tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post4336375035657713201..comments2024-03-28T03:31:42.278-07:00Comments on Chiron: It's All About PowerRoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-57319747734859790352010-03-31T11:12:06.157-07:002010-03-31T11:12:06.157-07:00Rory-
I'm about 3 hours out of Austin. Texa...Rory- <br /><br />I'm about 3 hours out of Austin. Texas is freaking huge (that's the scientific term). I'm not sure what my schedule is like, with our current surge. I'd love to hook up, as much for the drinks afterwards as much as the training. Did seat extractions in FIST gear today. Fun stuff. <br /><br />MontieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-26482262789231559232010-03-29T17:16:32.240-07:002010-03-29T17:16:32.240-07:00Only the strong can be gentle. The weak don't...Only the strong can be gentle. The weak don't have the ability.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17842123561228608863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-8985621892022872532010-03-28T17:02:07.748-07:002010-03-28T17:02:07.748-07:00Jay,
It doesn't take that much time. Hurting ...Jay,<br />It doesn't take that much time. Hurting people isn't hard. Often it is harder to get them over their mental blocks than to transmit the skills. FWIW, I am very leery of any instructor/style/class where it is common wisdom that 'beginners are dangerous' and you are more likely to be injured by a white belt than a black belt. I understand lack of control and accidents, but taking judo as an example when a beginner dropping you is hard to ukemi from, but an instructor isn't, there is a habit being ingrained that won't serve you.<br /><br />Mac- Time for a long talk over coffee again? KJ and I are planning a seminar in Portland for early May.<br /><br />Montie-<br />Feeling is mutual, bro. Are you anywhere near Austin? I'll be there the 10th of April.Roryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-28527763315104999262010-03-28T08:39:46.837-07:002010-03-28T08:39:46.837-07:00Rory,
We so need to train together. All this talk...Rory,<br /><br />We so need to train together. All this talk makes me want to motor. But don't hurt me, or I'll have to shoot you, soon as I leave the hospital. :P<br /><br />MontieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-56789347685648073052010-03-26T20:50:30.402-07:002010-03-26T20:50:30.402-07:00And that's what the Chinese tradition of '...And that's what the Chinese tradition of 'secret techniques' are all about - not secret '5 Crane Walking Heart Attack palm-strike', but the instructor having that one technique in reserve so that when he, or she, tests the student, taking him, or her, to the very brink of life or death, the instructor would have that one technique that would let them survive to train another student.Macnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-51241392831238230502010-03-26T15:42:13.431-07:002010-03-26T15:42:13.431-07:00A couple of things come to mind. When you say &qu...A couple of things come to mind. When you say "a year" it would be better I think to put a number of hours on that. A year is very different for someone doing two hours a week than for someone doing 10 or 20. <br /><br />Second, I've come to realize that with the things we teach, if we aren't careful, people who come in off the street could hurt us, just doing slight variations of the drills we do. So the curriculum, the ryu, has some safeties built in, to protect instructors from students until the bond of trust has developed, or until the student has gone away. <br /><br />I agree generally with your point, and my training has brought me to the point where I can be a right pain in the butt to sensei. I have no intention to harm him, but I certainly have the ability. <br /><br />So, so often though, students want to move on from material that they haven't, in fact, mastered, or even understood, and then complain that it isn't "effective".Jay Gischernoreply@blogger.com