You may hear it sometimes...but Kamae is important.
Mike Sensei
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Friday, May 26, 2006
After Jiyuwaza Training...
We should have taped it and...you'll look back when you're nidan and laugh...
Roland sensei
Roland sensei
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
One of my problems...
one of your "problems" or something you have to work on is to continue your attack
(as Uke)
Michael sensei
(as Uke)
Michael sensei
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Monday, April 10, 2006
The harder you thrown, the bigger respect you cant help having...does it make sense?
Guess not, in the common sense, but on the mat...somehow its yes.
I never expected to know this until I come to this stage...
I never expected to know this until I come to this stage...
Sunday, March 05, 2006
TESTS
March tests were taken yesterday, I participated as Uke but did not take one for myself.
This became the first time I observed the test in a year ; )
Little funny thing I found...
I always found having so much frustration for taking tests, however, I kinda missed to be on the mat and take one for myself yesterday.
Test is more of how to put myself together and do only Aikido while you were stared at by evxx teachers with clip boards ; ) ...which I barely remember what happened after taking it even though it feels like thats the only thing happening in the whole world when I am taking it...its so mentally stressful (doesnt mean bad) even more than physically. Although after spending a year taking 5 tests...I find myself being able to enjoy to have that chance every once in a while ; )
I have been keeping notes when I took them but lets see how I remember them now.
This became the first time I observed the test in a year ; )
Little funny thing I found...
I always found having so much frustration for taking tests, however, I kinda missed to be on the mat and take one for myself yesterday.
Test is more of how to put myself together and do only Aikido while you were stared at by evxx teachers with clip boards ; ) ...which I barely remember what happened after taking it even though it feels like thats the only thing happening in the whole world when I am taking it...its so mentally stressful (doesnt mean bad) even more than physically. Although after spending a year taking 5 tests...I find myself being able to enjoy to have that chance every once in a while ; )
I have been keeping notes when I took them but lets see how I remember them now.
- 9-10th kyu test: I had not even seen the test before I took this one, so I basically had no idea what "test" was. More than anything, I found it very tiring. Thats pretty much all I remember. As far as "I barely remember goes", there also were 4 techniques for this test which I remember even not knowing what they were about.
- 7-8th kyu test: Probably the one I felt the most frustration for... Just had started seeing what we were supposed to do with the techniques, yet not to be able to do it quite the way we wanted to...It was so overwhelming, and it was so worth going through.
- 6th kyu test:Yonkajo-1...I just did not get what it was about...I may know it a little better now, still dont quite know the definate way to make it happens for anybody...Also, Sankajo-1 took me a long time to see the picture of it in the beginning...being so tensed on the mat was around this time... The good news is that I became pretty good at Sankajo-1 after suffering so much in the beginning. : )
- 5th kyu test: The time to start flipping! Kotegaeshi...I did the right side twice during the test, couldnt figure how that happened...
- 4th kyu test: The LONGEST, The Hardest Test of the year!! 545 took it at the same time for the first time...it just took long while teachers (judges) had to check every one of us for every movement we did...I really learned "pacing" is necessary for the test.
This year, I am aiming to take 2 tests, the harest ones in the whole world... I think I am ready to be ready in 3 month for my next one : )
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Kangeiko 2006
Kangeiko is Over! 10 days, going through all basic techniques, which are held twice in the year, in the coldest and hottest time.
Its really one extra day for me, but I somehow find it harder, and my body's sore everywhere...
This was my third 10 days training since last year, I expected this time to get easier as I learned more of the technique itself, and I suspected I wouldnt have to suffer from not knowing the techniques...yet I wasn't exactly right about that...
The purpose of these training is to go over as many techniques as possible, so we work on less time for each ones and the class moves quickly. It means my brain has to keep moving along with my body for different techniques, that makes the classes harder, I think...maybe...anyway what I know is my body is so tired : )
Also, when you dont know what you are supposed to do, you just do whatever you can do, and when you do know what you are supposed to do, you try to make it better, that can get harder...maybe...lets see how I would find the next time ; )
Very excitedly, we were able to have a teacher from other dojo, whose arms are the longest as I ever trained with. I must have looked stupid when I tried Ikkajo Pin on these long arms as my knees going so apart trying to make the stretch which usually makes sense on people I train with.
The way he showed Ushirowaza arms circle somehow explained a lot to me, I dont exactly know what I saw or how I saw but it was easier to see why its necessary.
