What Do You Do For Fun?
Normally I teach a very calm, meditative style martial art. The normal class wasn’t there tonight, so a student from the previous class asked me if I wanted to get hit for a while.
Two hours later…
The interesting thing about being beaten repeatedly is that you realize just how tough the human body is. As long as you keep breathing, and not tensing (and they don’t hit you in the head or other select locations) it is shocking how much of a beating you can take. It takes away some of the fear, and lets you think about what it is you need to do to stop them from hitting you. Either talking them down, connecting to their center via their arm or simply closing behind them to give you more options. All in all a very educational evening. It is good to know that I can get hit hard and still be fluid enough to execute technique.
Also you get a free massage. One of those deep tissue ones. Where the masseuse is a sadist.