Today’s Drunken Broadsword took us into a some new moves: another hands-free forward roll, followed by spinning on the back on the ground, passing the sword beneath the body, then up into a jump and slash.
The spinning on the ground hurt first, as I seem to be grinding my left shoulder blade. The worst was when I decided to face down my fear, and try the forward rolls on the concrete, rather than the soil. The first few attempts went well, but then I got my angle wrong, rolled over onto my right side, and managed to really grind my ribs, especially the floating rib. It hurts already, and I know from past experience with bruised ribs that this is going to hurt like crazy for the next few days as it stiffens up. Ouch; well, such is the price we pay for our skills!
I’m another that still have troubles with rolling…
Well, at least I can say that practicing on concrete is rapidly highlighting weaknesses in my technique
Well, no more rolling for me! I am too old for that now…