Well, to be fair, the guys in the class were very hesitant to apply too much (or rather, ANY) pressure during the exercises. "I don't want to hurt you" was the standard response. The thing is, if I didn't get sufficient resistance, how would I learn proper technique? So, I didn't give them an easy time and they finally gave me something to work with. Apparently, I bruise fairly easily...*shrug*
One cute thing was our instructor has about five black belts in a variety of martial arts, so this runty Chinese kid in our class one day see the instructor sweeping up after a class and things, "I'm gonna rush teach!"
All we hear is this slight rustle of wind, and all we feel is the gentlest of breezes and teach is in the same position he was all along - but the kid is curled up fetal on the ground moaning. Our instructor said, "And I went easy on you."
My lord, when have I ever "roughed" you up? Hmm? Besides, it's all about achieving compliance without physical intervention...but if you wanna see if I can pin you down, I can certainly accommodate you :)
I get more from heavy fighting WITH armour.
One cute thing was our instructor has about five black belts in a variety of martial arts, so this runty Chinese kid in our class one day see the instructor sweeping up after a class and things, "I'm gonna rush teach!"
All we hear is this slight rustle of wind, and all we feel is the gentlest of breezes and teach is in the same position he was all along - but the kid is curled up fetal on the ground moaning. Our instructor said, "And I went easy on you."
Are you going to Clinton? If so, and you want to, you should volunteer to Howitzer to help with constab.
AFAIK, he's the only constab for Clinton, since he and I had our falling out and he doesn't want either Garet nor my help.