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Class was led by Sensai. Focus was on stretching, basic attacks (uraken, shuto, haito) and basic footwork Ⅰ-Ⅲ . Also punching and blocking routines derived from Fyukugata Ⅰ.

In one drill, the attacker does a front kick with the right foot from kumite dachi, lands and punches kizame-zuki. The defender steps back blocks the kick with gedan-uchi and the punch with outside uchi-uke.

Continuing the theme, we worked on Fyukugata Ⅰ bunkai in groups of four, where one person performs the kata and the others rotate in and out acting as the attackers. This could be further changed by rotating in others to perform the kata, or having the defender and attacker switch roles in the middle of the bunkai.

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