There was this slightly puzzled look on his face, then a visible effort as he yanked the sword out of the wall to continue the kata. We were in very tight quarters, so as a result he stuck the point of the sword into the wall behind him. My partner moved into waki-gamae, which is the position with the sword held low and behind you. I was demonstrating kendo kata for a chinese cultural association a few years ago. I was so psyched, I didn't notice as he retreated behind the curtain to find out if his nose was broken. Flustered and adrenalized, I reached out and took another staff from a student, whacking him in the face with the staff as I turned back to the audience. Truly one of my very best days.ĭoing a staff form in a Chinatown demo several years ago, I slammed the staff down and watched half of it sail up and over my head and clatter to the ground somewhere behind me. I believe that the noise registered on seismographs all around the world.
I demonstrated a form, (nicely, I might add), bowed to the crowd, returned to my seat, and in sitting down I lost my balance, knocking over all of the Boom-Bahs. (You are there already, aren't you?)Right. We were seated on the floor, and there were about 30 of these monstrosities leaning against the wall behind us. It is a stick with tambourines, bells, and cymbols mounted on it, and it is played (mostly) by banging it against the ground.
For those who do not live in Pennsylvania, a "Boom-Bah" is a kind of rhythm instrument invented by a demented musician on PCP as revenge against the uncaring music industry. We came on after the magician and before the "Boom-Bah" band. We were only part of the evening's entertainment (I hate demos). Early in my training we were doing a demo for a cub scout group. but that's another story.Įver been in a demonstration? Most of my bad moments happened in demonstrations. By bowing really, really low, I didn't have to look Sensei in the eye as I passed him the sorry remains of his lovely former-Bo.Īnd then there's the other demonstration in a public shopping mall, when I hooked my friend's tonfa out of his hand and sent it sailing across the Food Court and straight towards the glass case of coffee beans in The Second Cup. I'm so glad that I study a traditional Japanese karate. Luckily, we were near the end of the routine, so I took my friend to the floor and finished him off by pummeling him with my remaining pieces of firewood. another piece of Bo flew across the room. Until I blocked another strike that snapped the end off one of my mini-Bo's and sent it flying across the gymnasium. I had to improvise a bit, of course, but it was working out great. My friend and I had practised this routine endlessly, and managed to continue, making it look like this was *meant* to happen. The kids watching the demo loved it, of course. This was the frightening part, in case you're wondering. The other demonstrators stood there with their mouths hanging open.
Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of Sensei: he did *not* look happy. Shortly after we began the demo, my friend struck a particularly strong blow with the Tonfa, and snapped my Bo in half. For a demonstration at a public school, my Sensei gave me his special competition Bo (I forget why). Here's one that was not only embarrassing, but quite frightening as it happened.Ī friend and I assisted our Sensei with several demonstrations, and we had worked out a choreographed "fight" between Bo and Tonfa. I was about twice as embarassed as he was.Īh, so many to choose from. I gave a little yelp which brought the house down. Until I looked up, or down, or I guess it was sideways. I went right into matwork and couldn't figure out why everyone was laughing.
When I was about 12 I threw a guy in judo randori and his pants came right off as he when over my shoulder. Mercifully the instructor allowed me to stop once the parents started smirking. I tried to keep on doing the form so the tear just propagated. But this time I'll just go with the time that I split my gi in front of the class. No posts have been changed other than to make them anonymous. This section taken from the responses on the rec.martial-arts newsgroup. Stupid Martial Arts Accidents/Embarrassing Moments
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