I don’t know what got into me today, but I was actually attempting to grapple a little with Jacob. At one point, I totally lost my weapon and instead of conceding, I decided to keep fighting. I got myself grounded pretty quickly, but I refused to give in. I twisted and turned, attempted to bite, and at one point I was going to push my foot into his chest and flip him.
It was so cool.
I got clipped in the face twice by Mike, much to my amusement. Phil managed some good hits to my hands and Jacob got some killing blows to my torso and sides. But I tried to give as good as I got. Damn if I’m not sore, though.
The morning gave way to the afternoon and we were still going at it. We all faced off against Jacob in a three-to-one. We used all of the space available, but rather than waste my energy giving chase I decided to wait. I am not that kind of aggresive anymore; one too many solid hits and the like has taught me otherwise.
The issue I’m having now is which style I am trying to use. In my head, I think it should be long sword technique. I default to Eastern style more often than not, however. Not that that’s a bad thing, but if I were to truly embrace that style, I would like a little more technique and instruction in it. I have issues with perception and it bothers me something fierce when people think we’re just messing around.
That’s not what I see when I do this. That’s not what I’m trying to do.
That’s just the way I am.
I’m watching and deconstructing the things that have happened in my memory. What did I do wrong? How do I get past that defense? What can I do to improve?
I am looking forward to our next day of combat. I hope it is sooner rather than later.
Hee hee… Fighting posts are great.
Man, I need to witness one of y’all fights, sometime. ‘Probably won’t be one you have in Japan, though, so you’ll have to come home and beat up Grant or Yoss or Weiss or someone.
HOnestly - half the time I don’t know if what you are writing is fiction or not
It’s all soo descriptive.
She should beat up WEISE, but I am not sure if our styles would mesh. She is all experimenty and I learned stage fighting…but I would love to spar.
“weiss” ’cause your quite, quite pale. and i don’t care if you’re german or not. weiss is germane for weise, maybe..? :p
gah - “you’re”, not “your”. clearly i’m e-dysfunctional.
…actually, reviewed my german. yeah… nevermind.
E-dysfunctional beats e-speechless everytime (See Comments to Mark’s post of April 1, 2006.)