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Old 05-11-2005, 12:06 PM   #19
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Re: Contact Lenses vs Glasses

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Jeremy Young wrote:
I wear glasses during trainging and as Bronson-sensei said when i started they were always falling off.
Hey Jeremy...Bronson will do just fine

I take them off for randori and since Seidokan doesn't have any "official" head control techniques we don't do them very often. I've learned to kind of ukemi around my glasses...turning my head slightly and what not to avoid having them smashed into my face.

When I as fencing the glasses I had would touch my fencing mask, drove me crazy. Not to mention they would fog up and I couldn't see anyway. I started fencing without them and I learned a lot about not focusing on the opponents weapon (because I couldn't). I had to base my attack/defense on the large body movements of shouder, arm, and center. Seemed to work ok.

Bronson

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