First training of the year
Well, yesterday was the first training of the year. I thought the dojo would be overcrowded, with a lot of people who promised themselves they would go to trainings diligently in the new year. Seemingly I was wrong. There were 10-12 people only, mainly beginners, and a few (4-5) more advanced students. We had fun again, although the training itself proved to be exhausting by the end of the evening. We mostly practiced basic dakentaijutsu things, with proper kamae and distance, and after then each of us moved on to practising the things required for the next grading (18 February).
I ended up as being the uke for a guy who goes for 7th kyu and we practiced Gogyo no Kata, some Osoto Nage, Gari and Keri. I was a bit surprised to experience that the more tired I got (I had a long day yesterday), the easier I could work with his balance, the easier it was to get a feeling of how his body can be moved and controlled, although he was much taller than me. Well it's not too difficult to be taller than me, hehe.
The instructor (A.) came to us several times and used me to show him the proper technique and the main points of it. I can really learn a lot by being his uke. Although I started to feel recently that maybe I should change my way of practising - I should kinda restrain myself a bit and cool down, regarding the "derring-do" I have while training. (Some advice on this from more experienced Buyu would be really appreciated.) I seriously need to work more on being softer, otherwise I will have to deal with great obstacles later on.
I also noticed that I arrived to an important point in my training, as if stepping on a next stair. I feel it both in my motivation and in the pace with which I automatically "digest" and turn into practice all the things I have been taught recently. It made me recognize that time has finally come to take the big step... going to Japan to see and feel "The Source". Japanese residents, beware! You still have some time until about August to take up the pavement - because I AM GOING! (if I live to see)
I ended up as being the uke for a guy who goes for 7th kyu and we practiced Gogyo no Kata, some Osoto Nage, Gari and Keri. I was a bit surprised to experience that the more tired I got (I had a long day yesterday), the easier I could work with his balance, the easier it was to get a feeling of how his body can be moved and controlled, although he was much taller than me. Well it's not too difficult to be taller than me, hehe.
The instructor (A.) came to us several times and used me to show him the proper technique and the main points of it. I can really learn a lot by being his uke. Although I started to feel recently that maybe I should change my way of practising - I should kinda restrain myself a bit and cool down, regarding the "derring-do" I have while training. (Some advice on this from more experienced Buyu would be really appreciated.) I seriously need to work more on being softer, otherwise I will have to deal with great obstacles later on.
I also noticed that I arrived to an important point in my training, as if stepping on a next stair. I feel it both in my motivation and in the pace with which I automatically "digest" and turn into practice all the things I have been taught recently. It made me recognize that time has finally come to take the big step... going to Japan to see and feel "The Source". Japanese residents, beware! You still have some time until about August to take up the pavement - because I AM GOING! (if I live to see)
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