Thanks, everyone.
Today was very difficult. I couldn't keep up with the speed at which the sensei ran the warm-up exercises. I'm determined to do everything, of course; but today she started us off with jumping jacks, and now my ankles are wrecked! I should have known better - jumping jacks is the one exercise for sure I have to stay away from.
I wonder if there's a video one can buy to do the warm-up exercises? This is an idea, but of course, I'm flat broke, and I'm having to face the fact that I need to spend at least a couple of thousand dollars upgrading my computers so that I can keep working....
I still can't roll. Makes me no good as uke, but the other students are being good sports about partnering with me.
I am getting some interesting comments from the people I partner with. I seem to be picking up some of the moves quite well. One woman I partnered with today said I had a lot of upper body strength which surprises me, considering all I do all day is sit at my computer and type; I also tend to "take root" when I'm uke so my partner has to work hard to get me down!
Oh, and this is so funny; my first partner of the evening was this guy that was easily 6'4", and little me barely clearing five feet, and he had to practically bend himself into a pretzel to get under my arm! But when it was my turn, I must say, it was very empowering to make him tumble!![Big Grin :D :D](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.gif)
My next to last partner was this tiny little lady whose arm was so fragile in my hand I was terrified I was going to break something.
The rolling thing is worrying me, though. I need more practise at it - the few minutes we spend on it just isn't enough. It's partly fear; but I'm fairly certain this is a case where my weight in combination with the stiffness in my joints is working against me. I just don't know what to do about it, since there is nowhere I can go to practice.
(Note to Amos - the park? It was a windchill of -26C out there today! Even the dogs are wearing cold weather suits!)
However, I shall carry on. I made the mistake of telling my writerly friends about this little stroke of madness, and at first they were encouraging, and now they are making fun of me.![Frown :( :(](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.gif)
Today was very difficult. I couldn't keep up with the speed at which the sensei ran the warm-up exercises. I'm determined to do everything, of course; but today she started us off with jumping jacks, and now my ankles are wrecked! I should have known better - jumping jacks is the one exercise for sure I have to stay away from.
I wonder if there's a video one can buy to do the warm-up exercises? This is an idea, but of course, I'm flat broke, and I'm having to face the fact that I need to spend at least a couple of thousand dollars upgrading my computers so that I can keep working....
I still can't roll. Makes me no good as uke, but the other students are being good sports about partnering with me.
I am getting some interesting comments from the people I partner with. I seem to be picking up some of the moves quite well. One woman I partnered with today said I had a lot of upper body strength which surprises me, considering all I do all day is sit at my computer and type; I also tend to "take root" when I'm uke so my partner has to work hard to get me down!
Oh, and this is so funny; my first partner of the evening was this guy that was easily 6'4", and little me barely clearing five feet, and he had to practically bend himself into a pretzel to get under my arm! But when it was my turn, I must say, it was very empowering to make him tumble!
![Big Grin :D :D](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.gif)
My next to last partner was this tiny little lady whose arm was so fragile in my hand I was terrified I was going to break something.
The rolling thing is worrying me, though. I need more practise at it - the few minutes we spend on it just isn't enough. It's partly fear; but I'm fairly certain this is a case where my weight in combination with the stiffness in my joints is working against me. I just don't know what to do about it, since there is nowhere I can go to practice.
(Note to Amos - the park? It was a windchill of -26C out there today! Even the dogs are wearing cold weather suits!)
However, I shall carry on. I made the mistake of telling my writerly friends about this little stroke of madness, and at first they were encouraging, and now they are making fun of me.
![Frown :( :(](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.gif)