Class with Bryce. Stretch and once through his requirements. Focus session on The Illusion and how to improve closing with an opponent, or entering the ma. Break, then helmets and gloves for the second half. Started with one attack, then three attack light armor parry. Moved into Centered Cuts, then some very light sparring that, with the light armor, I said we'd not log and treat more as advanced parry.
Tag: portland dojo
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Class with Bryce, back at CHRC. Stretch and once through his requirements. Focus session on Jumping Tiger 1. Break, then Refined Strikes, 100 full circle cuts (myself wih steel), some Add-On, and finished with some 3-attack Parry.
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Class with Bryce at my house. Either Bryce or I couldn't make the last few, but finally got class back on schedule. Stretch and went through our respective requirements. Took a break to setup for pumpkin cutting, then spent the second half targeting a couple pumpkins set up slightly under head level, and then cutting pieces tossed at us, with the final few rounds including Dodging 1 as we cut.
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Class with Bryce. Stretch and once through his requirements. We then did an in-depth on Kill the Tiger, adding it to his set of practiced moves. After a short break, we got in 100 full circle cuts (me with steel), a couple rounds of Refined Strikes, and several unarmored one-attack parry rounds.
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Class with Bryce. Stretch and once through both our requirements. Short break, then 100 full circle cuts (me with steel), and then spent a while creating combos and trying them out.
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Class with Bryce. Stretch and once through his requirements. Spent a little time on Kata Ichi. Took a short break, then did 100 full circle cuts (me with steel), followed by a few rounds of two-attack add-on, and one of three-attack add-on. Finished up with a short bit of unarmored light three-attack parry.
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Class with Bryce. Stretch followed by both our requirements. While doing my upper practiced moves, I had him repeat just his two new ones. Took a break, then did 100 full circle cuts (me with steel) followed by a couple rounds of Refined Strikes. We then did some Balance 1 for a bit and finally finished with a few rounds of Add-On.
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Class with Bryce. Stretch and once through his requirements. Instructed him on The Illusion and Akira. Finished with some light armor parry (3 attack, Switch).
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Class with Bryce. Stretch and 50 full circle cuts, then he took his Green Braid evaluation, earning his rank. We then covered Basic Strikes, adding the two chop cuts and advanced thrust to his techniques, spending some time on repetition (during which I practiced all my cuts with steel), as well as covering Warrior Stance. We also spent time reviewing Kata Ich. After a break, we did armored parry (1 attack, 3 attack, and one round of Switch). I finished with a couple time through synchronous Kata Ich.
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Class with Bryce. Stretch and full requirements (his and my full silver chain reqs). Focus session on Jumping tiger 2 and the Mantis. 100 full circle cuts (mine, steel). Unarmored parry (3 attack).
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Class with Bryce. Stretch and requirements, etc
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Class with Bryce. Stretch and full requirements for both of us. 100 full circle cuts (boken), refined strikes, etc.
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Class with Bryce. Stretch and requirements, etc
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Class with Bryce. Stretch and requirements. 100 full circle cuts (me 150 with steel), and 2 minutes of continuous offensive defense shadow boxing. Etc.
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Class with Bryce. Stretch and once through Green Braid requirements. 100 full circle cuts (me with steel), and 2 minutes of continuous offensive defense shadow boxing. Took a break and got on armor, then had 15 one on one matches.
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Class with Bryce. Stretch, relooked at Sword Salute, requirements, stance and movement, 100 cuts (me with steel), refined strikes, sequence building.
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Class with Bryce. Stretch, requirements, refined strikes, unarmored parry
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Special combined Portland and Seattle class at my place with guest Kaiden Brennan, Bryce, and Patrick. Stretch and requirements, pairing Bryce and Patrick to go through a couple times plus spend additional time on cutting pattern and specific practiced moves while Brennan and I went through our requirements using steel. Refined strikes. Break to armor up, then 60 one-on-one matches and 5 multi-opponent matches.
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Class with Bryce, held at my own backyard today as a precursor to this weekend, trying out the space. Stretch and requirements. Refined strikes, balance 1 & 2.
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Class with Bryce. Stretch, requirements, sparring
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Class with Bryce
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Class with Bryce. Stretch and once through his green braid requirements. Reviewed kata ich. Got in armor and had 15 matches (me all two handed).
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Class with Bryce. Stretch and once through our requirements (his green, my silver). Spent a little extra time looking at Dragons Tail and the various forms of followup after the initial cut if it is unsuccessful. Instructed Bryce on Kata Ich. Finished with Balance 1 & 2.
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Class withy Bryce. Stretch and his green braid requirements once through (me doing Green braid reqs, too). Study on Jumping Tiger 1 with focus on movement, reducing telegraphing, ensuring clean cut. Went through several Add-On drills (two attacks each), then moved into unarmored parry, first doing three-attack and then switch parry. Finished with some discussion on how to train good technique flow.
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Class with Bryce, and Cat observed. Stretch and green braid requirements which I joined him on. Focus session on The Mantis. Short break followed by a few rounds of Add-On. We then got full armor on and did a few sets of advanced response training, followed by one attack parry, three attack parry, and ended with 27 one on one sparring matches (first 10 and last 7 i was one handed).