Thread: Bokken use
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Old 11-20-2003, 07:11 AM   #9
Karen Wolek
Dojo: Kingston Aikido
Location: New York
Join Date: Dec 2002
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I generally do 100-200 bokken cuts a night. Well, I did until I sprained my elbow a few weeks ago. I got out of the habit, since I thought I couldn't do them one-handed. I was wrong. My sensei had me do them one-handed at the dojo........that impressed several of my dojomates! Ha!

One weekend when I couldn't get to class, I had a goal of doing 1,000 cuts. So that Sunday night, I DID 1,000 cuts. I was pretty proud and my arms were not anywhere near as sore as I thought they'd be! So my cuts must be improving.

I know they are....I can tell when I do them. And I rarely get corrected on them anymore.

I don't think you can "speed the process along"....like ALL of Aikido, it just takes practice, practice, practice!

Karen
"Try not. Do...or do not. There is no try." - Master Yoda
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