Your funniest memory of a training moment

[Tripitaka of AA]

Open to all-comers, but preferably a Shorinji Kempo answer, as I have raised it in the Shorinji Kempo forum.

Go on, we could do with a laugh now and again. If I get no answers, I may have to bore you with one or two of my own... and I've probably described them before, so let's go with something new... how about it?

[Erik]

It was in Japanese Jujitsu.

I had a guy in guard who could pretty much overpower me but he knew less than I did.

I sunk in my hands for a straight collar choke and he grabbed my elbows and started pulling them apart to fight the choke.

Since the wrists are crossed in this choke, separating the elbows actually tightens it.

He must have pulled and choked himself out 6+ times. All I did was hold the collar and watch him pass out, wake up, struggle, and choke himself out again and again. I couldn't believe it.

[Tripitaka of AA]

Nice one Erik... that would be me! I'd probably give up after the first passing out though, then pee all over myself.

[AllanJGAnderson]

then pee all over myself.

I hate when I do that:p

[Rob Gassin]

My funniest moment was actually in Hapkido. We were doing some ground fighting. I was grabbing the back of my opponent's trousers with one hand. As I pulled to try to do a technique, he moved in the opposite direction resulting in his trousers being pulled down below his knees ---- he wasn't wearing underpants :eek: :laugh:.

[Erik]

Nice one Erik... that would be me! I'd probably give up after the first passing out though, then pee all over myself.

I'm sure you'd do much better than you think, David.

[Luar]

On a bright sunny day, I wore my prescription sunglasses to class. When I got to the dojo, I realized that I had forgotten my regular glasses and decided to continue practice. During embu practice, a woman came to visit our class and one of our kenshi, who is a real smartass, recieved her and pointed me out to her telling her that I was blind.

[Tripitaka of AA]

This moment may not survive the translation from my memory to the eyes of a reader, but one of the funniest training moments came in the private room of a Sushi restaurant in Tadotsu. In 1985 I was lucky enough to be part of a group of British Kenshi that attended the International Taikai in Tokyo, followed by a full week's training at Hombu in Tadotsu. During the day our training was outstanding and we were always impressed by the "crash test dummies" used by the instructors, known as the "Busen" students. They were the full-time students at Hombu, being trained as potential Instructors.

One evening, our group took a meal at a great restaurant where we discovered one of our favourite Busen students was a waiter. After busting his guts all day, he came to work every night to help pay for his studies. We were astonished at the time, as we were often struggling to keep up with the pace.. and here he was starting a days work.

The funny part came at the end of a particularly enjoyable meal, when Matoba-san entertained us with a few skits the most memorable being a you-had-to-there rendition of "Telephone-Box Tenchiken Dai Ichi". It was the perfect pastiche, completed in a mock serious tone with the most hilarious "vacant" expression on his face, reducing the movements of the kata to be performed within the confines of a telephone kiosk. We were all merry with Kirin beer and could only respond with one of our own's near-perfect replica of some Wushu we had seen at the Taikai, involving a belt and some writhing on the floor, chain-whip style.


Like I said, maybe it is a you-had-to-be-there moment :) kept me laughing for days.,

[Rob Gassin]

We were practicing juho blindfolded. This works well and is good training but can only be done for techniques where the attacker's hand makes contact with the defender's body. Otherwise the defender cannot work out which hand he is being grabbeed with and therefore cannot respond appropriately. My training partner was female. She grabbed my lapel and pulled. Therefore her hand was away from my body and i had no idea which hand she was pulling with. I reached out with both hands to try and feel which hand she was grabbing with. She was much closer than i thought and I found myself patting her breast for a few seconds before realising what i was doing. Shock horror ;) :D