floonine

Man, punishment is really what I want in a martial art: I want to feel like I am dissapointing someone, y'know? I want to get punched in the jaw, and thrown to the ground, and black and blue because that is what the training is supposed to be about; I am supposed to learn from mistakes as well as from normal teachings from katas or whatever.

The kwoon I attend is really good about trying to mix different teaching styles up, to get a good balance for different people who attend and their different styles and levels of experience, but they don't hit hard enough when they spar. Some would argue that it is out of respect for me when the opponent is a higher belt level, and they don't want to kill me... but that seems to be a waste of time for them as well as me. It could be argued that they are practicing control, but I don't want to work harder on someone if they aren't going to try to match whatever energy I put out...

That in itself is recursive; I won't fight harder if they don't try harder, and they won't try harder if they don't think I can fight harder, etc.

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