In class - conditioning, All of Shuai Shiao throwing!! when u feel that u improve in skill, all chat between class mates, kicking the puching bag, the feeling when you made the class without puking, bleeding or really really hurt! Aaaand, the nr one favourite part iiiis:
The shower after traing. Is there anything sweeter?
I love sparring the guys and winning…it doesnt happen all that often. But its great to see them wince in pain…
Umm, and the feeling when youve completed a LONE session of training and the first drop of cold water that ebters your mouth…that my friends is not describable, but if you think it is, please feel free to fill me in.
That’s definitely, when I’m walking back to the locker room, my muscles are all tired, I’m warm all around and I can feel the endorphine rushing trough my veins. Awesome feeling.
uhhhhhhh i forgot to mention one thing, since someone said “showering” i just had to mention our Sauna room, it ruuuullleeeess, almost everyone goes there (it’s a unisex sauna). It’s incredibly relaxing to be in the sauna after a hard workout and just chill out (it comes in handy too when you gotta make weight for a tourney). But it’s not just relaxing, you dont get a lot of time to talk to the people that train with you, lots of people just shower and leave and you dont talk in the shower (and if you do it’s only to people of your own gender so i’d not talk much to the girls in class). But in the sauna everyone stays for an extra 20-30 minutes getting relaxed and talking, it’s really nice to ge to know the people your training with better.
So i’m adding that to my list, relaxing your muscles in the sauna while getting to know your training partners and teacher (nice to talk to them in a more relaxed mode then in training too) better.
Only thing i can imagine better then the sauna would be a hot tub or “Jakoosy” (no idea how to spell that). Man would that be relaxing after a hard workout.
(1) Laying the smack down on my instructor. That wonderful endorphin rush when you finally land a perfect counter or take advantage of a miniscule opening in his defence/offense and lay a sweet one in. Doesn’t happen often. Hardly ever in fact.
But it’s sooooo worth it.
(2) Sparring. At any level, though preferably with seniors who are much better than me. It’s the best way to learn.
(3) When a technique comes out purely on instinct, and strikes/applies without thought.
There’s much more, but those are the pick of the bunch
mine would have to be going slowly through forms with other classmates, 2-man drills, and drumming. i also like chatting with my simo for a few hrs after training, and sleeping for about 5hrs when i get home.
(1) finally realising/understanding something about my style. When you finally see/understand something you feel like such a jack a s s because of what you’ve been doing before. For a while you feel better, then there’s the next obstacle to cross.
(2) watching my Sifu demonstrating/explaining something. It makes me feel very lucky to have stumbled across such a wealth of knoweledge after wandering lost for so long.
(3) having a chance to talk/train with my Sifu. Most of the things i really have to think about and don’t understand for a long time afterwards though
my worst parts:
(1) trying to learn something new and getting corrected all the time. I feel like such a dunce!
(2) starting to practise new Hard Qigong exercises. Until you get used to them they are a pain in da a s s! (or wherever ur training:D )