeshi waza--reversing techniques.
OOOOOOOOOOO's and AHHHHHHH's :)
Shomenuchi Ikkyo reversal to ikkyo(omote)
W/ someone I've never practiced with.
Katatetori kotegaeshi reversal to iriminage
W/Charlie and a fairly regular weekend partner whose name escapes me. grr :)
Practiced another kokyunage throw with Ron, along with another technique I don't know the name of. I'll get all this stuff eventually. LOL
Standing kokyudosa//
W/5th kyu girl again. Standing kokyudosa.... I never got this. No Sensei intervention. I think I took a few nasty rolls too (no sleep really impairs the motor skills O_o)
All in all, fun class. I'm glad I stayed for second class. I think I'll try it again next Saturday. Had to work late tonight, so I'm beat. It's time to shower (again) and get to bed.
Liz
posted by Liz at 5/22/2005 01:19:00 PM
4 Comments:
The movie was good.
~S
Oh man, I hate doing class on no sleep, and it happens all the time. We have class in the mornings on Tue, Thur, Sat, and Sun, and sometimes I get very little sleep several days in a row. Then Sensei makes me do suburi next to her in weapons class, and I can't even hide my mistakes behind anyone.
surrre... rub it in :) *pouts*
*chuckles* That's just murphy's laws of the MA I believe.
:)
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