Whumpf.
The chiropractor, having come back from his holiday, put my dislocated rib back where it belongs, so Monday I was back practising ukemi. Just forward rolls for the time being; I'm skittish about doing back rolls since it was a back roll that was the last of a series of events that wrinkled my rib in the first place.
Yesterday, whilst being uke during a shihonage technique, my partner got a bit rough, and I went down rather harder than I really wanted to, and got the wind knocked out of me. Poor guy, he was having fits and conniptions thinking he'd killed me because I'd made this really weird noise going down, and once down, I didn't get up.
It really was just the wind knocked out of me (not to mention a friction burn on my arm), but I was so mad at something, I'm not sure what, that I almost started to cry. I was all right in a minute or two, though, and raring to get back into the practice. It was, in retrospect, actually very funny, and I'm still laughing about it today.
I just wish I could progress faster, but I guess it's better that I just take it slow and easy for the time being. I think I am becoming more flexible, although my left shoulder and right hip are resisting my efforts towards that end.
Knee-walking is still beyond me, but I think once I lose more weight, I think I should be able to do that. Still, I don't see myself taking a 6th kyu test this year.
Oddly enough, when practising the techniques, I do find it easier to fall down backwards (though not completing a back roll just yet) than doing a forward roll, but in ukemi practice, I can do a forward roll tolerably well, but still not the backward roll.
This whole "relaxing" thing... I've been tense for longer than I can remember, and it's proving to be another one of those little hurdles I have to get over.
I've promised my mates at my writers' workshop they will be invited to see me take my first test. That ought to be good for a few laughs....
The chiropractor, having come back from his holiday, put my dislocated rib back where it belongs, so Monday I was back practising ukemi. Just forward rolls for the time being; I'm skittish about doing back rolls since it was a back roll that was the last of a series of events that wrinkled my rib in the first place.
Yesterday, whilst being uke during a shihonage technique, my partner got a bit rough, and I went down rather harder than I really wanted to, and got the wind knocked out of me. Poor guy, he was having fits and conniptions thinking he'd killed me because I'd made this really weird noise going down, and once down, I didn't get up.
It really was just the wind knocked out of me (not to mention a friction burn on my arm), but I was so mad at something, I'm not sure what, that I almost started to cry. I was all right in a minute or two, though, and raring to get back into the practice. It was, in retrospect, actually very funny, and I'm still laughing about it today.
I just wish I could progress faster, but I guess it's better that I just take it slow and easy for the time being. I think I am becoming more flexible, although my left shoulder and right hip are resisting my efforts towards that end.
Knee-walking is still beyond me, but I think once I lose more weight, I think I should be able to do that. Still, I don't see myself taking a 6th kyu test this year.
Oddly enough, when practising the techniques, I do find it easier to fall down backwards (though not completing a back roll just yet) than doing a forward roll, but in ukemi practice, I can do a forward roll tolerably well, but still not the backward roll.
This whole "relaxing" thing... I've been tense for longer than I can remember, and it's proving to be another one of those little hurdles I have to get over.
I've promised my mates at my writers' workshop they will be invited to see me take my first test. That ought to be good for a few laughs....