19th July – Randori/Jiyu waza/Free play
July 21, 2010Warmup Ukemi Tandoku Undo; Unsoku, Tegatana Dosa Randori No Kata (In preparation for next week’s grading) Then we concentrated on providing some useful Randori/Jiyu waza/Free play techniques.
Irimi nage – 12th July 2010
July 13, 2010Recap of last night’s lesson; Warm up Ukemi; Mae Kaiten/zenpo kaiten (forward roll), Koho (backward breakfall), yoko (side breakfall), floating leaf shikko Tandoku Undo; Unsoku & Tegatana Dosa Randori no Kata; Shomen ate Aigamae ate Gyakugamae ate Gedan ate Focus on the principle of kuzushi (balance break) and the various ways it can be achieve [...]
5th July training recap
July 6, 2010Quick warmup followed by Ukemi practice Tandoku Undo; Unsoku & Tegatana Dosa Randori-no-kata Kikarigeiko & Ninin-dori We ran through grading etiquette. We also held a mock grading to help students prepare for their upcoming exam.
28th June session – anniversary session
June 29, 2010Quick warmup followed by Ukemi practice Tandoku Undo; Unsoku & Tegatana Dosa Gohon-no-kuzushi for white and yellow belts Randori-no-kata & kaeshi-kata for green belts It was also our first anniversary session, so cake was on the menu. Again, a big thank you to all the people (students and instructors) who have been supporting us so far.
21st June session
June 22, 2010Recap of what we covered yesterday: Warmup followed by Ukemi practice Tandoku Undo; Unsoku & Tegatana Dosa Tai no henko Gyaku hanmi katate dori shiho nage Yokomen uchi shiho nage (& kuzushi) Chudan tsuki kotegaeshi Randori no kata practice: Techniques 1 to 10, practiced on both sides for coloured belts. Focus on demonstrating avoidance and [...]
