Today we did forward flips for wushu. We had to use the huge mattress to land on (nicknamed "大blue" because of its size in relation to the other 2 mattresses "小blue" and "小green") and nearly killed ourselves jumping off from a roughly 40 cm high ledge and landing on the mattress. After that jiaolian got use to pump. And not normal pumping. We had to get down on the carpet, do 5 pushups, take 1 sideways step and do 5 more pushups... Please keep in mind that the carpets we use for training are longer than 10 m, and if anybody's knees touched the ground they had to start again. We were also not allowed to get up halfway through.
When we thought it was over, jiaolian got us to do it again - this time with burpees. Of course, I slacked doing 4 instead of 5 with each step and also moved slightly sideways with each jump =).
Friday, May 22, 2009
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Wow! I am glad that at my age I am able to enjoy and appreciate wushu performances without having to undergo the ardous training required to achieve the ultimate skill in executing precise bodily movements. It takes time, practice and patience before you reach public performance level, so don't be discouraged by occasional inevitable slip-ups and lapses. Just persevere. It does occur to me why wushu, judo,akido and kung fu all claim to be defence-based action when serious injuries and fatalities sometimes can result from their application. Chronologiclly and physically challenged admirer of martial arts
ReplyDeleteActually, serious injuries usually occur on the martial artist, not a "victim", if there is one, although I agree that these martial arts do have potential to kill. However, this results from inappropriate use or homicide.
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