how long did it take for "you" to develop your seme? Was there a point in time where you really felt like "Oh, wow...I think I have found something that works for me"?
how long did it take for "you" to develop your seme? Was there a point in time where you really felt like "Oh, wow...I think I have found something that works for me"?
For your first question, the answer seems to be "a life". A kenshi seme should be always in developing.Originally Posted by KiraCastle
Personally, I felt many "Oh, wow...I think I have found something that works for me" points in this few years of kendo.
My way to apply seme is in constant evolution, is a sequence of steps (it doesn't work in a linear way), some smaller some bigger.
For example only a few months ago my seme comprehension was very different from the actual.
So, from my limited experience I can point out a few details about it, the first is that there are different levels of seme, and you must pass throught all the basic ones to reach the most advanced. The second is that you can understand a seme step only if you are ready for it, no way to leap above a step. To reach a step you basically need 2 things, a right amount of training and a guidance from someone that already know the step you are trying for.
"Time is the best teacher, it's a shame that in the end he kills all his students.."
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Things started to snap into place for me around 3 dan. That's the point where it became apparent to me that my success depended hugely on what I did, or did not do, just as I began to initiate my attack. By then I had a good enough grasp of the basics to trace my problems back to my kamae, my footwork, my shinai control. In other words, suburi, suburi, suburi. My suburi became more productive from that point on because I had developed a clear idea of the effect I was trying to achieve.
"Understanding seme" is such a strong phrase...
I'm only 3-Dan, but I can speak to what HAS happened to me. It wasn't really until a bit before I passed 2-Dan that I could really start to "see" seme when I watched others' matches, and hasn't really been until recently that I've started to see just how much (as JByrd has said) suburi training is connected...or to really grasp that EVERYTHING is connected in the same way.
Seme?
Hell, I just whack the little buggers with a Tennis racket and that seems to do the trick for me.
Always laugh when you can. It is cheapest medicine.
...and it keeps the ravenous, man-eating squirrels off of you.
And just to add a bit more to the discussion, that moment of "oh, wow, I've figured it out" usually only lasts until someone better than you makes you realize that whatever you were doing wasn't working as well as you thought it did.
Development in seme is definitely connected to the idea of learning through losing.
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