Randori practice
There are so many good comments about randori!
Sometimes we forget learning how to walk takes much practice, just like some people don't learn to swim, at least with confidence, by being thrown into the water. Sometimes we must repeat the movements on land, slowly, allowing the brain to overcome the fear of sinking and drowning by the repetition of confidence in movements that will keep us from drowning. This sometimes translates empty mind into empty head and that dazed look of an animal in the head lights of an oncoming vehicle? Not uncommon, at one time or another for anyone during randori practice?
I love the crowd practice, walking though a big crowd of people going all which ways. Maybe we should do that more often to begin randori? Walking through three rows of four people loosely assembled is excellant practice. It begins to open the different possibilities of moving through crowds, or intercepting movement. Everyon becomes so enamoured with throwing and being proficient with counter attacks, they don't always remember the billiard principle of redirecting force?
It is easier to redirect those coming toward you, when they can't be avoided, by a bounce or nudge in a slight different direction. Kind of like the bump in a crowd that sends you into someone else, even though it was a slight nudge.
Basically, as in all things that come difficult, you must go back to the beginning, go slowly, and find a path that works for you.
If things move too fast, don't be afraid to try some slower training until your mind adjusts and allows faster more fluid motion as training progresses.
Good Luck.
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