Myeah... When I was still training Judo, we got a more experienced student who joined us from a higher group [err, can't remember the reason] and since me and my sparring partner were the oldest/biggest ones, I got to train with him [more experienced one] while my partner got someone younger. The problem with Judo is, weight and strength can make a lot of difference unless you're experienced enough to get around it, and with an orange belt, I sure as hell was not. This guy must have been +30 pounds heavier and built like a tank, I was a skinny geek that did Judo for excercise. And for some reason [==asshole] he felt that training and fighting were not two different things. When he was performing throws on me, he did them for real, aka, I got the wing knocked out of me with each throw, but when my turn came, he resisted them, which meant his superior weight and strength pretty much killed any chance of me doing them successfully. Hell, at one time I even got knee-kicked in the head during a simple over-shoulder-throw [I couldn't remember their names even then *g*], which was an accident, but would never have happened with proper training etiquette.
I quit after 6 months of that, since I was pretty much just taking abuse and not getting any training myself. My excuses were different, this was the reason. People like that should be kicked in the head repeatedly.
Did I mention he broke someone's arm in the arena? Yes, a lovely person.
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branchandroot
ggrrrrrrr
Date: 2002-07-10 09:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-07-11 03:31 am (UTC)The problem with Judo is, weight and strength can make a lot of difference unless you're experienced enough to get around it, and with an orange belt, I sure as hell was not.
This guy must have been +30 pounds heavier and built like a tank, I was a skinny geek that did Judo for excercise. And for some reason [==asshole] he felt that training and fighting were not two different things. When he was performing throws on me, he did them for real, aka, I got the wing knocked out of me with each throw, but when my turn came, he resisted them, which meant his superior weight and strength pretty much killed any chance of me doing them successfully.
Hell, at one time I even got knee-kicked in the head during a simple over-shoulder-throw [I couldn't remember their names even then *g*], which was an accident, but would never have happened with proper training etiquette.
I quit after 6 months of that, since I was pretty much just taking abuse and not getting any training myself. My excuses were different, this was the reason. People like that should be kicked in the head repeatedly.
Did I mention he broke someone's arm in the arena? Yes, a lovely person.