Tag: night training

• WCoS

  2026-08-20

  full circle cuts, night training, portland dojo, steel, sword, wcos

  Class with Jesse and Bryce. Stretch, then we did a round robin three person requirements with one person demonstrating as the other two watched and provided a single point of feedback per section. After a break, we did 100 cuts (myself 2H steel), a few rounds of Add-On, and wrapped with a few rounds of Silent Bokken.

  During the first half, I left the dojo lights off. At this season, the sun set just as class began, so it got progressively darker until it was just shy of full night as we completed requirements. The bats came out and were swooping around and between us, keeping the worst of the mosquitoes at bay and the night sounds took over.

• WCoS

  2014-11-25

  night training, redding dojo, wcos

  Final Redding Dojo class of the year, attended by Sal, Steven, Joshua, Elijah, Dalton, Michael and Caleb. I took the class out to an unlit, undeveloped space of land where we did some night training. After a quick stretch, we did requirements, paired by rank and working on light altered terrain. After a break, we did refined strikes, followed by 200 full circle cuts (bokken only), and finished with unarmored parry.
  By final tally, Dalton had the highest attendance percentage, followed by Sal and then Steven.
  The weather was cool, lower 40’s perhaps, the only light was ambient city light from the sky and periphery (no moon).
  

• WCoS

  2012-02-21

  blind training, night training, redding dojo, wcos

  Class with Sal, Chris, Steven and Joshua. This was a special night training session. There is no moon (new moon) so I took the class out to an area with grasses, light brush and trees, and no light sources. We did requirements once through, then switched partners and did cutting pattern 1 and a couple moves. After a break which I suggested using to further attune with the night, we moved to another section of the area with some good altered terrain and did light unarmored altered terrain parry, switching out for a few different partners. We finished with several rounds of light contact 50% speed (approx) unarmored melee.