It goes on
I've been so busy recently! There are some major changes in the IT unit of my uni so I have a lot of things to do and help with, regarding new IT projects. I hardly have time to have lunch, I have so much work that my fingers almost grew to the keyboard. But at the end I always tear out myself for a while from that mind-killing environment and have a little rest.
I did not manage to chop up all the wood the other weekend. Mom asked me to help her with the big monthly shopping, so I was her slave, struggling with huge shopping bags while going home (she does not have car at the moment). So next weekend I have to finish with the leftover of the wood. The puppy dogs are lovely, 3 of them already have owners, we still need to find somebody for the three others.
I received my certificates from Japan a week ago. I put them away safe, making sure they won't get damaged or dirty, and continue training.
At the moment I train at a friend's dojo. We've been friends for many years and he graciously allowed me to train in his dojo, in fact, he allowed me to practice the way I want to. I really love the environment of his dojo, it is friendly, familiar and modest. Also, both he and his dojo is quite open for new things. The things he teaches and the way he teaches is good as well, so I am very happy that I have such a place to regularly train at.
I gave myself time until next August to make up with the missing things I need to know at least up to Shodan.
Some of the things are still kind of a "big mass" to me, like which kata belongs to which ryu-ha, what is the most important difference between the way a certain kata is done by different ryu-ha. And other semi-theoretical stuff like this. Somehow these things were never taught to me, at least never in a clearly visible system.
I want to see clearly, and also this friend of mine (I.) said he needs to practice more serious stuff too, but since he started teaching he does not have much time to actually train for himself during the trainings. So we agreed to designate an additional afternoon weekly to practice together some of the advanced stuff. I offered him my body as an Uke for the things he needs to practice, he in return helps me to get over and clarify all the kata and techniques systematically up to Shodan. I have my old syllabus, so we can follow that.
Right now I am studying again an SFR manual I got from a good friend in this March. Everything is written there on a systematized way, so it's much easier to see it through than any other note I ever tried to take.
Beside my great need of softer training methods, I also need to practice the "hard stuff", so I keep attending D's seminars next year as well. The things he teaches are really effective and convincing things, and I don't like to fool myself. I think if we want to have a good understanding of taijutsu and want to be able to bring out the most of ourselves, we have to study both the softest and the hardest form and find the balance somewhere in between.
Sometimes people don't understand why I say that I want to practice softly, when sometimes it's clearly visible that "I like it rough". Or the other way around.
Well, people, because I don't like to practice only the soft way, or only the hard way. I want to know both sides.
I did not manage to chop up all the wood the other weekend. Mom asked me to help her with the big monthly shopping, so I was her slave, struggling with huge shopping bags while going home (she does not have car at the moment). So next weekend I have to finish with the leftover of the wood. The puppy dogs are lovely, 3 of them already have owners, we still need to find somebody for the three others.
I received my certificates from Japan a week ago. I put them away safe, making sure they won't get damaged or dirty, and continue training.
At the moment I train at a friend's dojo. We've been friends for many years and he graciously allowed me to train in his dojo, in fact, he allowed me to practice the way I want to. I really love the environment of his dojo, it is friendly, familiar and modest. Also, both he and his dojo is quite open for new things. The things he teaches and the way he teaches is good as well, so I am very happy that I have such a place to regularly train at.
I gave myself time until next August to make up with the missing things I need to know at least up to Shodan.
Some of the things are still kind of a "big mass" to me, like which kata belongs to which ryu-ha, what is the most important difference between the way a certain kata is done by different ryu-ha. And other semi-theoretical stuff like this. Somehow these things were never taught to me, at least never in a clearly visible system.
I want to see clearly, and also this friend of mine (I.) said he needs to practice more serious stuff too, but since he started teaching he does not have much time to actually train for himself during the trainings. So we agreed to designate an additional afternoon weekly to practice together some of the advanced stuff. I offered him my body as an Uke for the things he needs to practice, he in return helps me to get over and clarify all the kata and techniques systematically up to Shodan. I have my old syllabus, so we can follow that.
Right now I am studying again an SFR manual I got from a good friend in this March. Everything is written there on a systematized way, so it's much easier to see it through than any other note I ever tried to take.
Beside my great need of softer training methods, I also need to practice the "hard stuff", so I keep attending D's seminars next year as well. The things he teaches are really effective and convincing things, and I don't like to fool myself. I think if we want to have a good understanding of taijutsu and want to be able to bring out the most of ourselves, we have to study both the softest and the hardest form and find the balance somewhere in between.
Sometimes people don't understand why I say that I want to practice softly, when sometimes it's clearly visible that "I like it rough". Or the other way around.
Well, people, because I don't like to practice only the soft way, or only the hard way. I want to know both sides.
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