She Named Me Wolf by Tenkara Smart

Author:Tenkara Smart [Smart, Tenkara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780648850502
Published: 2020-06-16T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

For two years, Wolf had been training with Master Kelly and was excelling in karate. He went to the dojo every day of the week, either in the morning or afternoon, and when his dad asked his mum where Wolf was, she’d lie and say he was playing at a friend’s house.

Over his years of training, Wolf had grown taller yet remained slender, and his entire body was rock hard. Through his physical training, Wolf developed what Master Kelly called an iron shirt, which meant all of the muscles in his upper body were toned, reducing his risk of injury. Besides physical training, Wolf and Master Kelly also meditated regularly, teaching Wolf to calm his mind and focus on the martial way.

“Kohai, remember that our training is not just physical, but also spiritual and moral. Your goal should be to improve yourself and learn to avoid violence whenever possible, using force only as a weapon for peace,” his teacher told him.

Every day at the dojo, Wolf practised katas or learned new ones, and he worked on his tai sabaki, technical movements that engaged his entire body, teaching him to avoid strikes while at the same time preparing him to counterstrike. He also used the training tools, the hojo undo, that he had seen under the cherry blossom tree two years earlier when he first came to Master Kelly’s dojo, and he always bowed to show respect to the inanimate objects before using them, saying, “Onegaishimau,” which translated to, ‘Please let me use you,’ as Wolf knew these tools would help him become a black belt in the future.

As part of Wolf’s hojo undo training, he used the gripping jars called nigiri gami, and over the years as his grip strengthened, Master Kelly gave him larger and larger jars to accommodate his growing hands. Wolf gripped the rims with his fingers as he performed his katas or when he was told by his teacher to walk, squat, or stand on one leg, and as he grew stronger, Master Kelly added water to the nigiri gami, increasing the weight and forcing Wolf’s entire body to work harder while his mind focused on overcoming the pain.

He also trained with the chisi, a cylindrical stick that looked like a toilet plunger with a concrete weight on one end. The chisi reached up to the top of his thighs and Wolf performed a variety of exercises with it, including raising it from close to the ground then straightening it in front of his chest, holding the concrete end close to his chin, or lifting the concrete end over his shoulder and letting it tap on his blade, the weight of the rock forcing all the muscles in his body to tense.

“Kohai, today we will work with the makiwara,” Master Kelly said.

Wolf first trained with the makiwara when he was seven-years-old. When his training first began, Master Kelly instructed him to hit the vertical wood post lightly to avoid injury, and now, after months of

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