Never having been there before, and based on what my memory told me about what I heard in the past from fellow students, I thought the people there are morning people. Arriving at around 10 a.m., I was greeted with the scene above.
It turns out they mostly gather around noon. I was too early. Oh... great. I needed to be home for lunch.
Still, I managed to meet a few of the early birds at around 11:30 a.m., and did a bit of pushing hands. Which basically just confirmed the impression that I had even before I went. Did I learn anything new? Well... yes. I learnt that I can hold my own against people who practise differently under different mindsets/mentalities. I also learnt that while I am able to sense force, and can easily use my opponent's force when doing taiji pushing hands (四正推手), when doing things differently with people who do not do 四正推手, I am not able to adapt and apply my understanding fully. That is something that I will have to work on.
Which can be a bit hard when I do not have a practice partner in Japan... but I guess "image training" is an option when all else fails.
Hopefully, I can find partners to practise pushing hands with in Yokohama.
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