Class with Elijah, Dalton, Michael and Caleb. Stretch and requirements. I worked back and forth with Caleb and Michael. With Caleb, I instructed him on Cutting Pattern 1 and on the training pattern for performing requirements.
After the break, I went over Gad’s sword disarming move and then discussed hand to hand as an auxiliary weapon, using elbow and knee strikes to augment in lockups and wherever else the opportunity permits. We then did a few rounds of hand to hand refined strikes to practice thinking about targets and movement of this nature, followed by another round of Refined Strikes with our bokken. We then did some kneeling advance back and forth lengthwise followed by moving in stance, and finally finished with 100 full circle cuts.