Procrastination :(
This time next week I’ll be on holidays ^____^. I’ve just got to keep on telling myself that and stop slacking off by being on the net :P
5 days and 2 exams till FREEDOM!
Aikido keeps on being interesting - trained with Snowy-sempai yesterday, learned lots. I ♥ training with him, as can mess around a bit/be silly, with the instructor not minding too much, and I get to try new things, like high falls, a lot more than with any of the others. I think that at the moment my ukemi is at the stage where I should start learning them - I consistently don’t hurt myself (YAY! - hurting others is more fun anyway :P - well.. apart from the GUILT) and since I get used for demos a fair amount it would be advantageous if I was able to fall pretty (not to mention that high falls are FUN!). Example - got thrown out of a few kokyohos that I haven’t ever done before yesterday and did weird BAD back rolls where they were NOT appropriate. But my training partner took the time to explain the mechanics of how to do a high fall out of the particular technique, and though the first few were far from graceful or correct, I now understand what I’m expected to do, and he’s promised me that he’ll do a couple with me during each class ( see why I ♥ him?). At the moment I land too ‘not flat’ / not enough on my side, but hopefully in another few months they’ll become as automatic as my forward rolls are beginning to get (however my forward rolls from static still need a LOT of work T__T). It's just a pity we can’t practice them too much as a whole dojo - most of the more advanced guys know how to do them, but some of the students wouldn’t be able to do them at all at this stage.
And maybe I should practice knee walking X___x.
5 days and 2 exams till FREEDOM!
Aikido keeps on being interesting - trained with Snowy-sempai yesterday, learned lots. I ♥ training with him, as can mess around a bit/be silly, with the instructor not minding too much, and I get to try new things, like high falls, a lot more than with any of the others. I think that at the moment my ukemi is at the stage where I should start learning them - I consistently don’t hurt myself (YAY! - hurting others is more fun anyway :P - well.. apart from the GUILT) and since I get used for demos a fair amount it would be advantageous if I was able to fall pretty (not to mention that high falls are FUN!). Example - got thrown out of a few kokyohos that I haven’t ever done before yesterday and did weird BAD back rolls where they were NOT appropriate. But my training partner took the time to explain the mechanics of how to do a high fall out of the particular technique, and though the first few were far from graceful or correct, I now understand what I’m expected to do, and he’s promised me that he’ll do a couple with me during each class ( see why I ♥ him?). At the moment I land too ‘not flat’ / not enough on my side, but hopefully in another few months they’ll become as automatic as my forward rolls are beginning to get (however my forward rolls from static still need a LOT of work T__T). It's just a pity we can’t practice them too much as a whole dojo - most of the more advanced guys know how to do them, but some of the students wouldn’t be able to do them at all at this stage.
And maybe I should practice knee walking X___x.