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Old 03-24-2002, 06:44 PM   #5
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I remember the first time I went to a week-long summer camp which was focused on weapons (about four hours a day); I came out each day feeling a bit tired and that was about it.

When I went the following year, though, my body wasn't tired at all, but my mind was extremely frazzled.

The way I look at it now, I think that the first year, all I could think about and absorb was the surface teachings of physical movement -- how to block, cut, parry, blend, and so on. The second year I came with more experience so I had to think a lot more about the more subtle things like intent, timing, and basically the why's of it all.

These days when I'm working in weapons with someone of my level or greater, I find it to be as intense or moreso than empty-handed training. It's usually a lot more mental than physical, but it's still quite draining.

-- Jun

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