Class with Sal and Chris. I reviewed their requirements with each of them individually, then after a break they had 25 matches between the two of them (I only marshaled due to a healing injury).
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Class with Sal, Chris and Charlie. Requirements twice through (I worked with Chris, then Charlie). During the break, I set up balance 1 and 2, which we went through for a while, then rotated partners for Refined Strikes and finished with my new variable partner Parry drill.
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Class with Sal, Chris and Joe. Stretch and once through requirements (Sal/Chris and Joe/me). Break to armor up, then 53 one-on-one matches using a best of 5 format (three ai uchi forcing tie breakers).
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Class with Sal, Chris and Charlie. Stretch and requirements twice through. After a break, we did some awareness/reaction training with a small circle tossing a ball, first allowing to focus on each other, then just using peripheral as we focused on the center of the circle. Next we did several rounds of Refined Strikes with multiple partners and I ended with the multi-opponent parry drill (defender/attacker/watcher), which half way through I introduced a new twist where the watcher can attack either the current attacker or defender by calling out their name, so that the order changes up and theres another level of awareness added.
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Class with Sal, Chris and Charlie (Chris and Charlie were late). Requirements once through, a break during which we got into armor, and then 47 one on one matches between Sal, Chris and I using a “Best of 3” format for circle ownership (two ai-uchis, Charlie logged due to personal injury).
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Class with Sal and Chris (late). It had snowed, leaving a centimeter or so on the ground and it was still quite cold and with a couple intermittent spates of rain. Quick stretch and requirements with Sal, then worked with Chris on cutting patterns, several moves and kata ich. After a break, we did my new rotational parry both directions, then tried it with daggers and finally had several rounds of unarmored dagger sparring.
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Class with Sal, Chris and Charlie. Joe called out. Stretch and requirements once through (Sal with Charlie, Chris and I). Break and armored, then 33 one on one matches total.
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First class of 2011 with Sal, Chris, and Charlie. Jesse has moved south. I postponed class an hour tonight due to conflicting schedules, and as the first class in a month, I kept it relatively low key. We went through requirements a couple times, and I pointed out a few things from my training with Brennan. I ended with a parry variation where there is a defender, an attacker, and a watcher. The watcher calls “switch” and then begins attacking the previous aggressor, causing all three roles to shift. Since we had four people, I put one on the thrust rings initially. After a few rotations, I added the fourth as a second watcher and had us switching off more rapidly.
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Class with Sal, Chris, Nate and Charlie. Joe and Jesse called out. Charlie had the best attendance percent for the year at 88% (30 of 34 possible classes), while Sal came in second at 85% and had the highest attendance total of 41 of the total 48 classes held this year. After a stretch, we did 100 cuts, then I went over The Mantis (new to Charlie and Nate). Once through requirements and then a break. After the break, I instructed on Gad’s Sword Disarming Move and we rotated through all the possible partners to practice it. Next we took up steel and did 50 full circle cuts with the steel to contrast with boken. Following was a balance contest on a 6″ square caber with Sal as victor, and last a leaping contest with Nate as victor.
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Class with Sal, Chris, Nate, Charlie and Jesse. Joe called out. Stretch and requirements twice through with different partners. I worked with Charlie and Chris. After a break, we had one on one sparring followed by three melees. Jesse got his first 13 sparring matches tonight from myself, Sal and Charlie.
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Class with Sal, Chris, Joe, Charlie and Jesse. Requirements twice through. I did focus sessions with Jesse (including teaching the I Move), and Joe. After a break, we had three circles of unarmored 3, 4, and 5 attack parry, the focus being attack combinations and good cuts, blocks and control. Initially I did armored (open) parry with Jesse, then we joined the rotations of partners. After the parry, we did a machinegun drill where each attacker made two attacks of any kind they have been instructed on.
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Class with Sal, Nate, Charlie, Joe, and Jesse. 100 full circle cuts, then requirements a couple (or few) times through with alternate partners for everyone but Sal. I worked with Sal separately reviewing his requirements and adding kata ni. During a break, I did unarmored parry with Jesse, then after the break we had a total of 29 one on one matches (with Jesse logging).
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Class with Sal, Chris, Nate, Joe and Jesse. While in seiza, spoke about yielding vs not yielding. Stretch and 100 (+20) full circle cuts (boken), then requirements twice through for most of the students. I worked with Jesse, giving him The Illusion and reviewing his progress, as well as working with Nate on basic cuts and briefly with Chris.
