Lack of Control

[Kanku65]

Tonight I myself experienced a 'lack of control experience.'

We were doing partner work at a seminar, I was paired with a brown belt just a couple years younger than me who I'd never met.

The combination was stepping forward jodan oi zuki, opponent blocked age uke, then stepped forward chudan oi zuki, initial attacker then stepped back doing geidan barrai, gyaku zuki.

During gyaku zuki, my partner planted his fist into my ribs 3 times so hard that it was to the point I could feel sharp pain in my liver and solar plexus. He appologized everytime, and realized his own lack of control, but still allowed it to happen 3 times.

When it came my turn to do gyaku zuki, I never made contact with him. I hit his gi, and my fist landed just against his solar plexus everytime. He began wincing everytime I threw gyaku zuki however.

Towards the end I wound up accidentally stepping on his toe and he acted as if he were in a ton of pain.

One of the blackbelts who supervise and make adjustments, walked over to me and sternly told me that I had to stop trying to injure my opponent.

I was quite embarrassed at this point, and it will probably go down as one of my most frustrating moments in martial arts.

Later the student apologized to me several times, which I was happy about, but what's an apology worth if he had broken my ribs 2 days before my shodan grading?

Perhaps I should have embellished my pain more? Drawn the attention of the black belts, but I've been taught to always show "face of the moon." I also do prefer some solid contact, but this was definitely too much, especially on a gyaku zuki we weren't meant to defend ourselves on.