Sparring session

[draconis]

Thursday, we had a full-class sparring session at the dojo. By that, I mean that everyone sparred with everyone else before the night was over, from the two senior students all the way down to the two junior students.

I haven't done any actual *sparring* in years, beyond just a bit of playing around with other folks. It's kind of scary, but the only one who actually gave me a challenge was one of the two juniormost students. Or maybe I'm just used to a different sort of sparring than they are...

One thing I was *very* surprised to see... after I sparred with the "in-house" black belt student -- and beat her soundly, I might add -- she spent the rest of the night standing on my "junior" side, right up until the closing lineup to bow out and end the class.

It will be interesting to see where things go from here. Especially if we both test for Nidan (2nd degree black belt) at the same time, and if we both pass, I won't be at all surprised if she yields the senior student slot to me.

Time will tell. In the meantime, I have a test to prepare for.

Comments

[themouseketeer.livejournal.com]

Well wishes for the test.