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A few weeks back in karate, Sensei was telling us about how to gauge the appropriate distance to stand from an opponent.  You don’t want to be too close (as you won’t be able to move properly), but you want to be closer than, in class, most folks get.  You want to be close enough so that, duh, your fist could actually hit their face if not blocked.<\/p>\n

The trick for this, we were told, is to walk forward until their feet are just disappearing from your lower peripheral vision, then take (as I recall) a step back.  Obviously, with time, this becomes automatic, but it’s a good idea for getting into the right habit.<\/p>\n

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Problem is, of course, with my glasses I can’t do that nearly as well.  Sensei noted I was not gauging it properly, and asked if I could do karate without my glasses, to which I answered, “Um, not really.”<\/p>\n

It occurred to me later, though, that might not be the case.  It’s not like I need to read the inscription on folks belts when sparring, and when doing katas and moves it’s only necessary to not run into walls — I can still, mercifully, do that without my glasses. <\/p>\n

So on Tuesday night, I tried going through practice with my glasses off (albeit at the back window in case I decided I needed them).<\/p>\n

While it’s true that I could go through everything we tried (we didn’t do sparring) without glasses, it was uncomfortable being in a very fuzzy room like that.  It did make it a bit more difficult to tell what was being demonstrated at the front, and during kata exercises it made it harder to watch or enjoy the other belts doing their things (though I could have put on my glasses just for that).<\/p>\n

I’m going to give it a try again today, to see how it goes, but I’m thinking that it’s not going to be my standard.  Ah, well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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