Monday 19 March 2018

Vileda vs. Coffee Pot


A New Year, new weapon and new form!  As this year begins a little late for me, I do feel a little behind the ball with my weapon and form.  With spear as my weapon of choice, I am finding it challenging to find the space it requires to learn and practice this time of the year. So as I find myself surrounded by mountains of snow my practicing space seems a little limited, hence I have grabbed my vileda broom. As I go through my day and find myself thinking on my weapon I have found the need to quickly in the moment figure a portion out or have an ah ha moment that I need to confirm,  out comes the broom handle.  I have discovered that anything longer than a wooden spoon is probably not a good idea to practice with in your kitchen, my coffee pot barely survived.

We all learn a little different, for me it’s a matter of learning the sequence of a form first that benefit me the most.  If I know what move comes next I can better visualize and feel where my body needs to be, it makes sense, helps me to remember and allows me to focus on the details later with my full attention. With knowing how I process, I have found the swinging of a spear while standing on ice or in puddles (depending on the time of day) with several layers of clothes on (mittens and spear not a great combination) has worked okay in respect to allowing me to just learn the order of without the pressure of trying to put too many things together at once.

As I look out my window and see even more added snow to the already heaped piles, I find myself CAREFULLY spinning my broom handle once again. Watch out coffee pot, here I come!

Alana Regier

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