Class led by Merv (at his invitation, I led stretch). The focus was on some of the technique needed for the shodan test. We started with an extended look at jyu ippon kumite. As the attacker, we worked on a good oitsuki attack including a leaping and shuffle-to-leaping distance closer emphasising a strong forward knee lift. As defender, we worked on slipping the attack with mai te counter or block the attack and gyaku tsuki counter. We next looked at jyu kumite technique, working on Merv's favorite "fence post" guard and driving in with mai te, gyaku tsuki (with the lead hand back in fence post position), and later added a round punch as a third technique.
Tag: karate
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Class led by Blaine. Stretch followed by two times of each Heian kata, then a focus session on Heian Nidan ending with 10 more times on it. We then worked on some attack combos and finished with a small mock jiyu kumite tournament (in prep for nisei week, I think).
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Class led by Merv. I led the stretch. We then worked on oizuki, followed by a focus on kokutsodachi (back stance) and making a minimal shift offline when defending and countering.
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Class led by Blaine. Stretch, followed by focus on oi tsuki and heian shodan (a couple of this month's focus items).
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Class led by Merv. Stretch. Basic kihon with counter attacks. Sanpon and Ippon kumite. More, but I forgot to log it right away and don't recall any longer.
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Class led by Merv. Stretch followed by focus session on yoko geri kokome, first practicing slow, then doing 100 regular from kibidachi. We then worked through the nidan combinations, repeating each 50 times (mai geri / yoko geri kokome, mai geri / mawashi geri, mai geri / mai te, oi tsuki / mai geri, mai geri / fumakomi). Next we studied the standing mai te / uchi uki in Basai and worked with partners to apply the short twisting block. We finished with four times through Basai.
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Class led by Merv. Stretch and 100 each of kihon block with reverse punch counter. Ippon kumite with a focus on sliding just off the line of attack and countering with gyaku zuki. Also worked knife hand block with gyaku nukite or nipon/gyaku-nukite or nipon/maegerri/nukite counter.
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First part of class led by Blaine, stretch and Basai. John took over and we went through some kihone, block/attack combos, and multi-attack combos, then Heian Godan and Tekki Shodan.
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Class led by Carolyn (warmup by ?). We went over how to fall well, led by ?, doing straight back falls, falls to the side, and forward rolls. I was then I was asked to lead a couple other students in reviewing Heian Godan, which was the remainder of the time.
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I participated in the rank test today and was awarded 1st kyu. All of the immediate feedback was positive, the various seniors all felt I was well within the rank and tested very well.
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Class led by John, though I was asked to lead warm-up. We went through practice tests twice, going through kihon, kata, ippon kumite and sanpon kumite.
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Class led by Stewart Sensei. Kihon oizuki and maegeri keage. Kata Heian Sandan approx 15 times, Kata Enpi approx 10 times. Machinegun drill (also referred to as being “in the pit”) with attacker moving in with jodan oizuki and defender making chudan gyaku zuki with jodan deflection permitted.
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I attended the Saturday session led by special guest Godan James Uyeda Sensei. The entire session had a focus on irimi, the concept of moving directly into an attack with your own attack. It is similar to sen sen no sen (preemptive attack that may include evasive movement and additional “counter attacks”), but more direct in that it, in some way, ignores the opponents attack and moves directly in as if into the eye of a storm. There was also some tangential discussion of sen no sen (block and counter at the same time), including a thought that we should be teaching that from the start and not even bothering with the more basic go no sen (block, then counter) which just builds bad habits and ineffective timing.
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Special 3 hour session led by Yodan Nihad Khalaf. Focus on kicks, combinations, and kumite (ippon, sanpon, jiyu ippon). Finished with review of favorite kata.
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Special 2.5 hour session led by Yodan Nihad Khalaf. Focus on kihon, first few Heian series kata, and escape techniques.
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Class led by Haycraft sensei. New yoga-inspired stretch and then a focus on yokogeri kokome (side thrust kick), including chained and multiple kicks. Basai a number of times through, and then favorite kata a number of times (Heian Godan for me).
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Class led by Merv. Stretch and then we moved directly into practicing a combination: mai-te, gyaku zuki, mwasha geri. After a few laps of this, we started some 50% – 80% jiyue kumite. Later we also tried a four technique variant and then continued with more kumite.
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Class led by Merv. Stretch including some suppprted slow mwashageri and yokogeri kokome. Kihon punches and kicks. Half speed jiyu kumite. Finished with a few basai.
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Class led by Carolyn. She started with an extended yoga-informed warm up stretch, then we did some kihon work on maigerri and mawashigerri combos including both solo and partner drills. I then lead a couple students on Heian Godan and we finished with a little bit of sanbon kumite.
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Class led by Stewart. Stretch, then we moved directly into Kanku. We then paired for ippon kumite for a bit and finished with light mock jiyu kumite with a designated attacker and defender/counter.
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Class led by Mirv. I led stretch and then we moved into some kihon. Oizuki, gyakuzuki, maigeri kiagi, mwashageri. We then did some combinations: maite/gyakuzuki/maigeri, and maite/gyakuzuki/mwashageri.
Next the class split and the upper ranks worked on kanku.
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Class led by (mirv?). Stretch and then nidan kihon, practicing multi-technique combos: maigerri/mwashagerri, maigerri/yokogerrikokime, maigerri/mai-te, gedanbarai/gyakuzuki, shutouke/niponuchi/nukite, and maigerri/fumikomi/mwashigerri. Finished up with a brief review of Kanku.
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Class led by Haycraft sensei. Stretch followed by some drills going from mai-te to mai-te/gyakuzuki and then defending and responding to that pattern. The later portion I was assigned to work with a couple lower belts on Heian Godan.
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Class led by ?. Stretch followed by extensive repetition of uke/gyakuzuki basics, both moving forward and back. We moved into chudan sanbon kumite for a bit and then jodan ippon kumite, and we finished with Basai ten to fifteen times through.
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Class led by Blain. Warm up run and stretch. With the up coming kyu test, we then focused on kihone, going thoroughly through all of the basics. We finished with solo performances of our favorite kata.