Class with Hiroko and Ivan. Standing iai 1 – 5, one steps 1 – 4, free fighting technique 1. Additionally, before class began, Hiroko and I went over Standing iai 6 and briefly touched on 7. I also relayed the exciting news that I have initiated contact with Master Shaw and Master DeBaun at the Virginia head dojo and we will be looking to tape a session with us doing all the techniques we know to be sent East for review.
Tag: kendo
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Class with Hiroko and Ivan. Started with kihon repitition (one block, three attacks), then worked through Cutting Patterns 1 and 2, ended with Standing Iai 1 – 4b.
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Class with Hiroko, Ivan and today Odin joined us. Started with basic cuts, instructing Odin on all four basic cuts; head, temple, wrist and waist. While going over these basics, I had Ivan and Hiroko do double attacks or combo block and counter. Odin then watched as Hiroko, Ivan and I went through Standing Iai 1 through 5.
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Class with Hiroko and Ivan.
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Class with Hiroko and Ivan. Kihon repetition, Cutting Pattern 1 & 2.
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Class with Hiroko and Ivan. Cutting Pattern 1 & 2, Free Fighting techniques 1 & 2.
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Class with Hiroko. Kihon repitition, cutting pattern 1 and 2.
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Class with Ivan. Standing Iai, cutting pattern 1 and 2.
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Class with Ivan. Kihon repetition, cutting patterns 1 and 2, one step techiques 1 – 4.
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Class with Ivan. Standing iai 1 – 5, One Step Techniques 4 – 1.
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Class with Ivan. Kihon repitition (head, temple, wrist, waist, thrust), cutting patterns 1 and 2, and finished with One Step techniques 1 – 4.
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Class today with Ivan. We worked on Kneeling Iai 1, 5 and 6, and Standing Iai 1 – 3. For the last part of class, we practiced One Step Techniques 1 – 4.
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Class with Ivan and Hiroko. Repitition kihon (one block, three strikes pattern), then constant attack drill with one defender, the other two as attackers standing at 30 degree seperation, alternating attacks.
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Class with Ivan and Hiroko. Worked on kneeling iai 1 – 6 and standing iai 1 – 6.
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Class with Ivan. Standard Wednesday kihon repetition, then cutting patterns 1 and 2, ending with full energy standing iai 1 and 2.
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Kendo class canceled today due to no students.
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Class with Ivan. Practiced the kendo-adapted Cutting Pattern 1 and 2 to warm up, then worked on one-step techniques 1 – 4, 7 and 8.
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Class with Ivan. Kihon, then taught him Cutting Pattern 2 adapted to the kendo strikes and blocks. Finished with one-step techniques 1 and 2.
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Class with just Hiroko today. Warmed up with Cutting Pattern 1, then worked on standing iai. Quickly reviewed 1 – 5, then worked on 6 and 7 extensively.
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Class with Ivan. Standing Iai 1 – 5. Open Parry (attacker makes undetermined number of attacks, generally from 5 to 20, moving as desired, then calls “switch” to change roles). Cool down with Kneeling Iai 1 – 5.
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Class with Hiroko and Ivan. Standing Iai 1 – 5.
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Class with Hiroko, Ivan and Lynette. Kihon, cutting pattern 1, cool down with standing iai.
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Class with Ivan
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Class with Ivan
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