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Lots of postures practise, went back over chi no kata and then into sui no kata. Spent a fair amount of time trying to get away from a step chop action to a proper shuto. but these things do take time to learn where the real power comes from, rather than an arm muscle loadContinue reading “28 June 2022”

Tonight it was classic punch/block work.Started with single punches and blocking to either the inside or outside of the strike. Then we moved to two strikes with random inside or outside blocks. One person found it confronting and cried a little but that’s ok. The dojo is the place to work through those emotions andContinue reading “7 June 2022”

Started off with rolls. Then it was getting used to moving while striking with the hanbo. The old hand foot and eye combination, never fails to trip someone up. After that we did some simple scenarios, Attempted grab, evasion and drop back into seiganUsing the hanbo to do a wrist control (ura gyaku) from aContinue reading “10th May 2022”

Hanbo introGetting a feel for how it moves.Timing with the feet and keeping the shoulders relaxed.Two handed horizontal arc strikes working through the 8 angles, forward, back, sides and 45°s (no jumps or ducking tonight).Led on to working with the large shield to feel the impact (and the bounce back!) of a simulated gut strike.Continue reading “3rd May 2022”

Kat got annoyed when I put one blue mat down in a random spot when we laid out the interlock mats last week all pink side up. So she got to it first this week and made sure that all were set up in a square with one blue mat in the middle 🙂 TodayContinue reading “Tuesday 22 March”

Had a bit of fun with a game of rolling tag for a warm up. Followed by some light grappling practice to work on posture and balance. After that it was introduction to Osoto Gari, again really focusing on the need for good posture and how to mess with theirs.Kamaes were Ichmonji, Hoko & DokoIntroducedContinue reading “Balance and posture”

It’s hard to tell if your posture is good until it gets tested. Walking in a storm is a very different experience from an afternoon stroll. How good are my postures if someone is trying to push me back? When should I hold steady vs flow away. You can talk and talk about lowering yourContinue reading “Resistance work for understanding postures”

We will restart on 1st February 🙂 While it’s under the red traffic light we’ll need to keep in as non contact as possible. We will be working through the Ten Chi Jin as the main focus and some sword over the term.

Well, that’s been an odd year! Tonight it was the first four of the bo staff techniques in kukishinden, goho ura goho, sashi ai & Fune bari. After then, it was set up the striking pad and work on good alignment.And that a wrap for 2021. We’ll be back as of the 1st or 8thContinue reading “Last session for 2021”

Tonight’s exercise, how slow could I do bo staff spins without losing my balance and trying to keep my posture low and fluid, surprisingly hard as I’d find myself automatically speeding up. Then it was picking apart Goho and Ura Goho with the same plan as with the spins, also easier said than done. 2Continue reading “How slow can you go?”