Class led by Merv. Stretch and then kihon, performing each technique on average 80 times (one or two 60, a few more more 100). Finished with some partner practice using them as a target to practice faster punches, getting in sooner.
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Class led by Haycraft Sensei. Jog and stretch, then a focus on gedan barai and oizuki, getting the first half of the motion to happen faster and put the hips into it sooner to effectively defend/evade the incoming attack (gedan barai) or initiate the attack faster (oizuki). We then followed up trying to apply the same to age uke with a partner making jodan attacks, first oizuki then gyaku zuki, and after that we stood against a wall defending against jodan attacks (including countering in the later portion). We finished with kata, the upper ranks going through Basai some 10+ times.
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Class led by Stewart (Iwasaki Sensei?). Stretch and then right into the Heian series, Tekki Shodan, and Basai, several times (minimum of 10) on each. Followed with partner kicking drill, kicking off front leg, then back leg, after which partner returns with same, back and forth: Mae gerri, mwashigerri, and yoko gerri. Finished with several partners of ippon kumite.
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Class led by Merv. Stretch and two dojo lengths for each kihon. Partner ipon kumite drills on various gedan barai / gyaku gedan barai variations, working up to kiba oitsuki and related techniques. Finished with katas, full heian series plus teki shodan.
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I attended SKA class tonight led by Blaine. There is a kyu test soon, so the focus was on basics/kihon. After the stretch, we spent the entire rest of the time doing over 100 reps of each basic (oizuki, gyaku zuki, gedan barai, age uke, ude uke, tetsui uke, shuto uke, mai geri, yoko geri, yoko geri kokome) and, because we were running out of class time, 40 of mwashi geri and mikazuki geri, and finished with 10 fumikomi.
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I attended the Portland SKA dojo tonight with practice led by Haycraft Sensei. Stretch warm up followed by some kumite oriented drills, working up from shuffle forward, shuffle in mai te, shuffle in mai te gyaku zuki, shuffle in mai te gyaku zuki switch stance, slip inside of an oi zuki switch stance mai te gyaku zuki. All of this was first solo up and back, then partnered to provide a target. Upper ranks also worked on proper control/distance of the mai te.
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Class led by Brad. Stretch and warmup including a reverse lunge/squat where you start in a lunge with reverse punch, then rise on the forward leg performing front kick with reverse punch, then sink back to original lunge position.
We then moved into some partner drills exploring the kumite concepts of the decision branch regarding whether to get inside the mah or stay outside the mah when an opponent attacks. This started with basic space analysis and control and evolved into some light jyu kumite.
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Class led by Brad. Stretch and warm up with 20 push ups and 20 slow squats. Kihon oitsuki, gedan barai, age uke, uchi uke, ude uke. Ippon kumite focusing on applying good age uke in kokutsodachi. Ended with Tekki Shodan several times through.
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Class led by Brad. A couple more new people tonight, so another class of kihon/basics. Focus on stance, oi tsuki, gedan barai and age uke with gyaku tsuki, yokogeri kiagi, yokogeri kokome, maigeri kiagi, and then the upper students finished with Heian Godan while Brad worked with the new students.
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Class led by Brad. Kihon review for the beginners, going over oi tsuki, gyaku tsuki, gedan barai, age uke, uchi uke, and tetsui uke. We went through Taikyoko Shodan a few times, then the upper ranks worked on Heian Sandan and Basai several times each.
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Class led by Brad. Stretch and then more kihon for the new students. Reviewed front stance, front punch, down and up blocks, then covered inside and outside blocks and round kick.
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Class led by Brad. We had a couple new people and a couple regulars, so we did a kihon class, working on zenkutsudachi, oitsuki, gedan barai, age uke, and mae geri. We finished with Hedan Nidan.
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Class led by Brad. Stretch and focus session on snap kicks, both front and side. Finished with some Heisn Nidan.
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Class led by Brad. Warmed up with light, slow jyu kumite, then rotated through practicing light jyu kumite and refereeing. We then did slow kata in the dark; Heian Shodan, Heien Yodan, Tekki Shodan, and Basai.
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Class led by Brad. Stretch and then used light jiyu kumite to warm up. Went through Kanku several times, then Heian Yodan and Heian Nidan. Moved on to Jiyu ippon kumite and finished with bari-bari.
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Class led by Brad. Started with slow-mo jiyu kumite to warm up, then went through Heian Nidan for a bit, then Kanku, and finished with Empi. Last bit of class we worked on ippon kumite.
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Class led by Brad. Stretch and kihon blocks, with a focus session on kokutsudachi (back stance). Went through Empi a few times, then finished with ippon kumite.
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Class led by Brad. Stretch followed by Basai several times through. Finished with ippon kumite.
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Class led by Brad. Warm up, then a full review of kata (taikioko 1- 3, heian 1 – 5, basai, tekki), then all the kata again in mirror form. Finished with sanbon kumite.
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Class led by Brad. Taikioko Shodan a number of times through, mostly going extra slow to focus on good timing in our technique. Studies in stance and form. Some work on punching with our hips, not our shoulders. Finished with more work from last week where we receive an incoming jodan punch and use it to control/throw our opponent.
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Class led by Brad. Brief stretch and then we worked on Kanku for a while, then finished with some ipon kumite with a focus on kibidachi zuki and alternate kibidachi-based reception of an incoming attack.
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Special non-weapons training for Jesse B. and Ryan. Provided them an introduction to Shotokan Karate with an emphasis on how it may be applied in a sword fighting centric scenario. Covered front stance, lunge punch, front snap and thrust kick, side thrust kick, outside/hammerfist block and rising block. Also reviewed the sword disarming technique and my move Kodiak (not for their official list of moves, though).
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Class led by Brad. Stretch followed by lots of bag kicking (40 with back leg, 20 with front leg for each of: front, round, side thrust, and cresent). We then did Tekki Sandan approximately 10 – 12 times, and finished with four rounds/partners of slow-motion jiyu kumite.
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Special outdoor practice at Dan’s property today. We started at 8am with class stretch, then Brad had us doing kihon up and down the vineyard rows. After a break, we did some kibidachi oi tsuki, then a 30 minutes kibidachi. After another break, we finished with some self defense kumite, working first with group attacks, then with armed attackers (knives, bats, etc).
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Class led by Brad.