Since this was the last class with Joe for a while a lot of people made it out. I have never seen the dojo that full before so we took the training outside into the dirt. Karasukage, Shima, and Buke dojos were all together plus Jeremy from Hampton.
The focus was the same as when I visited last and that is controlling the uke from the moment contact is made until you are done. This was accomplished by taking the uke's balance immediately upon physical contact, using gyakus, and striking when the uke is weak.
As usual the night was long and sweaty. It was a bit more dirty than normal though but always a good time. Hopefully we can all continue to gather in Joe's absence.
Gambatte kudasai!
Friday, September 28, 2007
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Kihon Shibu 09/03/2007
We spent a lot of the time working on ukemi. We started with zagata zenpo and koho kaiten then shizen zenpo and koho kaiten. We also practiced zagata and shizen zenpo kaiten in the forward, forward-left, and forward-right directions. After that we practiced shizen sokuho kaiten and more koho kaiten. Next I introduced yoko nagare kaiten and we spent quite a bit of time on that and the differences between it and koho kaiten. After that we spent some time walking then turning to perform koho kaiten.
Next we spend a little bit of time practicing ten tobi from ichimonji no kamae. With this exercise we weren't aiming for height. We just wanted to get comfortable picking up both feet simultaneously with little jumping action. After we were comfortable with that we practiced switching the kamae in mid air. We didn't do any applications of this tobi sayu ichimonji no kamae but I told Johnny why you would do it. We'll save applications for later.
Then we practiced moving from ichimonji no kamae to hicho no kamae. We took turns with this exercise: one would do the exercise while the other would verify that no excessive movement was involved during the switch from ichimonji no kamae to hicho no kamae. After a few rounds of this we gave our legs a break and practiced moving from shizen no kamae to ichimonji no kamae in the cardinal directions: N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW. We expanded on this exercise by having one of us stand in shizen no kamae with the eyes closed while the other moved around to some location and called out to the other. Upon hearing the call we would move into ichimonji no kamae hopefully pointing at the uke. I just made this exercise up on the spot so I'm not sure how much value it has yet. I went first and after my turn was over I realized that I never talked about stealth walking because I could clearly hear where Johnny walked to before he called out. For his turn I made sure I was quiet to make it more interesting. We only did one round each of that exercise and next time I'll be sure to discuss moving silently beforehand. That exercise was a good segue into a brief talk about intention training. I talked about what intention training entails and how that exercise would be a good candidate for it but that was it. We'll revisit that subject later.
Next we practiced some more ukemi. This time I introduced yoko nagare and we practiced it along side zenpo and koho ukemi. Then we practiced some more yoko nagare kaiten. I believe that concluded the evening. Good times.
Gambatte kudasai!
Next we spend a little bit of time practicing ten tobi from ichimonji no kamae. With this exercise we weren't aiming for height. We just wanted to get comfortable picking up both feet simultaneously with little jumping action. After we were comfortable with that we practiced switching the kamae in mid air. We didn't do any applications of this tobi sayu ichimonji no kamae but I told Johnny why you would do it. We'll save applications for later.
Then we practiced moving from ichimonji no kamae to hicho no kamae. We took turns with this exercise: one would do the exercise while the other would verify that no excessive movement was involved during the switch from ichimonji no kamae to hicho no kamae. After a few rounds of this we gave our legs a break and practiced moving from shizen no kamae to ichimonji no kamae in the cardinal directions: N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW. We expanded on this exercise by having one of us stand in shizen no kamae with the eyes closed while the other moved around to some location and called out to the other. Upon hearing the call we would move into ichimonji no kamae hopefully pointing at the uke. I just made this exercise up on the spot so I'm not sure how much value it has yet. I went first and after my turn was over I realized that I never talked about stealth walking because I could clearly hear where Johnny walked to before he called out. For his turn I made sure I was quiet to make it more interesting. We only did one round each of that exercise and next time I'll be sure to discuss moving silently beforehand. That exercise was a good segue into a brief talk about intention training. I talked about what intention training entails and how that exercise would be a good candidate for it but that was it. We'll revisit that subject later.
Next we practiced some more ukemi. This time I introduced yoko nagare and we practiced it along side zenpo and koho ukemi. Then we practiced some more yoko nagare kaiten. I believe that concluded the evening. Good times.
Gambatte kudasai!
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