My First Class

[Kamidake]

I learned a basic stance in which your feet are spread wide apart, with your foot nearest your opponent pointing directly at him, and you sink into a partial crouch, ideally with your thighs parallel to the ground or nearly so. In fact, the major thing I learned in that class is that if you spend much time in this position, your butt and the backs of your thighs will ache something fierce the next day.

 

Then I learned some punching, and, more importantly, some dodging, and then my teacher and I punched and dodged across the floor, alternating between puncher and punchee. All in all, it was fun, sore butt notwithstanding, and I'm looking forward to class 2 on Monday.

[Sepultura]

Kamidake,what style are u practicing?

[Kamidake]

Good question. The school's called Jinenkan, and that may be what the technique is called too; there was a veritable blizzard of Japanese words and, since I was busy crouching and punching and blocking and dodging, I didn't get to write them all down. I'll ask him Monday.

[G95champ]

Good Deal sounds like you had a good first class and the pain will pass but you never get used to it. LOL. Good Luck.

[Kamidake]

Thanks! If anybody else who is about to have their first class is reading this, DON'T FORGET TO TAKE YOUR WATCH OFF. I forgot, and scratched my teacher's arm while batting his punches aside. He was too polite to say anything, but I felt bad.

[hobbitbob]

Watches, earrings, chains, etc... take them off!

 

Congratulations on day one. It never gets easier, but it does get less confusing.

[Kamidake]

OK, now I know. The style is (drum roll) Jissen Kobudo. Shrug. As long as it kills when necessary, it doesn't matter to me what they call it. I have now had my 2nd lesson, and it was fun too.