Quest for Creativity: Day 5, Lesson 5: Some people’s creativity can give you a bloody nose, bruised elbows and mebbe some broken ribs…
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Physical creativity. It’s what gets guys talking about who’d win in a face off: boxers vs martial arts practitioners vs wrestlers? Like, if you put them in a ring together?
I’m thinking the answer pretty much depends on the mindset of the person going in. And his/her ability to do jumping squats holding an aerobics-style bench above their heads.
I’m not sure what tempted me to get into Muay Thai… Probably the regular urge I get to throttle somebody, or just get their brains to squirt out their noses. Channeling this urge onto punching bags and the occasional well-protected sparring partner is just so much tidier. And saves on lawsuits.
Anyway, tonight’s class will have to stand up to some scrutiny to fulfill my daily creativity obligation. I’m short on material, okay! I could waffle on about martial arts philosophy and the graceful-yet-deadly moves of seasoned fighters, the beautiful bend of a knee when a roundhouse kick’s done right (eat that, Chuck Norris), or the sense of accomplishment when you didn’t actually throw up in class.
But probably the most creative moment tonight was during an exercise in blocking: if your hands/elbows aren’t where they need to be at the right moment, your opponent’s gonna give you ringing ears and bruised ribs. So we’re ducking and wriggling and hitting and focusing… Until the Kru waltzes past and goes, “Focus! It’s like a snake dance!” And it was. Like a dodgy slinky Saturday Night Fever bellydance with added adrenalin and the potential for a bloody nose.
But our giggling kind of put paid to any further serious focus… Luckily our Kru saw the humour in it as well… A creative way of getting a concept across methinks! And now, I’m gonna look for ice packs and my bed…
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if you look after the body, you free the mind! High impact excercise has always done my thinking the power of good!
true that… no wonder I’ve been wide awake at night when I should be crashing!