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First April Class

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Weapons class led by Zack.

Worked on nunchucku basics and Fukyugata Ⅰ.

Kata/Black belt class led by Sempai.

Worked Fukyugata Ⅰ/Ⅱ, pinan shodan/nidan

Fukyugata Ⅰ – 2nd move -instead of standing up, relax front leg in zenkutsu-dachi to fall forward into following punch
Fukyugata Ⅱ – shuto – condense and expand to generate power
Pinan Shodan – Practice kata with same technique and power that would be required in a real life situation. Work on timing.
Pinan Nidan – Turn your feet to help make the bigger turns
Yakusoku Kumite Ⅰ/Ⅱ

Defense for knife attacks

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Wednesday weapons class

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Class led by Zack

In weapons class, started by working on kihon bo. Zack had me lead and count. At yoi, the feet are as in the Pinan kata, and the first move is a kasa-uchi. Practiced Shiromatsu-no-kon a couple of times in groups of three.

Worked on a blocking drill with Lara. The attacker steps forward and punches right jodan-uke. The defender blocks left (up and across body to protect face with palm out) in diagonal jigotai-dachi then attacks with uraken either to opponents arm or face, and counter punches gyaku-zuki turning hips into zenkutsu-dachi to generate power.

Also practiced an augmented gedan-uchi (as in pinan yondan/godan) drill to defend against a knife attack. after the second strike, you turn your hand over, step forward getting to the side of the attacker driving him forward and down by controlling the attacking arm.

Performed all the Fukyugata and Pinan kata as well as Ananku.

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Second Saturday workout

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Kata

Practiced Fukyugata Ichi/Ni, and Pinan Shodan/Nidan/Sandan.

Technique

Repeated the chudan soto-shuto-uke partner drill from 1/4. Sensai mentioned that this is a classic Pinan Shodan drill.

Practiced several drills

In the first, the attacker steps in and punches. From kumite-dachi (right side forward), the defender needs to time the punch while simultaneously moving the back foot forward to deliver a fukubu-geri under the attack. Moving into the punch allows the defender to use the attackers momentum against him. Seems to be an application of Pinan Shodan.

In the second, the attacker again steps in and punches. This time the defender settles back (moving the front leg back but not retreating) receiving the attack, and delivering a side kick under the attack.

In the final drill the attacker steps in and punches. The defender switches sides in the kumite-dachi. Again, timing the punch, blocks it with hangetsu-barai-uke followed by a back-kick or a sweep.

The attacker makes 3 punches with alternating hands – head, center, center. The defender blocks the first with Jodan-uke (opposite side of the attack), then using the same hand, drops down into chudan-uke to block the second punch. Then switches hands pulling the third attack and dropping the opposite hand down for another chudan-uke to block the third punch. An application of the opening part of Pinan Shodan.

Practiced defending against knife attacks. Sensai emphasized not being afraid to grab the blade during an attack. Better that than getting stabbed in the torso.

The attacker steps steps forward stabbing with the knife in the right hand. The defender blocks across and away from the body with the left hand. Then grabs under the attackers knife hand and twists up locking and bending the wrist. Sensai showed this as an application of the middle sequence of Pinan Godan (gedan kosa-uke, chudan hasami-uke, zuki)