by GothNinja | Jun 5, 2007 | Friends, Martial Arts, LiveJournal
I not posted for a while, so Figure I’ll post some kind of update while waiting for a phone call/email/contact of some form….
So weekend just gone : –
The Good
Well went out sat night, had a nice meal in a place where the staff were dressed up as pirates, so got to eat good food, talk random shite with friends, while enjoying the view of some of the waitresses in sexy pirate outfits…
The Bad
Alas I was injured during saturday mornings training session, (The annoying thing was I almost did not go, due to having to take my car for service, and a feeling of cant be arsedness). Anyway, we were doing some ground work, and in a kind of freespar session at the end my neck got bent forward past its point of normal movement and there was a cracking kinda noise.. And now I have a bad case of whiplash going on. :0(
The Ugly
After hearing a crack in my neck (Not a noise you want to hear) I took a few seconds before moving to check I had feeling in my extremities, and could move everything, Then moved off the mat to double check I was fine, before getting back into the ring as it were. Then at the end the Instructor gave a huge rant, bollocking about people stopping mid spar, and how its crap, and must not be done, you should keep fighting.. and so on.. Personally I believe if you receive an injury that could be serious, the sensible thing to do is check yourself out before continuing to fight and make it worse..
Well back to work for a bit…
by GothNinja | Mar 1, 2007 | Martial Arts, LiveJournal
The proposed ban on the import, sale and manufacture of swords will have an adverse effect on legitimate practitioners, collectors and manufacturers. Actual sword related crime is very rare and does not warrant a ban that affects the cultural activities of thousands of legitimate martial artists, collectors and smiths. Current legislation is quite adequate to deal with violent crime connected with bladed weapons. New legislation is merely for show. Enforcing such a ban will also affect cultural events such as Scottish Sword Dancing and many Sikh festivals. We urge the PM to reconsider this knee jerk reaction to media influenced scaremongering.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/swords/
Please sign up. (Not that the government ever listen to the people, but its worth a try!!) And let us insane MA types keep access to our training tools…..
by GothNinja | Feb 25, 2007 | Martial Arts, LiveJournal
Wooo Hoooo…
Passed Sho Kyu Level 3….
by GothNinja | Feb 22, 2007 | Martial Arts
Arrrggghhh!!!!
Last training session before sundays grade tests.. And we have a change, and not do any grade work, but start to learn a 28 move kata, and we don’t normally do katas….
It was nice to see everyones mind melt….
Hopefully a good nights sleep will make all the information sink into my brain….
by GothNinja | Feb 21, 2007 | Martial Arts, LiveJournal
Well I finally got around to finding all the dvd’s and cd’s I have scattered about the place, and put them all in the same place, nicely stored in a metal dvd box…
Now they all in one place I realise I have no where near as many as I thought I had. Either that or I have not yet found them all…
Ah well back to work…
by GothNinja | Feb 19, 2007 | LiveJournal, Martial Arts
Well tonight’s training session was one of the best for a long time, Ok we did not do as much as normal, but I got to work with a couple of black belts, and i think that makes all the difference.
Going through my grade work with a senior grade has the advantage that I get advice, and suggestions…
You also get pressure tested a bit more with the black belts, you get slight injuries, and are forced to train a bit harder and faster…
