Practiced again with Burn Club last night. Bonked myself in the face with the staff - just the haft, but the haft is made of metal, and whoa! that can kind of hurt. The staff is pretty heavy, and I came to the conclusion that I was scared of it. Scared of being hurt by it. Scared of dropping it. Just a big ol' scaredy-cat, that's me. That made me feel pretty mad and stupid and embarrassed.
So, I sucked it up and asked the Sensei (not his real name - 8^) ) what he thought. He switched me to double-staff, which is two smaller staffs, twirled in synchronicity by both hands. He said that women typically can coordinate both hands easily, because we have larger corpus collosums (sp?). Men have to teach their strong hand, and then teach their off hand the same trick. Sure enough, I was twirling the two staffs in more-or-less perfect sync within 30 seconds. Made me feel better about myself - a whole lot! - right away, too.
I'm so relieved. I'm only five weeks into this new hobby and I was dreading the end of the honeymoon period. I don't know if switching tools means prolonging the honeymoon or if this was a truly progressive step, but either way I had a great time, a good workout - ouchy shoulders this morning! - and gained a sense of accomplishment.
hat status - need a new hat for fire-spinning. Something cotton and close to the head - maybe one of my twenties-style hats would suffice?
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