I picked up my own set of armor (bogu) for kendo yesterday. I'm quite pleased with it -- the headgear (men) feels good, the chestplate is comfortable. The gloves still need to be broken in. I spent the entire workout trying very hard to keep my hands closed on my shinai, as the gloves really wanted to stay open. The sensation eventually returned to the ends of the fingers on my left hand later on after workout.
Now that I'm all geared up, I can go back to concentrating on integration -- that is, moving forcefully as I strike and covering a lot of ground in the process.
After my workout finished last night, I spent some time watching the more advanced folks spar. Watching the head instructor and one of the senior instructors spar was oddly like watching Obiwan and Vader duel.
(As Littlestar will tell you, this shows I'm a huge geek.)
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Right on dude. Right on. I worked out at an mma place yesterday. Got thrown right in...did get my ass kicked pretty hard generally.
On the other hand, did narrowly miss an armbar attempt on one guy...instructor said "yeah next time bro, throw your leg right over his face okay?"
And can report that yes, the wing chun vertical punch can have some power behind it =)
Will be checking out kickboxing at this Chinese place, hopefully later today.
Posted by tim | May 31, 2006 12:36 PM
Posted on May 31, 2006 12:36