Gosh, is it really day seven already? Only two more days to go of GIC1?
Ha, honestly, after three days it felt like forever. And you know day five was not my day at all. Yesterday was awesome. And today’s been 50-50. We did falls and rolls in the morning, and I got frickin’ fuckin’ cock eyed furious…!
I’ve always rolled over my right shoulder, and never quite got the hang of it. Until this summer when I learned to roll over my left shoulder. Woha! What a difference! Suddenly I was gracious and rolling like a… like a… what is it that rolls graciously? A snowball? A nut? Markus’ nuts..?
Anyhow, today I felt like a hippo.
We were rolling over our right shoulder (well, we’re supposed to be able to do both), and then I just couldn’t do anything. I was face planting, my arms didn’t carry me, I placed my hands to close to my body, I was rolling to either left or right – and then backwards, gosh dang it… I never seem to be able to decide which way to go when I’m gonna roll backwards, so I end up rolling straight back – which kind of breaks my neck.. Ouch.. My shoulders are also starting to get a bit beaten up. And after a week of training, my arms are a bit tired.
So I got pissed.
I’m so glad that the GIC is not 23 days in a row anymore, but spread out. No way that I would be able to get all this into my head AND out into my body in time, in that case. I need some time in between the courses to practice, practice, practice (Martin, Matias and Claes – are you getting this?) – to get the movements to come more naturally – what is it again you say…? Muscle memory – that’s the word! There’s starting to be quite a few techniques that we’ve gone through, lots of angles to think about, analogies, problems, common mistakes we have to be aware of (and, of course, don’t do ourselves), so sometimes I get a little confused and stressed. Hopefully it’ll all come together when I go home, get some sleep and review my notes – if I can read them..
During lunch we went outside, and Ingela and I got some massage from Jarmo – it worked wonders for sore shoulders and necks!
Here’s Vegard working on reaction skills.
He’s Norwegian so he can’t help it, you know.
And Dima – he doesn’t have much to put up against Rune.
After lunch – much better! We did defense against knife attacks and knife threats. I got to hit, kick, bite and spank Dima. You know he just loves it. And voilà – my mood is much better! Nah, not just because I got to throw Dima to the ground, but because I like these techniques. There are still many things I need to practice on (Martin, Matias and Claes – still getting this?), but it’s a lot of fun. Loads of fun!
Apparently, there are also other ways to have fun.
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