The name of things-Pell Prework

Let's talk about what I'm interested in learning.

So, last practice while blocking, I got hit hard with a red, on the last digit of my pinky. Normally not a problem, (though I do try not to punch block), however, the entire red hit just that digit, and I was using a vendor sword with a wooden grip. My finger swelled up like a grape- it's still tender, 4 days later, still a bit swollen, but not quite as big.

Of course I immediately sat the rest of the practice out, and splinted it against it's neighbor in case it was broken(We weren't sure, it was that bad). There are fighters that push through injuries, and there are fighters that last. I'd rather be the latter- means I'll get to fight more.

Sitting through practice, watching, was hard on me. Partly because I'm a battle junky- there are people that go to that practice to socialize, and spend more time doing that than fighting. Some even come and don't fight at all. I'm not one of them. I have a hard time socializing at all. I'm not more awkward than the average, and I think the people are good people- I just like to fight too much. So I did some of that.

The second reason why it was hard, was that it put me smack up one of the problems I need to get through to get at the next level. One of the ones I'm bad at. And that is, associating words with shots.

Now, the reason you want to do so, is so that you can do high level planning, instead of relying on instinct, that way you can f mess with the opponent's instincts. It also helps with analyzing what's happened, so that you can fix things.

However, I'm quite bad at it. Mostly I've gotten along alright to this level, because you don't have to preplan. You don't have to name something to be able to block it. You just have to know how to block, and a direction. Also, there is actually a whole lot to learn, and a whole lot of skill that can be gained that doesn't require thinking about what the opponent is doing.

Now there seems to be two parts to the puzzle- knowing your shots, and knowing his. Obviously with pell work, I'm going to be concentrating on labeling my shots, not his. It seems like the simpler problem, after all. We'll see how it goes