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Post by AngelaG on May 16, 2005 12:47:49 GMT
Have you ever been hit unawares (i.e. not in the expected sparring etc), and if so what was it like the first time it happened?
I remember the first time I got caught on my nose. We were doing a drill and I stupidly became complacent from the repetition of the movements and let my mind start to wander instead of concentrating on the job in hand. The next thing I know I had a fist in my face. it wasn't hard, my partner was very good at pulling their punch before it did any damage and I got off lightly with nothing more than a slight pain and some watering eyes (and the embarrassment of course). The shock however was massive. I was completely unable to respond for a couple of seconds - think what my partner could have done to me in the meanwhile.
In a way I think it is very good to get hit at least once. It makes you want it to not happen again, and it helps realise the shock a strike can bring if you're not used to being hit, so that you can start to train against that reaction.
What thinks you?
Angela
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Post by Aefibird on May 16, 2005 17:36:30 GMT
Me thinks the same.
Getting walloped a bit in the dojo can do wonders for if you're ever in a 'real' encounter. It makes you more determined to not get hit again, for a start. Plus, it also gives you a sense of what being hit or kicked or choked or whatever is actually like - better to get used to that in the dojo than in a proper encounter.
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Post by random on Jul 28, 2005 12:39:01 GMT
I have learned the hard way the not everybody can get their knee high enough when performing Mae geri. Still makes my eyes water just thinking about it.
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Post by Aefibird on Jul 28, 2005 14:25:58 GMT
Yeeeowch. Painful lesson to learn!
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Post by Mr. Precision on Jul 30, 2005 20:27:30 GMT
Sensei was demonstrating the last moves in Godan. Asked who was wearing a box. The muppets put their hands up. I mean... DOH!
To his credit the guy being demonstrated on didn't quite collapse but he did leave the dojo for a few minutes immediately afterward. Presumably checking it was all still there.
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Post by Sionnagh on Jul 31, 2005 7:33:03 GMT
Last moves in Pinan/Heian Godan? The manji uke? Please don't tell me he did a grab-and-pull type move which didn't involve the leg?  Mick |
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Post by Mr. Precision on Jul 31, 2005 12:59:39 GMT
Last moves in Pinan/Heian Godan? The manji uke? Please don't tell me he did a grab-and-pull type move which didn't involve the leg? Yah. Just caught the gi... I think. He was certainly still talking normally after the class. |
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Post by Aefibird on Jul 31, 2005 20:58:07 GMT
Sensei was demonstrating the last moves in Godan. Asked who was wearing a box. The muppets put their hands up. I mean... DOH! I saw that once on a course with Sensei Dave Hazard. Actually, I think HE was demonstrating something out of Heian Godan too. Anyway, I can't believe that someone actually volunteered when he asked who was wearing a box. I mean... surely it's obvious what's gonna come next?!?! |
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Post by Sionnagh on Aug 1, 2005 0:45:11 GMT
OK that sort of thing can be good for a laugh, but it's not really a practical application is it? Breaking their balance and hooking a leg to throw them is usually given as a more viable application. Mick |
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Post by Aefibird on Aug 1, 2005 20:55:07 GMT
I usppose it depends on the situation. Some people would say that they'd 'never' use any flashy kicks in a fight, but I have spoken to a reliable person who claims that they once used jodan ushiro mawashi geri in a real SD street encounter. I believe them as well, they're not the sort of person to lie about that.
Maybe that piece of bunkai is a little unworkable (I agree, an unbalance and leg-hook would actually be a better course of action), but "you never know" as my mother says - expect the unexpected! lol
It might come in handy one day.
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Post by Sionnagh on Aug 3, 2005 15:19:28 GMT
Anyhow, on being hit... I have a couple of training partners with whom sufficient trust is held to increase the level of contact in sparring with the aim of increasing the amount of intent and commitment in the delivery as well as awareness and the challenge of avoiding, defending and responding. And as I said, with the right people, good fun too. Mick |
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