For those of you who remember Evgeniy.
We were doing some disarming techniques with Jo and I was training with Evgeniy as I often did.
Now with disarming techniques it is key to enter quickly and aggressively, which Sensei felt Evgeniy wasn't doing. So naturally Sensei demonstrated to Evgeniy how he should be entering.
As you may be aware we often train in a way which is more friendly than the actual principle that we are trying to learn about and sometimes Sensei will deem it necessary to show how it would have been done if we were actually trying to hurt each other.
So I faced Sensei with my Jo in hand and gave him the necessary opening (not that he would have needed it). He then proceeded to yank the Jo off me, grab my face, force me back several paces and slam my head into the wall. All in the blink of an eye.
I felt like I didn't deserve this.
On the topic of Jo work I remember a time a few years previous to this when he felt I wasn't blocking correctly with my Jo (blocking isn't the right word to use in any case). To show me how off my form was, which I knew it was, he attacked me continuously as I backed away desperately trying not to get stabbed by his Jo until he pinned me against the dojo wall with his Jo aimed neatly at my throat.
I'll admit I did deserve this one.
It didn't make me feel much better though.
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