Class led by Hiroko. 200 kibidachi dips. Focus drills on good hip movement. Katas Heian Shodan and Heian Sandan.
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Special session with Hiroko, Ivan couldn’t make it. We warmed up with 50 cuts, some standing iai, and some one steps and free fighting techniques. We then video recorded each other performing all of our known techniques so we can send them to Master Shaw and Master DeBaun for review.
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Class with Sal, Chris and Charlie. Joe called out. Stretch and requirements once through (Sal with Charlie, Chris and I). Break and armored, then 33 one on one matches total.
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Class with Hiroko, Craig and Aaron. Craig has had long experience with another school of kendo, Aaron has had no experience. We spent the session going over the basics of holding the katana, offensive and defensive stance, and the cuts and blocks for head and temple.
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First class of 2011 with Sal, Chris, and Charlie. Jesse has moved south. I postponed class an hour tonight due to conflicting schedules, and as the first class in a month, I kept it relatively low key. We went through requirements a couple times, and I pointed out a few things from my training with Brennan. I ended with a parry variation where there is a defender, an attacker, and a watcher. The watcher calls “switch” and then begins attacking the previous aggressor, causing all three roles to shift. Since we had four people, I put one on the thrust rings initially. After a few rotations, I added the fourth as a second watcher and had us switching off more rapidly.
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Class with Hiroko and Ivan. One hundred cuts with iaito. Switched to shinai and did a new version of parry, with an aggressor, a defender, and a watcher. When “switch” is called, the roles rotate: watcher to aggressor, aggressor to defender, defender to watcher. I initially tried with the defender caller switch, then changed to having the watcher call switch.
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Class led by Hiroko. Partner oi tsuki passes, then close ma kibi dachi punches/defense. Finished with sanbon kumite.
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Class with Ivan. Kneeling iai 1, Standing iai 1 – 8, One step techniques 1 – 4.
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I led warm up, then class led by Hiroko.
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One on one training with Brennen. Full requirements review with in depth analysis.
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Class led by Hiroko. Started with stretch and partner kihon with bags (oi tsuki, gyaku tsuki, mai geri, yoko geri kokome, mawashi gerri). January is kibidachi tsuki month, so we then worked on chudan and jodan oi tsuki in kibidachi, both individual, and then as a counter to an opponent making oi tsuki in zenkutso dachi.
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Class led by Brad. Oi tsuki pass-by drill with partners (chudan and jodan), then 3 punch oi tsuki ma drill with partner. Finished with Teki Shodan.
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Class led by Brad.
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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. -
Class led by Brad. Stretch and kihon. Kick focus session using bags. Front, side thust, and round kicks. Ended with Heian Shodan with variations (no hands, only right, only left, mirror, reverse).
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Class with Hiroko and Ivan. 100 continuous cuts. Standing iai 1 – 8. One step techniques 1, 2 and 4.
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Class with Sal, Chris, Nate, Charlie and Jesse. Joe called out. Stretch and requirements twice through with different partners. I worked with Charlie and Chris. After a break, we had one on one sparring followed by three melees. Jesse got his first 13 sparring matches tonight from myself, Sal and Charlie.
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Class led by Brad, several students present. Stretch and warm up, then attack combinations with partners, followed by blocking combinations. The combinations were oi zuchi – mai gerri, mawashi gerri – urakken, and yoko gerri kokome – urakken. We finished with some ippon kumite.
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Class with Hiroko. One step techniques 1 – 6.
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Class with Sal, Chris, Joe, Charlie and Jesse. Requirements twice through. I did focus sessions with Jesse (including teaching the I Move), and Joe. After a break, we had three circles of unarmored 3, 4, and 5 attack parry, the focus being attack combinations and good cuts, blocks and control. Initially I did armored (open) parry with Jesse, then we joined the rotations of partners. After the parry, we did a machinegun drill where each attacker made two attacks of any kind they have been instructed on.
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Class led by Brad with six other students. Stretch and warm up. Heian Shodan focus session, starting very slow and steadily increasing the rate, followed by Basai practice. Finished with ippon kumite.
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Class with Sal, Nate, Charlie, Joe, and Jesse. 100 full circle cuts, then requirements a couple (or few) times through with alternate partners for everyone but Sal. I worked with Sal separately reviewing his requirements and adding kata ni. During a break, I did unarmored parry with Jesse, then after the break we had a total of 29 one on one matches (with Jesse logging).
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Final session with Justin.
Repeat 4 times:
Bulgarian one leg squat with 45lb weight (10 each leg)
Decline unstable pushups (12)
Wave rope (30 sec)
Slider tucks and pikes. (30 sec)Extreme Treadmill: walking forward, side slide, walking backward, (other) side slide, walking forward, walking backward, transistion to reverse wall climber (pushup position, hands off end, feet moving on tread), 180 to face up, 180 back to rev wall climber, transition back to reverse walking.
Walking leg stretches.