Day 11 - Wed 22nd - Maranouchi Club

Started the day with another trip to the sento (this time with arm suitably covered up). I really like the electro-zapper now, it is a nice sensation. Very interesting to slowly sink your arm closer to the emitting device, and watch your fingers involuntarily curl in as the muscles contract due to the electricity. Then I put my thigh closer to it, and could see a wave of muscle pulsing rapidly through my flesh -- so strange that I wasn't make it happen by my thoughts. It is possible to overpower though, if you concentrate. I wonder if you can buy this from a plumbing shop for your home bath?

Cliff has 20 minutes in the massage chair.



Then we go back to Tokyo to train at the Maranouchi Police club again. We had an awesome time, as expected. Each old man was great to spar with, such skills. One guy, whenever I would push, he would pull simultaneously -- totally negates my efforts. Every attack I made, he found a direction to apply a pull or push that totally sucked the power out of my movements -- it was very cool! Much reminiscent of the weird Aunkai experience yesterday.



I sparred the 'ashi-waza judan' man again today, and again he constantly whooped on me, I slipped around like on ice. This guy is WITHOUT PEER, I have never been off my feet so often before. It was good to have Cliff there though, he gave me advice that actually saw me throw him for once with a very sweet hiza-guruma! 'Even monkey's can fall out of a tree' is a saying that might be appropriate - basically I got lucky :-)

My only hope is to lull them into a sense of security with how awkward my movements normally are ... and then I surprise them by sometimes moving correctly and applying a technique with proper timing and speed. heh heh



And then we all went out for dinner again when we got home. It was delicious!