Friday, July 21, 2006

yep

Here's a pic of the guys I train with...

posted by sumobeats @ 3:56 PM 4 comments

Thursday, July 20, 2006

I passed...


Aren't I vicious looking?

So the test last weekend went well. I passed, of course. My part went rather quickly, 5 judo throws, 7 kata, 5 combat drills, 5 ground wazas. The black belt test was a different story (we had 3 test); 25 judo throws, 38 kata, 25 combat drills, 20 ground wazas and 3 min. apiece of shark bait drill.
The seminar was pretty cool with Ni Di (pronounced knee die) the next in line to be head of the system (the head guy is 86 in poor health). I need to find a picture because this guy looked like Elvis in a gi!! Forgot to tell you about that Mark. He was quite the character too. First of all he believes in dead arm training, which is basically hitting your forearm against a partners so many times that it deadens the nerves and builds up the bones to where you don't feel the pain. Yeah, I know kinda crazy. at least it wasn't dead dick training.
I did get to volunteer a couple times and oh baby!! First of all the guy is super quick so before you know what happened you are on the ground with your wrist or arm etc... Locked out! So, when I volunteered (which seems to be some rite of passage among the other students) he had me throw a round house punch and I immediately got scolded for not punching hard enough (I thought about that bevis and butthead episode, "kick me in the jimmy") so after a few times of encouragement I throw a real hard punch which he blocks, slaps me in the face and puts me in this crazy wrist lock that makes you moan like a bitch. So this lasted from 8am-3:30pm! Yes I paid money to be bitch slapped! I did get some good pointers and what not but the bruises on my forearms where much cooler!

I'll get a pic of ni di for your viewing pleasure.

posted by sumobeats @ 8:40 AM 1 comments