Do you know how difficult martial arts are?
Take Jiu-Jitsu. At the recent one-hour class, we focused on two main techniques. One standing, and one on the ground, and a few variations.
On the ground, did we just roll around?
From the specified starting position, it goes hand move, grab wrist and upper arm, chest on arm, reach around the head, grab, shift foot, other hand out, pull up, push down, reach around the head, grab your own wrist, shift knee around opponent's head, shift leg beside opponent's head, lay back grasping arm, correct arm's angle, thrust hips up. I am not making this up.
The instructor demonstrates several times (thank goodness), and then we go do it with a partner. With the short class length, we only get maybe two practise tries each for each technique or variation.
Then the instructor shows what comes next, and we work on that.
When he's demonstrating, I try and absorb the instructor with my eyes.
In no time at all, we are done.
I am a 68 year old retired teacher living on the west coast of Canada. I spent over 30 years as a student of Karate until my knees stopped liking it. My current passionate activity is Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, which I've been at for about 13 years.
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