by Gene Crawford | May 24, 2016
Weapons: We started off and I lead the class with the classic “Mat Chan” warmup. We then drilled Bo 1, slowly, then did it each on our own with speed and fight twice. We then did Bo 2 the same way. After Bo we split off and worked on Sai Kata for 2-3 sets.
Then we did something crazy. We did Tonfa/Sai Kata. Where we held Tonfa in one hand and Sai in the other and did the Kata but did the appropriate move for the weapon that was held in that particular hand. Then swapped them and did it again. Mind Blown…
by Gene Crawford | May 17, 2016
Weapons/Kobuto: We started with Bo strike drills; 20x strikes, 20x spinning down block, 20 strike combos. Then drilled Bo 1. We then split up and worked on Sai drills and Sai 1 Kata.
We started discussing putting some personalization into each Kata. In that we should be imagining a real fight and reacting instead of just going through the motions with our Kata.
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For the Brown & Blackbelt class, we talked. For the entire class we sat and discussed the weekend. We enjoyed each other’s company and just talked about our experiences. Very fun class and a treasure for sure. I really do love these people.
by Gene Crawford | Apr 12, 2016
Weapons. We drilled Bo 1 & Bo 2 slowly and then full speed a few times. My knees are pretty worn out from the past 24 hours. Then we went a bit farther on Sai 1. I’m liking Sai pretty well so far. Powerful weapon. Lots of sweat in class too, my energy stores are pretty depleted today. Tonight will be a test I think.
by Gene Crawford | Mar 22, 2016
Weapons. We worked on weapons today, specifically the Sai. We reviewed our weapon drills and then learned the first 6 moves of Sai 1 Kata. Good class.
by Gene Crawford | Mar 1, 2016
I taught class today. We had a full range of students from 6th all the way to 1st Queue. We warmed up by doing 3x rounds of 5 pushups, 10 squats & 5 medball squats. Then we drilled Kata; Taigo 1 (feet only), Taigo 1, Taigo 2, Taigo 3 & Pinan 1. Then we did Bo 1 and Bo 2. I had them really pushing to get through the Kata so we could show one student who has a rank test coming up soon how it would feel to drill them back to back all at once. Good class.
On my way out of class, out of nowhere, I had a bird fly by overhead and take a crap right on my head… it must have been like 100 feet in the air because it felt like someone dropped a brick on my head. Crazy…
