Krav will get you fit. Sure, it'd be easier to walk into it in tip top condition, but I wouldn't bother -- I prefer exercising when I'm learning.
The girl's not playing with a full deck, Giles. She has almost no deck. She has a three.
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§ ita § - Mar 14, 2005 7:55:30 am PST #6445 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Susan W. - Mar 14, 2005 7:56:35 am PST #6446 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I'm still planning to take the local community college's Japanese swordsmanship class as soon as time and money permit. Which could be awhile.
Of course, that's not exactly practical for self-defense, since somehow I doubt it's legal to wear a sword wherever I go. But, swords! Want!
And someday I'ma get me some reproduction Napoleonic-era weaponry and learn how to use it. Also much with the impractical, though I'd undoubtedly make the headlines if I ever drove a criminal type out of my home with a musket or a Baker rifle!
beekaytee - Mar 14, 2005 7:58:00 am PST #6447 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
I prefer exercising when I'm learning.
Me too. Seems pointless otherwise.
Okay. Deep breath. (all the better to haul my spread off the couch)
Now to call Kravmagadc and find out how many classes my $99 monthly fee gets me.
eta: ooooohggaaaawwwd. I have massive sword lust. A young neighbor came back from Canal St. with a reproduction samurai sword that honestly made me drool. want.want.want.
§ ita § - Mar 14, 2005 7:58:20 am PST #6448 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What does Japanese swordsmanship cover? It is the samurai type arts (kendo or iaido), or using the ninja-to?
Aims - Mar 14, 2005 7:59:02 am PST #6449 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
ita, when I jab with my lead hand, am I supposed to rotate that hip too?
Susan W. - Mar 14, 2005 7:59:20 am PST #6450 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
t looks up class info
Japanese sword arts combine profound spiritual, technical, and strategic content. Three styles of sword arts will be taught: Kokikai Aiki-ken, All Japan Kendo Federation Iaido, and Muso Shinden Ryu Iaido. Instructor is a fifth-degree blackbelt. Discover deep, philosophical truths about the human condition and transform conflict into beauty.
-t - Mar 14, 2005 8:00:25 am PST #6451 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Japanese swordsmanship sounds totally fun! I bet it gives you that "don't mess with me " air, too.
They are real!
And they're spectacular!
(I assume. Having not seen for myself)
brenda m - Mar 14, 2005 8:00:31 am PST #6452 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I've just discovered that there are easily accessible classes at the DC JCC...so the motivation is high.
Dang, they didn't have krav when I was member. I lived right across the street, too, so I might have actually gone.
§ ita § - Mar 14, 2005 8:02:08 am PST #6453 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
when I jab with my lead hand, am I supposed to rotate that hip too
Yes, but not as much as with the cross. Make sure you don't end up actually pulling your back hand further back, and exposing your face.
Susan -- that's a lot of stuff. I'm fascinated by iaido -- it's the art of drawing your sword and killing someone. Not swordfighting, just draw->kill.
Pretty!
Steph L. - Mar 14, 2005 8:06:07 am PST #6454 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I'm fascinated by iaido -- it's the art of drawing your sword and killing someone. Not swordfighting, just draw->kill.
God, that's PERFECT for lazy people like me!