When I started training in American Kenpo, There were only 2 of us in the school, plus the instructor. The instructor was heavy handed and the other guy grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. It was nearly 12 months before I got my yellow belt, because I wasn't aggressive enough. Man we used to go home cut and bruised. I wouldn't have swapped it for anything. Our school never really grew in size until a new instructor took over, with a different attitude toward pain....
Those of us from the original school kept playing hard, but with newer students we were under strict orders to go easy.
After I left American Kenpo for some pressure point stuff, the thing I missed and still do, the most was the contact. The good thing is that the school where I train now has a lot of contact at the higher levels, and it suits me just fine to throw hard, knowing that I will get it back bigtime.
Sometimes I think it is just horses for courses!
Hell, I used to tell people to play hard or go the f**k home!
These days I'm a little more tolerant, but only a little
--Dave
:asian:
Those of us from the original school kept playing hard, but with newer students we were under strict orders to go easy.
After I left American Kenpo for some pressure point stuff, the thing I missed and still do, the most was the contact. The good thing is that the school where I train now has a lot of contact at the higher levels, and it suits me just fine to throw hard, knowing that I will get it back bigtime.
Sometimes I think it is just horses for courses!
Hell, I used to tell people to play hard or go the f**k home!
These days I'm a little more tolerant, but only a little
--Dave
:asian:
