Ass-kicking lesson with Wu Shu Kwan school fails to turn into a scene out of an Eastern martial arts movie. Student saved from disappointment by being bludgeoned by other students.
I love sparring. As a beginner, I enjoy the other students letting me kick them while they don’t move too much. Like kicking fish in an empty barrel. (The water would slow your feet down) After a few rounds last night, the instructors turned brutal, and started punching and kicking back. It might have been for a number of reasons:
- I was getting a bit excited and in danger of dislocating my hip; my mind hadn’t caught up with the fact that my body can’t do all the imaginative things that it wants to.
- I was in danger of injuring myself unless someone did it for me.
- Paired with the same instructor twice, I took the opportunity before bowing to taunt him “You want some more, eh?” Apparently that’s not proper etiquette.
- One instructor asked me to punch him, but I kicked him instead – my use of the element of surprise might have hurts his ribs a bit
So I was kicked to the floor, and generally thumped a bit, but I actually found I enjoyed it just as much as kicking and thumping other people. I am that fish in the barrel, and it’s quite fun in here.