I Hate Icing Things...
Nov. 15th, 2012 08:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eternaleponine... when it's this cold out. But my right knee is bruised badly enough that it seemed necessary. The good news is that the joint isn't actually damaged; I didn't twist it or cause it any real injury. It's just really bruised.
And I figured out why my palm is bruised - from doing palm strike to Tony the Dummy.
Today... actually, I should say this evening, because I actually went to class twice today... Master Paul decided to elaborate on the combination we've been doing for the past few days, and holy hell, I could not do it. Literally. I would go up to the dummy, do the first two moves, and then just stop, stare at it for a second, and go to the end of the line. I did manage to get it right a couple of times, but it was just... I got it in my head but could not get my limbs coordinated to actually do the damn thing.
The combination, for the record was:
Rear leg front kick, step down
Front reverse knife hand strike to the throat
Rear hand palm strike to forehead
Front hand slap to the side of the head or elbow strike, depending on how close you were
Rear hand uppercut
(For those not familiar with all of the terminology, it's basically right kick, right strike, left palm strike, left slap/elbow strike, left uppercut. Or the opposite, if you're starting with the left.)
We did the first three, and I was fine. Then we added the fourth and I fell apart. Then we added the fifth and it was just plain over. ARGH. Mostly we were just laughing good-naturedly, but it gets frustrating when you just can't get something right.
And I figured out why my palm is bruised - from doing palm strike to Tony the Dummy.
Today... actually, I should say this evening, because I actually went to class twice today... Master Paul decided to elaborate on the combination we've been doing for the past few days, and holy hell, I could not do it. Literally. I would go up to the dummy, do the first two moves, and then just stop, stare at it for a second, and go to the end of the line. I did manage to get it right a couple of times, but it was just... I got it in my head but could not get my limbs coordinated to actually do the damn thing.
The combination, for the record was:
Rear leg front kick, step down
Front reverse knife hand strike to the throat
Rear hand palm strike to forehead
Front hand slap to the side of the head or elbow strike, depending on how close you were
Rear hand uppercut
(For those not familiar with all of the terminology, it's basically right kick, right strike, left palm strike, left slap/elbow strike, left uppercut. Or the opposite, if you're starting with the left.)
We did the first three, and I was fine. Then we added the fourth and I fell apart. Then we added the fifth and it was just plain over. ARGH. Mostly we were just laughing good-naturedly, but it gets frustrating when you just can't get something right.