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We train at the Clarendon & Westbury Community Centre in Dover, Kent
Last night, Genryukan students were very fortunate to have another visit from Neil Saunders Sensei. Here is what Neil covered with the class; Kamae/kihon dosa Shomen uchi ikkajo osae ni Irimi nage Controls; Nikkajo Sankkajo Kotegaeshi Photos from the session can of course be seen in our gallery It was great for everyone to see [...]
Video I threw together from Neil’s last visit I’m not happy with the video editing software I used in Ubuntu, seems even less useful than Windows Movie Maker, I will try a new one next time.
Genryukan students have got seriously lucky here. What a coup for our little dojo! We are pleased to announce confirmation that Robert Mustard Sensei (7th Dan Yoshinkan) is coming to teach at Genryukan Dojo. This special class will be on Tuesday 4th October 2011 from 7pm – 9.30pm (so the day immediately after the regular [...]
Quick recap of what we covered at training last night. The lesson plan was based on making good connection to uke’s shoulder from wrist grabs; Warm up Ukemi; Zenpo kaiten, hiyaku, koho, yoko, floating leaf. Tandoku Undo; Unsoku, Tegatana dosa Tai no henko Sokumen Irimi nage (Gyaku game ate) Kotegaeshi Hanmi handachi katate mochi shiho [...]
What is so amazing about nikkyo is its ability to reveal just how much how confrontational you are. When you have an uke with whom you cannot apply nikkyo, what do you do? Do you attempt to crank down on the wrist even more? Do you rationalize your failure by saying that the uke isn’t resisting correctly? [...]
