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Sep. 18th, 2011 08:38 pmI competed yesterday for the first time since June. I didn't feel well (turns out I do have a bit of asthma) but I kept my head on and didn't do as poorly as I might have.
I'm starting a new learning curve that is among the most frustrating yet: stringing actions I already know into a desired sequence and remain able to change if the situation changes. I can manage about three but add a fourth and the whole tower topples.
This pisses me off because all of these are actions I know how to do, I just can't plan to do them or retain spontaneity. Also my feints are poor because I don't learn anything from my opponent's reactions.
V. acknowledges that this is difficult and may take months or years to master, which is not news, so I see a lot of drills in my future. It still stings to crawl uphill after yesterday, where I saw a 13 year old apparent "natural" skip his E rating to go straight to his D, while barely paying attention to what he was doing.
I pushed myself to drill after lesson and fumed a bit so I left early to cool down. Tomorrow I'm going to see if my dress mold is stable enough to serve as a target again so I can do some of the repetitions at home.
I'm starting a new learning curve that is among the most frustrating yet: stringing actions I already know into a desired sequence and remain able to change if the situation changes. I can manage about three but add a fourth and the whole tower topples.
This pisses me off because all of these are actions I know how to do, I just can't plan to do them or retain spontaneity. Also my feints are poor because I don't learn anything from my opponent's reactions.
V. acknowledges that this is difficult and may take months or years to master, which is not news, so I see a lot of drills in my future. It still stings to crawl uphill after yesterday, where I saw a 13 year old apparent "natural" skip his E rating to go straight to his D, while barely paying attention to what he was doing.
I pushed myself to drill after lesson and fumed a bit so I left early to cool down. Tomorrow I'm going to see if my dress mold is stable enough to serve as a target again so I can do some of the repetitions at home.
