People Change
Something changes when people become black belts. Maybe it’s a new found confidence that greets you when the belt is finally earned. Maybe it’s a deeper understanding of everything that you’ve been learning through the years. Maybe it’s a combination of the two or something else entirely, but something definitely changes.
I used to partner up frequently with a high school girl, back when she was a brown belt and I was a pregnant yellow and then green belt with what appeared to be a basketball under my gi. She’s now in college and I had the opportunity to partner up with her again while she’s on winter break. Sometimes when practicing self defense techniques, you’ll have a partner who takes it sort of easy on you. I tend to do this, probably because I’m most used to having my 5-year old daughter as my partner. Applying lots of force would be counterproductive to say the least. It’s good to go about it this way when someone is first learning a technique. But once you know the basics, as higher ranks should, it’s good to have someone who will hang on the way an attacker would, someone who won’t take it so easy on you.
I don’t know if it’s the absence of the belly for me, or the black belt and intimidating black gi for her, but her techniques were beyond being effective. They were intense and even though I knew what she was going to do, her speed made the techniques come as a surprise. I pity the poor fool who tries to grab her arm at college. He’s a goner, for sure.
Whether it’s the confidence, the experience, or both, I hope that I find that intensity in my techniques at some point. By the time I make it to black belt would be great. Heck, tomorrow would be cool too. In fact, anytime in the future would be just fabulous.
Blogalicious
There are apparently awards for bloggers. Who knew? Anyway, if you want to make some nominations, like I did for all my favorites, you can go here. Nominations are accepted until 1/10 and voting takes place on 1/22. Where’s the category for favorite martial arts blog anyway?
And speaking of "blogalicious". . . (because I have that ridiculous Fergie song stuck in my head for all eternity), if you are a reader and commenter here and I haven’t added you to my blogroll, please let me know. Updating my blogroll is a royal pain in the derriere because of the way I have it formatted but I realize it may be time for some additions/edits. And, if you’ve emailed me in the last month and asked for a link, it’s been a crazy month. I’ll get back to you soon!
How To Win at Wii Boxing
As promised, here is the video of Big I busting her Wii boxing moves. Just so you know, I did not film this in fast-forward. That’s her actual speed. If only I could get her to move that fast on school mornings.
Can you imagine if she would move like that for sparring at the dojo???
If you have trouble watching this from my site, you can view it here as well: http://one.revver.com/watch/132361/flv/affiliate/17724
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