Class with Sal, Chris, Nate and Charlie. Joe and Jesse called out. Charlie had the best attendance percent for the year at 88% (30 of 34 possible classes), while Sal came in second at 85% and had the highest attendance total of 41 of the total 48 classes held this year. After a stretch, we did 100 cuts, then I went over The Mantis (new to Charlie and Nate). Once through requirements and then a break. After the break, I instructed on Gad’s Sword Disarming Move and we rotated through all the possible partners to practice it. Next we took up steel and did 50 full circle cuts with the steel to contrast with boken. Following was a balance contest on a 6″ square caber with Sal as victor, and last a leaping contest with Nate as victor.
This concludes the 2010 season. The dojo will be closed for three or four weeks.