Month: June 2011

Day SEVEN – THE END!

Written by amanda on 28th June 2011. Posted in Journey second to nun ... chuk!. No Comments on Day SEVEN – THE END!

It’s here. Day SEVEN. End of my mini nunchuck experiment. Time for assessment ………….. Now – first of all, kindly note that this is a SELF-assessment! Unfortunately, this is the way it’s going to stay for now. I know, I know, but even after 3000+ attempts at improvement …. I’m ashamed to say my nunchuck skills are as yet unfit for public viewing! *cue sobbing* But then again ………… please please PLEASE remember that when you DO see my horrendously insulting nunchucking (with apologies to anyone who...

DAY SIX of my journey second to nun…chuck!

Written by amanda on 28th June 2011. Posted in Journey second to nun ... chuk!. No Comments on DAY SIX of my journey second to nun…chuck!

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm! Well, before I go any further can I first please apologise to Caitriona for laughing at her nunchuck skills! I mean, really – me? Laughing at somebody else’s nunchucking??? BWAHAHAHAHA! OK! Absurd. I admit it. And besides, it was the first time she’d held them, let alone tried to swing them. Sadly, although it pains me to say …. My current skills after ALL this practising – are not much better than hers! BUT …………… forever onwards, right? So … today’s plan: Same old, same old PLUS...

DAY FIVE of my journey second to nun…chuck

Written by amanda on 13th June 2011. Posted in Journey second to nun ... chuk!. No Comments on DAY FIVE of my journey second to nun…chuck

Loving it, loving it, loving it … I have a new friends. Well, sort of. No, we’re not going to move in together and – actually, I think the pair of them are quite bossy and don’t do things quite the way I like things to be done – but we get along. We’ve grown to tolerate each other to some extent and that will do just fine. I’m working out a way to blackmail them into good behaviour during my next karate grading, whenever that might be. I’m not sure they’re liking the idea of blackmail – I’m going...

DAY FOUR of my journey second to nun…chuck

Written by amanda on 12th June 2011. Posted in Journey second to nun ... chuk!. No Comments on DAY FOUR of my journey second to nun…chuck

While learning her nunchaku kata, She sobbed when I asked ‘What’s the matta?’ ‘My head’s been nunchucked And my elbow is ****ed, Can’t do it, I quit and that’s thatta!’ And that kinda sorta sums up my progress to date! Just kidding – about the quitting bit at least. I don’t care how much you laugh at me, giggle, snigger and snort. I will NOT give up. My mantra for this week has now changed. I WILL learn this kata, I WILL learn this kata, I WILL learn this kata … Until I’m laughed out of the...

DAY THREE of my journey second to nun…chuck

Written by amanda on 11th June 2011. Posted in Journey second to nun ... chuk!. No Comments on DAY THREE of my journey second to nun…chuck

How many nuns would a nunchuck chuck if a nunchuck could chuck nuns? It’s Day Three! The goal? Strike 1 x 500 and Strike 2 x 100. Yesterday I discovered a new meaning to the term ‘Three strikes and you’re out!’ as I attempted to go for KO to round off my nunchuck ‘spinning’ technique. Result? I’m leaving Strike 3 for another day. It’s a short summary today because – you’re not going to believe this – things actually went quite smoothly. Circumstances forced me to find a spot indoors to practice...

DAY TWO of my journey second to nun…chuck

Written by amanda on 10th June 2011. Posted in Journey second to nun ... chuk!. No Comments on DAY TWO of my journey second to nun…chuck

The summary of today’s efforts could be put into one word: OUCH!!! A brief look at my goals for today’s journey into nunchuckdom … STRIKE 1 X 500 (Yes – upping the stakes a little) STRIKE 2 X 100 For the most part I was simply trying to draw on yesterday’s gleaned wisdom (which, as you can imagine, didn’t take too long …). Let’s take today’s goals one by one: Think ‘wrist’! Yes, I definitely tried to do that and when I managed to do it there were glimmers of occasional hope! It works! It really...

DAY ONE of my journey second to nun…chuck

Written by amanda on 9th June 2011. Posted in Journey second to nun ... chuk!. No Comments on DAY ONE of my journey second to nun…chuck

The plan: Rise at dawn, two hours solid nunchuck training before breakfast, one hour training midday, two hours before bed. Don’t be ridiculous! That’s next week – when I’m doing aerials! Five or ten minutes a day should make some kind of difference, shouldn’t it? (Shouldn’t it?) – Considering I’m going from NO minutes a day? Well – ask me in seven days and I’ll answer that myself! But for complete no-hopers like myself, I think any kind of consistency must be good. Let’s begin. Simple! 250 basic...

Introduction to my Nunchaku journey

Written by amanda on 8th June 2011. Posted in Journey second to nun ... chuk!. No Comments on Introduction to my Nunchaku journey

Oh yes! Barmy as it may seem – and things could get even wackier, I warn you – I am determined to somehow get to grips with my new friend Nunchaku before said friend reduces me to the depths of utmost humiliation in front of a small but highly critical audience as I attempt to conquer the basic techniques required for my next karate grading. In preparation for said forthcoming event – and after a truly pathetic effort on my behalf to persuade this pair of uncommunicative and decidedly uncooperative...