The Ninja Summit was fun but it's back to the basics for Johnny and I. Last night we worked on zenpo and koho kaiten. We did it a little bit differently though by starting in a crouched position on the balls of our feet. This method seems like it may be easier for complete newbies to learn. I just need some newbies to test it out on. After practicing zenpo and koho kaiten separately we combined them by going from zenpo kaiten, rotating, then performing koho kaiten.
Next we practiced standing in ichimonji no kamae. From shizen no kamae assume hidari ichimonji no kamae, move back to shizen no kamae, then into migi ichimonji no kamae. It's quite the workout if you're not used to it.
We followed that up by practicing shikanken tsuki from ichimonji no kamae. We practiced slowly being mindful of our body's structure.
After that we revisited the exercise of moving around the compass from ichimonji. Last time we focused on just getting around the compass and this time we focused on how we move from one stop to the next, using the hips to move the whole body.
Next we combined the tsuki and the evasion exercises. One of us would perform the tsuki while the other evaded. The focus was on performing your role the best to your ability and not really worrying about the other. All the tori had to do was get out of the way in time. We moved slowly so no one got clobbered.
I wrapped things up by showing the last of the sanshin: ku no kata. Johnny did a pretty good job of remembering the other four kata. Now that he has seem all five we can practice them together.
Gambatte!
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