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In General
Kokyu Probs: from Curse to Blessing in Under 2 Hrs
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#199
02-23-2006 09:26 AM |
So I have Asthma. Or so I've been diagnosed. Finally. You'd think the four doctors I've had over the past six years would have taken a hint from all the wheezing, deep chest congestion and shallow breathing I'd been doing. So much for Kokyu.
Nonetheless, I've been managing. The new Ventolin inhaler proved a Godsend over the past weekend. But as I've been finding out, it's not going to be a picnic in the least. Couple this with having to work on an infuriating test technique (Ushiro Ryokatadori Nikkyo, Ura) with a heavy uke (Garry) and you have the makings of what would have been a very frustrating evening --- at least it was initially.
By the time Randori practice rolled around near the end of class, I decided I was going to take it easy. I figured that if I were faced with a similar real-life situation and had an Asthma attack, I should learn to be able to deal --- surprise, surprise --- with as little effort as possible. So I worked on fluidity, reacting to my ukes as gently and slowly as possible though I kept moving continuously as always. Much to my pleasure, I experienced the best two rounds of Randori I'd had in a very long time. I was barely winded, and it all felt (even a little too) easy.
God really works in mysterious ways. My breathing problems have been a bane for far too long...yet if they had never existed, I might never have had to force myself to alter my practice in such a beneficial way. Now it just comes down to continuing to do so in reaction to overly-aggressive ukes...part of me (the continually self-doubting part) wonders if perhaps my ukes were just going easy on me because they knew I wasn't feeling well...but I'll have to save that for another entry --- it's a whole other can of worms that will take some time to relate, that's for sure.
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