I'm trying to work out what to do with one of these things. Should be interesting.
Right now in Judo I'm trying to remind myself to attach more and rely on counters less. Counters are great as long as you are always a little faster than the attack. Unfortunately, I'm not. Gerald Lafon had some interesting descriptions of how to train for tai otoshi the other day on Judo-L that I'm playing with. Now I'm trying to figure out when to apply the technique. Timing is nearly everything.
Jodo practice has been difficult lately because I don't have a regular partner. Even without a training partner, I've managed to get all of the Omote, Chudan, Ranai, and a chunk of the Kage stuck in my head.
Iai is a challenge to not backslide without a teacher around. I've been working to keep my posture upright without being stiff, and the muscle out of my cuts. Ugh! If I don't pay attention, muscling is so easy it's scary.
Something I've been working on is trying to integrate the same good-but-relaxed posture into all my activities. Of course your's will be different from mine: for me, sewing, computing and housework are easy areas to work on.
ReplyDeleteBreathe. Helps with all of the above.
ReplyDeleteWith iai, I have a tendency to work too hard trying too maintain the perfect posture. This inevitably ruins my iai, but also leaves me with a considerable amount of back pain as well. When Pauliina worked with me in Utrecht, I got some wonderful insights into what I was doing to myself. I'm really hoping I'll be able to find the time to squeeze some Alexander sessions into my training. We'll see how it goes. So far the changes she instigated have eliminated the back pain.
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