by Gene Crawford | Aug 15, 2017
Self Defense. We drilled 1-5th sets in the air, once no kia and again with kia. Did that a few times through. Then did an ‘open call’ drill, where Sensei had us Charleote and then do whatever he called out in the air, no kia.
He then had the Blackbelts deliver a round kick to the underbelts. They got to choose who kicks. I was picked a couple times, I didn’t kick them too hard, but I did knock the wind out of 3 of the 4 that picked me.
Then we broke off into groups and drilled Dislocated Shoulder over and over. Good class. Really got to work that one a good bit, I was honestly always kind of week in that one.
Then we lined back up and did the underbelt kicks again. No one picked me a 2nd time, but one student did pick me 🙂 The drill was that they got kicked then had to immediately perform the self defense technique they were previously working on.
by Gene Crawford | Jun 20, 2017
Brown + Blackbelt class. We worked on Boken tonight. Basics and then Boken 1 and 2 over and over to get the groove. I was really dying after these classes and hard workout in the heat today.
by Gene Crawford | May 18, 2017
Self Defense. Worked on 2nd set today:
One Arm Grab
Two Arm Grab
Side Snake
Bear Hug
Walk In
Then did a little Throw to round it out.
Fun!
by Gene Crawford | Mar 14, 2017
Self Defense. We started off drilling the 2nd set all together about 5x times each move. Then paired up, I worked with a Yellow Belt on One Arm Grab and Two Arm Grab for the 2nd part of class.
They say to really learn something you need to teach it. Truth.
by Gene Crawford | Mar 2, 2017
Self Defense. Got in a good quick review of Self Defense up to the 5th set. Then paired off. I worked with a blue belt on 4th and the first 2 in 5th for a few reps each. Class went by so quick today. It was fun!
