[Paddlewise] Kayaking - crossover to other activities

I've just had one of those maqic paddles that got me thinking - a miracle in
its own right!

Nothing flash about the location or situation: The harbour in front of my
house I've paddled for years, in a choppy weather-tide just on sunset.

(Sorry Craig, the water here is warm enough to be in short sleeves!)

It was simply that I paddled "At one with the kayak", and seemed to use no
energy to surf, paddle and turn.

Once I noticed that I was using the water's dynamics properly, I started to
analyse my mindset, and realised that I was actually thinking about Jiu
Jitsu and Judo, martial arts that I started a couple of years ago. The
principles of using energy from another source, either water or an opponent,
to achieve the required goal, are similar in both paddling and some martial
arts.

Whether I was simply distracted enough to paddle without effort, or there
was a crossover from another activity I'm unsure, but it got me thinking
about the other things that we do in life that effect paddling. (I know,
paddling is life, the rest is detail!)

Many sports/activities have skills and motions that are similar, and I
wondered what other people had found useful or applied between them.

Hopefully not the fractures, sprains and bruises that I have have collected
from taking up combat arts in what I am told is my Middle Age!

Now all I have to do is relax more in the Dojo!

Cheers

JKA


-- 
John Kirk-Anderson
Banks Peninsula
NEW ZEALAND
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