Daily Archives: Tuesday, June 17, 2008

The thing to note about today’s class was that we devoted the class to some pretty fast thinking as opposed to relatively slow deliberate kata. We practiced kihon katas and Ko Tai Rin while being attacked. This is Bunkai. One person was being attacked by 6 people. The people performing the kata had to counter the attackers. The attackers had to step up to the plate and attack properly with the correct attack for the kata’s blocks and counter attacks. So both defenders and attackers had to think fast and, well, we were mostly clumsy. Nevertheless it was a refreshing class. Next Saturday is the last class of the season. During the summer, there will be one class per week in Devon. It will be held in the Community Center rather than the school gym since the school will be closing. The rental is higher so there will be additional … Continue reading →