After the break, we had Balance 1 and 2, and then we did elevated Cutting Pattern 1, followed by some elevated practiced moves of each students choice from among their repertoire. -
Class with Sal, Chris, Charlie and Jesse. During seiza, I talked about judging appropriate contact levels for combat, when and where to use light, medium and full contact, and I quized them on target areas for different levels. We went through requirements once, then I re-paired them for once more through cutting pattern 1 and seven moves of their choice. After the break, we had 32 one-on-one matches, using a best-of-three format (two ai uchis).
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Class with Sal, Chris, Nate, Charlie and Jesse. I paired the other students by rank and worked with Jesse, reviewing his basic cuts and blocks, and then instructing him on thrust and thrust block. I then paired Jesse with Charlie, Nate with Chris, and reviewed Sal’s White Rope requirements.
After a break, we had sparring with 33 one-on-one matches and three five-fighter melees, the last in semi-dark (one light). -
Class with Sal, Chris, Nate, Joe, and Jesse. Twice through on requirements for everyone else while I worked with Jesse on review of his cuts and blocks from last week, and adding decap and leg cuts and blocks. After the break, we had Blind Man’s Boffer, Balance 1 & 2, and a combination of Balance 1 & 2 with a gamut provided by the students not currently running the course, initially as stationary targets, then as quarter speed attackers.
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Class with Sal, Chris, Charlie and Jesse’s first night. Requirements twice through while I worked with Jesse on basic head and neck cuts and blocks. After the break, we had one on one matches with the addition that legs and arms were temporary wounds that healed in 3 – 5 seconds unless the opponent was killed with a good head, neck or torso cut.
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Class with Sal, Chris, Charlie, Nate. Jesse observed a second time. Requirements twice through. After the break, we had round robin Refined Strikes and Dodging 1.
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Class with Sal, Chris, Charlie and Joe. Nate called out and Jesse observed class. Requirements twice through, then a focus session on The Tradition. After the break we had 30 “best of 3” one on ones and 5 melees.
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Class with Sal, Chris and Charlie. Nate called out. I discussed the upcoming October events and highly recommended trying to make it to at least one day or weekend. We then did requirements twice through, with me reviewing Sal and Chris for their White Rope requirements. After a break, we did an awareness and reaction drill, placing partners approximately twice-ma apart, and then either one could initiate an attack motion and the other tried to beat them to completion using a different cut or thrust. We faced each other student in turn, the final time incorporating a side step in the responder’s movement. We finished with Balance 1 and 2.
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I hosted a Day of Combat in Redding today. We have eight fighters on the field and a few guests. The event site had a variety of terrain available to us, so we started with 10 melees in a hollow/grove, then moved to a gravelly location for another 2 melees, followed by 2 melees in a rocky dry creek bed, and finished with one scenario melee of President in a slightly less rocky section of the creek bed where there was a lot of young willow growth. The temperature ranged from low 90s and up, possibly over 100 in the creek bed, however everyone stayed hydrated and there were no injuries besides the normal bruising.
Afterward, we reconvened at the Redding Dojo for food, a review of the video, and a little bit of Bushido Blade on the PS1. -
Class with Sal, Chris, Nate, Joe and Charlie. Discussed the upcoming event, quick stretch, then requirements twice through (I focused on Joe and Charlie). I then reviewed the I Move (new move for Joe) and we took a break. After the break, I did a multi directional machine gun drill, having two lines at about a 120 degree angle. alternating attackers from each line and rotating through each line. We started with just head cuts, then moved to any upper cut (head,neck, decap).
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Class with Sal, Chris, Nate, and Charlie. Joe called out, Sabrina has returned to Humboldt for school. During seiza I discussed the upcoming Labor Day Weekend event. We then had a short stretch and a drill practicing moving in good stance, using the thigh muscles rather than spring with toes/calves. Then we went through requirements twice, switching partners. During the break, I instructed Sal on Double Chop for his 12th move. After the break we had 35 matches total.
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Class with Sabrina, Sal, Chris, Nate and Charlie. Joe called out, no sign of Jeffery. Stretch and requirements twice through. I worked specifically with Charlie and Sabrina. After a break, we did machine gun drill with head or neck attacks, then rotated twice through several drill stations; cutting pattern 1 with partner on a grounded beam, two thrust hay bales, and two thrust rings (large and small).
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Class with Sal, Chris and Charlie (Sabrina, Nate and Joe called out). Stretch and requirements. I worked with Chris and Charlie individually on their requirements for White Rope and Green Braid, respectively, and instructed Charlie on Jumping Tiger 1. After a break, during which I reviewed rank requirements with Chris and Sal, we did Refined Strikes with each possible partner, 100 full circle cuts (mine with steel), and then Balance 1 & 2.