Wow, I'm Whining Alot
Disclaimer: I kinda whined in this blog about Ju Jistu, which is my own fault, but it's as if I'm taking it out on other people. I apologise in advance for my whining, and feel free not to read it because I'm sure you don't give a shit anyway.
I was almost annoyed this morning, to my suprise. This begins with two guys I know taking their Ju Jitsu grading, now putting them a belt above me. Of course, I don't care about that, they're good enough to be at that level, so they are. Anyway, what annoyed me was the realisation I was still weeks at least from taking my grading, after a year on the same belt. These two guys I'd watched rise through green and my own belt in the time I've been on it. This is obviously because I've been missing so many sessions because of my injured back. But, for the first time ever, I considered throwing it in and quitting Ju Jitsu, because it just seems like a futile effort. I'm not convinced I'll EVER get off blue-white belt, and so I was slightly irritated. Especially when I asked Phil (Sensei) to see how well I was doing, and got told to work on it more because I confused my left from my right on one of the moves, using the wrong arm to counter with...
Thus my bad co-ordination has once again set me back.
Luckily, I got home and reconsidered, deciding that it was nobody's fault I actually suck and that I can do better and hopefully pass at some point in my life. So I'm not gonna quit. I'm also gonna try and learn my left stance from my right, and using the right arms to block and counter with! Unfortunatly, a left stance naturally takes me en guard from fencing, and thus I'm used to blocking and attacking with my right arm, instead of blocking with the right and countering with the left.
Once I've worked on that, I'll probably screw something else up and have to work on that for weeks. That's how it normally goes. But at least I'm not gonna quit, and keep at it.
In non-martial arts related news, I completed Half Life 2 today which was disappointing, because I was hoping it would last me longer than that. I've obviously played it FAR too much. I'm gonna up the difficulty and play through it again though, so it's not dead yet. Was a very good game though, and the gravity gun remains the best invention ever. Especially when it gets souped up and you start flinging bodies around!
I was almost annoyed this morning, to my suprise. This begins with two guys I know taking their Ju Jitsu grading, now putting them a belt above me. Of course, I don't care about that, they're good enough to be at that level, so they are. Anyway, what annoyed me was the realisation I was still weeks at least from taking my grading, after a year on the same belt. These two guys I'd watched rise through green and my own belt in the time I've been on it. This is obviously because I've been missing so many sessions because of my injured back. But, for the first time ever, I considered throwing it in and quitting Ju Jitsu, because it just seems like a futile effort. I'm not convinced I'll EVER get off blue-white belt, and so I was slightly irritated. Especially when I asked Phil (Sensei) to see how well I was doing, and got told to work on it more because I confused my left from my right on one of the moves, using the wrong arm to counter with...
Thus my bad co-ordination has once again set me back.
Luckily, I got home and reconsidered, deciding that it was nobody's fault I actually suck and that I can do better and hopefully pass at some point in my life. So I'm not gonna quit. I'm also gonna try and learn my left stance from my right, and using the right arms to block and counter with! Unfortunatly, a left stance naturally takes me en guard from fencing, and thus I'm used to blocking and attacking with my right arm, instead of blocking with the right and countering with the left.
Once I've worked on that, I'll probably screw something else up and have to work on that for weeks. That's how it normally goes. But at least I'm not gonna quit, and keep at it.
In non-martial arts related news, I completed Half Life 2 today which was disappointing, because I was hoping it would last me longer than that. I've obviously played it FAR too much. I'm gonna up the difficulty and play through it again though, so it's not dead yet. Was a very good game though, and the gravity gun remains the best invention ever. Especially when it gets souped up and you start flinging bodies around!
posted by Li at 11:26 PM
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