A Beginning
Alright, it's a bit strange to make a first post about something that isn't a first at all, but well, so what. Yet in a way it is a first, even if I have been doing it for six years...
I wasn't too sure abotu going to Iaido training today as I was really tired due to a certain lack of sleep this week. But I figure with me not having been there on Monday and being away for the next three weeks, I sort of had too. Even if I was a bit dubious about it.
And indeed the beginning wasn't too promising. The usual Kihon (warming up exercises) . Not that i mind them usually, but I have some issues with the way we do them. And indeed they didn't go to well. My hands where stiff, my fingers didn't grip the sword correctly and my timing was way off. Nothing too unusual unfortunately.
But then it changed. While we where doing Kesa- giri (bottum up and down again cut), soodenly things started to flow. Not that I was getting warmed up but suddenly the whole exercise had a feeling of a real fight. I could almost feel the imaginary opponents, my sword flows naturally, my body moved correctly, the timing was just right. ANd the whole thing didn't even take effort or make me tired.
I managed to keep to the feeling for longer, evne if it ebbed a bit after 15 mins or so. But all the test of the trainignwas done with a sense of realness that I haven't felt for a looooong time, depite doing Iaido for more than six years. I didn't have to worry much about technique as I was actually fighting and my hands and arms just knew what they had to do. I don't think I've ever done such sharp and nice cuts and the timing of the katas war just... right. It was geat.
I don't know how I actually manage dto get to this point, maybe it was because I was tired and just let go, more than I usually do. It feels liek a giant rush of adrenaline. Or maybe it was becaus I started thinking like I do in a Jodo fight against a real opponent and applied it to Iaido... maybe both.
I just hope I can recreate it again next time, even if that will in three weeks only. It certainly gave my Iaido a new sense. And I'm still feeling great.
{{{{The world}}}}
I wasn't too sure abotu going to Iaido training today as I was really tired due to a certain lack of sleep this week. But I figure with me not having been there on Monday and being away for the next three weeks, I sort of had too. Even if I was a bit dubious about it.
And indeed the beginning wasn't too promising. The usual Kihon (warming up exercises) . Not that i mind them usually, but I have some issues with the way we do them. And indeed they didn't go to well. My hands where stiff, my fingers didn't grip the sword correctly and my timing was way off. Nothing too unusual unfortunately.
But then it changed. While we where doing Kesa- giri (bottum up and down again cut), soodenly things started to flow. Not that I was getting warmed up but suddenly the whole exercise had a feeling of a real fight. I could almost feel the imaginary opponents, my sword flows naturally, my body moved correctly, the timing was just right. ANd the whole thing didn't even take effort or make me tired.
I managed to keep to the feeling for longer, evne if it ebbed a bit after 15 mins or so. But all the test of the trainignwas done with a sense of realness that I haven't felt for a looooong time, depite doing Iaido for more than six years. I didn't have to worry much about technique as I was actually fighting and my hands and arms just knew what they had to do. I don't think I've ever done such sharp and nice cuts and the timing of the katas war just... right. It was geat.
I don't know how I actually manage dto get to this point, maybe it was because I was tired and just let go, more than I usually do. It feels liek a giant rush of adrenaline. Or maybe it was becaus I started thinking like I do in a Jodo fight against a real opponent and applied it to Iaido... maybe both.
I just hope I can recreate it again next time, even if that will in three weeks only. It certainly gave my Iaido a new sense. And I'm still feeling great.
{{{{The world}}}}