Just for shits and giggles, here are the biggies I’m on*:
#That doesn’t mean I’m shagging multiple Adrians
1) Stand up straight. The Kyoto copper I mentioned in the last post told me about what he does to relax by using his kamae, so putting this in to action is the order of the day (just bringing his left hand closer and pushing his belly towards it, I can actually feel when I am tense, which in turn forces me to relax)
2) Sliding foot work. One of the nuggets I had a while ago that I am still working on. W sensei from the power station gave me a great piece of advice about sliding the front foot forwards and pressuring down towards the tsuba as a precursor to an attacking movement (oji waza or shikake waza). This also feeds in to:
3) No retreat, no surrender. Or, not moving backwards, and keeping my forward momentum “constant”. This stems from the fact that it is well known that if you are moving first you are more likely to win*
*obviously it’s not quite so easy, but that is the general principal. Stop being picky, twat.
There you go, Gibbo’s menu of pain and misery, for probably the next 3 months.