Hanging on...
Training today somehow ended up being very tiring, especially for the first half.
Towards the end of the first half, I am moving with my mental strength, rather than pysical power. I reckon a lot of others are also as well. The physical started to have problem in keeping balance, let alone to move. But the strong mental will, kept on telling ourselves that just a bit more, another one, just one more... and this kept us continue to move and move and move.
This pushing over the limit are the things that made us improve everytime we train. True, the training are just the repetition of basic, but there is no limit of improvement, and there is always a 'better' to attain.
Wanting who just came back from Japan was still ranting that here we don't give encouragement to each other. Everyone just mind their own business. Shouting out, giving encouragement is a 'difficult' thing to do. True that we trained with the Oosaka people and we have seen how they cheer up each other, but wanting to bring in this culture into our dojo, perhaps is really not such an easy thing to do.
Nevertheless, I do hope that it will take place some day.
A lot of juniors are still afraid of hitting their opponent. When the punches slightly contact, they will go 'Sorry sorry!" and punching with punches so light subsequently.
As what Colin said, we need to believe our partner that they will be able to take the punch, and we will be able control our punches, not to the extend of killing the oponent.
In my own words, it is showing respect. Respecting your oponents ability in receiving punches.
A mental barrier to be overcomed.
That is not all. In kumite, we tend to be very 'soft'. When people attack, we just move back, pull back. This is not always a good choice. Imagine when a person attack you, and you pull back. This gives the opponent enough distance to kick easily. And because you are pulling back so much, your ability to push back and move forward for an attack becomes so much lesser.
Ideally, one should just attack back when the oponent attack. Block and counter attack at the same split second. Colin was telling us his training in HongKong, the defender will be standing near to the wall. When the attackers come in, there is no more space to pull back and was force to charge in.
To me, training can be divided into two major component. Physical training, and mental training.
Physical training, to train one to be tough, to be flexible, to be fast.
Mental training, overcoming fear, to move in an exact opposite of our reflex action, to be the person in control of oneself.
Today's 一言：If you are scared, just close your eyes and punch!
Towards the end of the first half, I am moving with my mental strength, rather than pysical power. I reckon a lot of others are also as well. The physical started to have problem in keeping balance, let alone to move. But the strong mental will, kept on telling ourselves that just a bit more, another one, just one more... and this kept us continue to move and move and move.
This pushing over the limit are the things that made us improve everytime we train. True, the training are just the repetition of basic, but there is no limit of improvement, and there is always a 'better' to attain.
Wanting who just came back from Japan was still ranting that here we don't give encouragement to each other. Everyone just mind their own business. Shouting out, giving encouragement is a 'difficult' thing to do. True that we trained with the Oosaka people and we have seen how they cheer up each other, but wanting to bring in this culture into our dojo, perhaps is really not such an easy thing to do.
Nevertheless, I do hope that it will take place some day.
A lot of juniors are still afraid of hitting their opponent. When the punches slightly contact, they will go 'Sorry sorry!" and punching with punches so light subsequently.
As what Colin said, we need to believe our partner that they will be able to take the punch, and we will be able control our punches, not to the extend of killing the oponent.
In my own words, it is showing respect. Respecting your oponents ability in receiving punches.
A mental barrier to be overcomed.
That is not all. In kumite, we tend to be very 'soft'. When people attack, we just move back, pull back. This is not always a good choice. Imagine when a person attack you, and you pull back. This gives the opponent enough distance to kick easily. And because you are pulling back so much, your ability to push back and move forward for an attack becomes so much lesser.
Ideally, one should just attack back when the oponent attack. Block and counter attack at the same split second. Colin was telling us his training in HongKong, the defender will be standing near to the wall. When the attackers come in, there is no more space to pull back and was force to charge in.
To me, training can be divided into two major component. Physical training, and mental training.
Physical training, to train one to be tough, to be flexible, to be fast.
Mental training, overcoming fear, to move in an exact opposite of our reflex action, to be the person in control of oneself.
Today's 一言：If you are scared, just close your eyes and punch!
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