Saturday Randori with Lee kun and Shige kun

My body is still tired and sore from yseterdays randori with Lee kun. I did 3 by four minute sessions with Lee and Shige did between 6-6 and a half minutes of 3 seesions with Lee. Lee's leg work are unpredictable. The only way I could see of getting near him is to come in when the opportunity arises so that his kicks aren't as effective. I could deal with his punches then. Shige's attack against Lee is smooth and powerful. The problem with Shorinji Kempo is that we don't attack enough. Although the philosophy of it being a purely self-denfence martial art is valid in a randori situation attacking is necessary. I think I have to learn attacking methods from somewhere else.

Sometimes when I avoided Lee's kicks, I wondered if I really avoided them or it was because of his masterful control of his leg works. I received a blow to the back of the head from his axe kick. It dazed me for a bit but next time I duck I should protect myself with an uchiage block to soften the blow a bit. My right hand has a tinge of soreness from puching Lee. I might have sprained it.

Randori is fun and dangerous. I get the same feeling from it as I did when I am sweating at a crux of a climb. That feeling of danger is exciting and makes me become alive. It really tests the reflexes, happomoko and what we learnt in the dojo under control conditions does not really apply in a randori situation. It is especially hard to guage the distance between fighters as it changes all the time. Maybe I am just not skillful enough yet, afterall I am only a sankyuu going up against a black belt in Taekwondo and a practitional of various other martial arts.