Author Archives: cmac

April 13, 2019
Attendees: Zendai, Vector, Yuchen
-Warmup
-Basic strikes
-‎Break falls
-Sakushu iai

This day we covered the last few iai kata. We will review them all through next class.

April 6, 2019
Attendees: Zendai, Victor, Yuchen
Material:
-Warmup
-Basic strikes
-‎Break falls
-Kumiuchi
-Zaai

This day we reviewed all of kumiuchi and zaai. We were able to get through kumiuchi but need a bit more work before we can get through all of zaai. However, as we near the end of the school year and people go home for the summer, I would like to focus on iai for the next few classes as these are one-person kata that can be practiced alone when abroad this summer.

March 30, 2019
Attendees: Zendai, Victor, Yuchen
Material:
-Warmup
-Basic strikes
-‎Break falls
-Kumiuchi
-Zaai

This day we finished up going over all of zaai and kumiuchi. Next session will be review of all of the kata in the two sets with the aim of doing them all in a row as in an enbu. We will continue to review the whole set at a rate of once per session afterwards at the beginning of each class as part of the warm-up.

March 23, 2019
Attendees: Zendai, Victor, Yuchen
Material:
-Warmup
-Basic strikes
-‎Break falls
-Sakushu iai

This day I was unable to participate in keiko due to a wisdom tooth extraction so we did a quick overview of almost all of the sakushu iai instead of the scheduled zaai and kumiuchi material. We will finish the latter two next week (if I am well enough…) and do a review of all of the kata before moving onto kuchi saide (sword vs sword) and take a more detailed look at the iai we covered this day.

March 16, 2019
Attendees: Zendai, Victor, Yuchen, Dillan
Material:
-Warmup
-Basic strikes
-‎Break falls
-Kogusoku
-Zaai
-Kumiuchi

This day, we proceeded with the material in zaai and kumiuchi. We are almost at the end of the the material with two more kata to cover from each set. After that, we will go back over the entire set several times before progressing to anything else.