After a string of no shows two guys that have shown interest in training have finally appeared. Ernie's first class was Monday actually. Vaun's first class was Wednesday. Ernie returned for Wednesday's session and Johnny finally had some free time and made an appearance.
As usual with any new blood we started from the ground up. The only difference was we started with instruction on the bowing in procedure since we're in a formal dojo. After that it was onto ぜんぽう うけみ(zenpou ukemi), both ざがた(zagata) and しぜん(shizen) forms. We followed that with basic movement from せいざのかまえ(seiza no kamae) into げだん いちもんじのかまえ(gedan ichimonji no kamae) and then しこ(shiko) "knee walking". After that we covered ざがた ぜんぽう かいてん(zagata zenpou kaiten) then combined the しこ(shiko) and かいてん(kaiten) into an exercise.
After that we got to our feet and walked back and forth across the dojo a few times to cool off from all the rolling around. The only points made about walking were to keep your back straight, maintain your balance and make sure you're stepping with the heel-toe pattern. Then we did a simple leg exercise. Starting from しぜんのかまえ(shizen no kamae) take a large step forward and rotate your rear foot to the outside creating a slim body profile. Then pull your rear leg to your front and repeat, alternating sides. After that we added a basic punch from the hip up to the face. Next we took turns practicing this punch against a bag.
Next we went practiced standing in いちもんじのかまえ(ichimonji no kamae) with a mental checklist of things to lookout for. We also briefly practiced shifting from left to right. Then we covered walking forward in いちもんじのかまえ using よこ あるき(yoko aruki). To wrap things up we went back to the ground and covered こうほう うけみ(kouhou ukemi).
We went over the bowing out procedure then bowed out to end class. I had a good time and it was great seeing new and old faces.
がんばってください！
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