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**Clunlippibe** · 06-17-2006, 09:56 PM

My most memorable experience was practicing w/ Miyazaki Masahiro sensei during a godo geiko at the 11th WKC in 2000 at Santa Clara.

I was trying my best, and I got in a lucky hit on his men. From what I recall, it was HORRID!! I was leaning right, the hit barely got in on the left side of his men, my left elbow was sky high, and the only reason he didn't hit a clean men on me was because my posture was straight to hell. (Unintentional, of course. I was tired and overwhelmed already. ) Then I turned around and I SWEAR I saw him smile. What followed just overwhelms me. He came in for men as soon as we stepped to issoku ittou no mai. Before I knew what happened he had scored my men and was past me. He did this like 5 more times, and I tried everything to no avail. I went forward, backwards, attack, counter, just BLOCK even, and everytime it was a clean men and *poof*. When you do everything in your power and you can't even disrupt his point in the slightest, it truly is awe inspiring...

I've had a very similar experience with Koike Sensei, I remember I couldn't shake off his hits for days all I could think of was how intimidating it was to be standing in front of him. For the life of me I couldn't escape him either, the hits just kept coming in, until I realized the only way I could attempt to avoid them was to keep up my attacks at the same rate. Of course I wasn't hitting him, but just the act of going for men at the same time caused both of our shinai to miss. In my mind, I beleive that is what he was trying to teach me, without verbally expressing it.

I also had a similar experience as Neil when I went up against Kondo Sensei in Japan. Crashing into him was like crashing into a wall. He was truly immovable. He also controlled me and my shinai in a manner that has never done to me before.

What I did learn from these experiences and many like it with other Sensei, is to keep training harder and harder.

06-17-2006, 09:56 PM	#7
Clunlippibe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 324 Senior Member	My most memorable experience was practicing w/ Miyazaki Masahiro sensei during a godo geiko at the 11th WKC in 2000 at Santa Clara. I was trying my best, and I got in a lucky hit on his men. From what I recall, it was HORRID!! I was leaning right, the hit barely got in on the left side of his men, my left elbow was sky high, and the only reason he didn't hit a clean men on me was because my posture was straight to hell. (Unintentional, of course. I was tired and overwhelmed already. ) Then I turned around and I SWEAR I saw him smile. What followed just overwhelms me. He came in for men as soon as we stepped to issoku ittou no mai. Before I knew what happened he had scored my men and was past me. He did this like 5 more times, and I tried everything to no avail. I went forward, backwards, attack, counter, just BLOCK even, and everytime it was a clean men and poof. When you do everything in your power and you can't even disrupt his point in the slightest, it truly is awe inspiring... I've had a very similar experience with Koike Sensei, I remember I couldn't shake off his hits for days all I could think of was how intimidating it was to be standing in front of him. For the life of me I couldn't escape him either, the hits just kept coming in, until I realized the only way I could attempt to avoid them was to keep up my attacks at the same rate. Of course I wasn't hitting him, but just the act of going for men at the same time caused both of our shinai to miss. In my mind, I beleive that is what he was trying to teach me, without verbally expressing it. I also had a similar experience as Neil when I went up against Kondo Sensei in Japan. Crashing into him was like crashing into a wall. He was truly immovable. He also controlled me and my shinai in a manner that has never done to me before. What I did learn from these experiences and many like it with other Sensei, is to keep training harder and harder.
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