Ninja Instructor threw a curve-ball at us today. I was under the impression that we were going to learn more Ninja Techniques that we can apply during sparring. Instead, he changed directions to teach us skills which we can again apply in a bar. On an aside, I am tempted to provoke a bar fight just to see if this stuff actually works. Worst case scenario, I get my ass kicked (but I'm insured, so that's ok), but best case scenario, I prove that I have not been wasting my money with these lessons.
The theme from yesterday was what to do if your attacker is just out of your reach, but you know life is going to get real crappy real quickly unless you do something about it. And Ninja Instructor felt last night was a good time to do something about it. The moral of yesterday's lessons was to know where the punch is going so that you can control it. And the way you know where it is going is to watch the shoulder and bat the oncoming NotNinja Fist (or Fists) of Fury away. Then you can counter however you see fit. Last night, Ninja Instructor saw fit for us to use the hip-throw that we have been spending quite a bit of time with. And then, if that doesn't work (because apparently it can sometimes not work), use a leg sweep to ground the opponent. Ninja Cook was again my partner. I think I'm making a friend!
We had 3 rounds of sparring last night and again I worked on my Ninja Defense. I went up against Ninja Cook against in his first sparring round. Again, didn't want to overplay my cards and tell him that I wanted to focus on the Ninja Defense. Remember folks, this is a guy who has wrestled for quite some time. So if there was anybody that could deal with the the weak skills that I do have, Ninja Cook was the guy to do it. And you know what? He did good work. Tapped me out once, but only once. The next 2 rounds were exhausting, but uneventful.
So I titled yesterday's lesson A Couple of Striped, but have not yet talked about the stripes earned. So apparently I'm like the Ninja equivalent of Red Headed Stepchild when it comes to rank advancement. During my third lesson, I was supposed to get my second blue stripe just for showing up. But for some reason, the "rank" was skipped. But that was fine -- some electrical tape around a belt was no indicator of my skills as a Ninja Student. Especially on Day 3. But on Monday, I was supposed to get my black strip of electrical tape on my belt. Now, that is supposed to signify that I am halfway to my Yellow Belt. But for some reason, Ninja Instructor forgot to award it. And he did the same last night, but at least this time asked who was eligible for another stripe. So I raised my hand, answered a couple questions and got both pieces of electrical tape. Pretty anti-climactic, but now I'm just a few lessons from being a badass Yellow Belt.
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