Being British my natural adversity to rain (as it seem to rain continuously back home) has actually been overcome. The rain here is not often that nasty drizzly, damp, bone achingly horrible precipitation we get in the UK. As it is warm almost all the time, it is actually quite pleasant. In fact it cools down the temperature quite nicely making it a good time to train.
Well unless you are on the bike and going over 60k of course when the rain actually starts to hurt!
The rain however, would not be such a good thing if we didn't have a particularly excellent covered training area in which to retreat to. It is fully matted as well, so yesterday we had a very good session on take downs and break-falls. It took me a while to get the hang of falling sideways and not banging my hip (men are lucky in that their hips do not protrude so much) but we all managed to get this important concept. I remember from my horse riding years that learning to fall correctly is essential to prevent broken collar bones and joints and this is equally important in Martial Arts. The end result was a thoroughly enjoyable session where no doubt we all looked ridiculous, throwing ourselves repeatedly onto the mats!
Well hurray for the covered area and the rain, as at the Mountain Training Centre, it really is not a case of "rain stopping play"!
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I had stumbled upon this site while trying to increase my knowledge on Shaolin Ch'an. It is always good to know that somewhere in the world someone else has the same aspirations. I have only been introduced to Kung Fu through Shaolin Ch'an only as of recent, but it is something I have been looking for a long time and already understand why a person would move half way around the world to study the practice. Hmmm....only if more people could understand.
i like your post. i just can't bear the pain of being thrown hahaha!
i like your post. i just can't bear the pain of being thrown hahaha!
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