Meditation & the Art of Kicking Ass [Thursday, September 11, 2014]

[sith_happened]

"After a fairly...trying...weekend," Anakin said, running his hand through his short-cropped hair, "I could certainly use some time meditatively hitting things." He waved his hand toward the boxing gloves and headgear piled in the corner and waited for everyone to get equipped before continuing. "So today we're going to work on some self-defense boxing techniques. Boxing is extremely pragmatic--if it doesn't work, boxers don't use it. It also is focused on arms and protecting the chest instead of kicking like many martial art techniques. With so many of you being novices to self-defense, I figured it would be easier to concentrate on one body part at a time."

Anakin led them through a quick series of basic one-two combinations, then put them up against the heavy bags. "You can either spend your time here or head to the more advanced area where the Danger Shop will give you a holographic opponent who might look a lot like the characters from the 1980s version of Mike Tyson's Punch Out to spar against. The key to this is to keep moving. Don't just stand there and get punched, okay?"

Comments

Re: Hit things:Sparring Partner

[notaweenie.livejournal.com]

Some how Barry had ended up with some guy named "Glass Joe" as his opponent. Barry didn't spend much time taking him out but was constantly distracted by a green outline surrounding himself and the danger shop calling out his punches.

Weird.