Things that make you go GRRRRR.... (Part 2)

being useless at a MA i've invested 15 months = not much time really, some equipment, a lot of bruises, a few tears
 
I'm a ninja (ha ha ha) that can't roll, or at least jump over things (as we did at the beginning of class) and roll without hurting myself. Just for one week. Well, ideally I'd like to have more than one week where I don't feel so beat up that I cannot do most of the techniques with any real commitment or dedication. I really should just call it a day! I've nine visible bruises on my right leg, two on my left, two on my left arm and five on my right. Some admittedly are from last week, and a couple of the leg ones are likely due to my deadlifts yesterday (barbell too close to leg). After I get something completely wrong I go into a bit of daze and just can't concentrate on techniques at all as my inner soul is screaming you big failure you its just a lump of some atoms moving from one space in time to another
 
did anyone try to correct you or help you improve your jump rolling?

IMO usually stuff like this is the instructor's fault. see my posts about learning your body mechanics in frodo's thread about info for beginners.
 
Bruises, aches and pains are a side effect of doing martial arts and weightlifting, I'm permanently covered in them. Rolling should be taught to you in class, and if it isn't being done well, I'd think about changing class. A good Judo class will teach you to roll and breakfall. That being said, I always ache the day after Judo, it's natural when you are throwing your body around like that. I recommend investing in an ice pack, a heat pad, some Radox Muscle Soak bath foam, a foam roller and occasional sessions of deep tissue massage with a qualified practitioner. Stretching and strength training will help with you rolling, as you will gain better control of your body.

Don't try to remember every technique you learn in class. Pick one or 2, write them down in a journal and mentally run through them when you having nothing better to do.
 
Taking my poor, sick, old (12) cat to the vet's tonight, to find out he was in severe kidney failure and needed to be put down.
 
Oh no! Im sorry.My first cat had kidney failure, but they managed to save him. He didnt die of that but of another disease called cardiomyopathy. But he was 15 when he got put down. Lived a full lifespan for a cat born in 1987. My other cat was only seven. He died of feline leukemia. He got put down. I'm so sorry. R.I.P kitty. I bet you were loved.
 
Treasure him and the memories you have in your heart now. No one can take that away from you. And maybe he'll send you a sign he's ok, if you ask. Like I and my family received many times when our pets died. I used to be an atheist and non believer of a spiritual world but i changed to agnostic precisely because of such weird signs I had happen to me over the years. When my white 7 year old cat died I was alone in my house with his body. I said If there is a spirit world, tell me you're ok. I took a nap shortly after that. I dreamed I went to visit his body as I had done the day he died. But he wasnt there. Instead he was sitting on the bed looking just as he used to except he was dazzling with light. so bright i could hardly bear to look at him. A beautiful spirit cat. I thought if thats what they look like....Wow! Then, two months later, it was Christmas and my mom got a flower bloom on a cactus of hers that NVER has any flowers on it - except when we had lost a pet. (The white 7 year old cat was mostly hers) and that and when i told her about myu dream - she was comforted.
 
My problem with kaiten is that I haven't got the confidence with lock releases and running rolls (sometimes I pull them off but if the first one hurts then every one after it is like a kind of aversion therapy and I have the fear next class), so to then add a classmate kneeling on the floor seems a bit much. I should add we don't use mats. So I was at the gym last night wondering if this is it, discovered more bruises on my shoulder oddly didn't bother me during the 10 minutes rolling practice after my gym warmup. Should be at class tonight but can't face it. Definately a bath would help with the aches but alas I don't have one
 
you roll without using mats AND don't get proper assistance on how to roll?

my advice, which you are not obligated to follow, is to tell your sensei to F off and find another school before his idiocy injures you.
 
Sorry to hear about your cat Frodocious



I think the rationale is that while the hombu and many other dojo have mat floors in real life situation the ground may not be so forgiving. But there is something of a contradiction in that we don't use (much) contact in training and mainly use wood or padded weapons. I won't be much good if attacked on my way home from training with lots of bruises. Sure, adrenaline will help out but still, it's awkward (as my teacher is on the ninjutsu forum). Onegai shimasu
 
yet he doesn't actually teach you to roll correctly? get out of that place ASAP. that instructor will only get you injured.
 
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