Had my first iai class in three weeks tonight
To all you folks who dont do iai and who believe it is easy, you have no idea what so ever. Right now I am hurting so much, and expect to hurt three times as bad by morning.
It likely didnt help that I have been cranking up my work outs at the gym again; I find my body only responds when I lift heavy, hence I am trying to get my bench and squat back up into the 350 range again, and I had a heavier should/arm work out this morning.
I got to class tonight and sensei ran us through an hour warm up of the basics, then I did all the demonstrating and teaching points for the balance of class. My body did not want to do any of the nuances and subtleties of iai, it wanted to do power, which is never good .I used too much shoulders, I was gripping to hard, constantly adjusting my grip, and I wasnt always centred in my cuts. I think I dropped 8 pounds of rust out of my joints.
I feel like Ive just come back from an afternoon hike in the woods.
Sunday practice should be better, though its three hours long, well see.
To all you folks who dont do iai and who believe it is easy, you have no idea what so ever. Right now I am hurting so much, and expect to hurt three times as bad by morning.
It likely didnt help that I have been cranking up my work outs at the gym again; I find my body only responds when I lift heavy, hence I am trying to get my bench and squat back up into the 350 range again, and I had a heavier should/arm work out this morning.
I got to class tonight and sensei ran us through an hour warm up of the basics, then I did all the demonstrating and teaching points for the balance of class. My body did not want to do any of the nuances and subtleties of iai, it wanted to do power, which is never good .I used too much shoulders, I was gripping to hard, constantly adjusting my grip, and I wasnt always centred in my cuts. I think I dropped 8 pounds of rust out of my joints.
I feel like Ive just come back from an afternoon hike in the woods.
Sunday practice should be better, though its three hours long, well see.