Kihon Shibu 11/28/2007

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！

Kihon Shibu 11/07/2007

Last night it was just Tim and I so I showed him some of the things I've been covering since I started the training group. We went over zenpo and sokuho kaiten, hicho kaiten, the relationship between zenpo ukemi and zenpo kaiten, ichimonji no kamae, the relationship between ichimonji no kamae and hicho no kamae, tsuki, zenpo geri and the sanshin no kata.

Some things were a little bit different from what he was used to but he's on board with trying new things.

Gambatte kudasai!

Shima Dojo 11/01/2007

In Doug's absence I taught class to the handful of people that showed up. We started class with zagata zenpo kaiten followed by some stretching. Then we worked on ichimonji no kamae, moving forward in ichimonji no kamae while switching sides from left to right, yoko aruki from ichimonji no kamae moving forward and backward, jodan tsuki, the zig-zag line drill solo and with uke, zig-zag plus yoko aruki line drill, koho kaiten, zenpo ukemi, zenpo ukemi against a wall, koho ukemi, muto dori using ichimonji no kamae and yoko aruki, and muto dori staying in place but evading the cut.

Gambatte kudasai!