And Kokyuho...knowing my shoulder dont react to anybody's kokyuho, I wondered whether to tell him so, or not.....but I soon found that he didnot care, or at least he did not show even if he did, and he just got what he needed to do, and he taught me how it works, and how to make it work...it was brilliant.
It was fun learning from him, also fun seeing other black belts' aikido, these occasions give me a flash to the path which our teachers tell me in everyday training.
There always no time to be "off" on the mat, especially these period, we are not even given the chance to stop for someone who's having any kind of difficulties, which we have on regular training classes.
We sit and watch and move, and back to sit and watch and move...always moving forward, going forward which are good and tough.
Every class is different. All the techniques have different perspective and purposes and movements, that gives the class the different atmosphere and my preference for the techniques add some extra feelings to it....still its all so worth learning and trying out. I am already surprised myself for calling the favorite techniques for not the same ones from last year.
As the favorite techniques change, the least favorites change as well : ) Well, I finally see I'm getting over "right side-flips" after 6 months of practicing. So, I am not happy about having the least favorites such as Sankajo-2 (doesnt work), Kokyuho (difficult) and Kotegaeshi (or, more of Hiriki no Yosei-2 turn), still I believe I will get better sometime.
It sounds like it all comes from Kamae...as we hear from the teachers at every class!
Just to remember this Kangeiko, I enjoyed the Shomen Iriminage class the most among these 1o classes : ) Teachers kept pushing us to where we were not sure for ourselves to be able to go by speed, by technique. There was no time to wonder around for what to do, how to do, we just had to do it. And it gave me a great condifent feeling when it was done. : )
Its really one extra day for me, but I somehow find it harder, and my body's sore everywhere...
This was my third 10 days training since last year, I expected this time to get easier as I learned more of the technique itself, and I suspected I wouldnt have to suffer from not knowing the techniques...yet I wasn't exactly right about that...
The purpose of these training is to go over as many techniques as possible, so we work on less time for each ones and the class moves quickly. It means my brain has to keep moving along with my body for different techniques, that makes the classes harder, I think...maybe...anyway what I know is my body is so tired : )
Also, when you dont know what you are supposed to do, you just do whatever you can do, and when you do know what you are supposed to do, you try to make it better, that can get harder...maybe...lets see how I would find the next time ; )
Very excitedly, we were able to have a teacher from other dojo, whose arms are the longest as I ever trained with. I must have looked stupid when I tried Ikkajo Pin on these long arms as my knees going so apart trying to make the stretch which usually makes sense on people I train with.
The way he showed Ushirowaza arms circle somehow explained a lot to me, I dont exactly know what I saw or how I saw but it was easier to see why its necessary.
And Kokyuho...knowing my shoulder dont react to anybody's kokyuho, I wondered whether to tell him so, or not.....but I soon found that he didnot care, or at least he did not show even if he did, and he just got what he needed to do, and he taught me how it works, and how to make it work...it was brilliant.
It was fun learning from him, also fun seeing other black belts' aikido, these occasions give me a flash to the path which our teachers tell me in everyday training.
There always no time to be "off" on the mat, especially these period, we are not even given the chance to stop for someone who's having any kind of difficulties, which we have on regular training classes.
We sit and watch and move, and back to sit and watch and move...always moving forward, going forward which are good and tough.
Every class is different. All the techniques have different perspective and purposes and movements, that gives the class the different atmosphere and my preference for the techniques add some extra feelings to it....still its all so worth learning and trying out. I am already surprised myself for calling the favorite techniques for not the same ones from last year.
As the favorite techniques change, the least favorites change as well : ) Well, I finally see I'm getting over "right side-flips" after 6 months of practicing. So, I am not happy about having the least favorites such as Sankajo-2 (doesnt work), Kokyuho (difficult) and Kotegaeshi (or, more of Hiriki no Yosei-2 turn), still I believe I will get better sometime.
It sounds like it all comes from Kamae...as we hear from the teachers at every class!
Just to remember this Kangeiko, I enjoyed the Shomen Iriminage class the most among these 1o classes : ) Teachers kept pushing us to where we were not sure for ourselves to be able to go by speed, by technique. There was no time to wonder around for what to do, how to do, we just had to do it. And it gave me a great condifent feeling when it was done. : )
Thursday, July 21, 2005
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