2 person work notes 06.27.2012

Luke, Phil, Bob, Read.

We spent most of the practice reviewing the dance.

A great deal of contemplation was given to section 7 from "shoulder to brush knee twist, to wave hands like clouds to ward off right."

Looking at energy direction, balance points, stance work and timing.

Nice practice with lots of chin scratching pondering.

It was nice to have Luke back for the morning practice.

-Phil

Also did once through the double broadsword form.

Master Oliver Garduce

Kombatan Arnis - Grand Master Ernesto G Presas Jnr

Adult Karate class notes - Monday 6.25.12 - Sensei Ron Milcarek

June 25 Class
With seven souls, we started with one on one form work. Went for about 20 minutes. I think everyone got some new moves. Then to the ten exercises with some stances and other warm ups. We held a low horse stance for a while, trying to hang in with Thomas. He was low and strong. Chelsea got really frustrated. I tried to be encouraging. From that did some floor stretching. Then moved to the bar and ran through all of the kicks slowly, again for posture and strength, assisted by Thomas and Lily. Again Chelsea very frustrated and giggly. I was glad she was next to Lily on the bar, I suggested it was a great time to watch Lily's kicking form. Hmmm...that didn't work either. After a water break, did all the kata once through. Everyone came together for Sanchin. Time seemed to fly. Chelsea left while we were doing the advanced kata. . Too bad. She requested some SD at the start of class. We broke up into three pairs, great mix. First did a target drill. One partner just stands, the other repetitively strike at what they consider the best real targets. Of course the "best " target is situational...I mentioned that. Then went on to the "Four count" drill against free style strikes and grabs. I like this because it does teach multiple strikes, and the counting is to teach breathing. Some breathing /meditation at the end. Gi was soaked.

Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Prof. Wally Jay guiding principles for Small Circle Jujitsu 1-4

Wally Jay’s Small-Circle Jujitsu Techniques — Principle #1: Balance

Balance is perhaps the most important principle in any sport.

The basic strategy of judo, for instance, is to keep your opponent off-balance while maintaining your own. By keeping your own balance, you will have use of your maximum power in your jujitsu techniques while your opponent uses part of his energy trying to regain his balance. The more off-balance he is, the more strength he will need to recover.

Wally Jay’s Small-Circle Jujitsu Techniques — Principle #2: Mobility and Stability

Your center of gravity plays an important part in the principle of mobility and stability. Lower your center of gravity and you will achieve stability; raise your center of gravity and you will gain mobility. The hub of your action during jujitsu techniques is at your midsection. When your center of gravity rises, you lessen your stability and increase your mobility, and vice versa.

Your mind also can control your center of gravity. Try these exercises for example. Lift your partner up slowly holding him around the waist. If your partner thinks of riding an elevator going upward with high speed, his body will be easier to lift. Lift your partner again. If he concentrates he is riding an elevator going downward, his body will be more difficult to lift.

For mobility, move on the balls of your feet, and when pivoting, your knees should be either above or beyond your toes, and not directly over your heels. For stability, lower your body slightly. Stability is essential in punching or throwing.

Wally Jay’s Small-Circle Jujitsu Techniques — Principle #3: Avoid the Head-On Collision of Forces

To avoid the full power of your opponent’s attack, avoid the head-on collision of force by evading, deflecting, blending or redirecting. Unlike other systems of martial arts training in which you pivot in toward the opponent, this principle is just the opposite.

As in all small-circle jujitsu techniques, always pivot away from the opponent when blending, redirecting or evading. Try to evade the opponent’s striking force by stepping back. Move 45 to 90 degrees to the left or right, or move laterally left or right.

Wally Jay’s Small-Circle Jujitsu Techniques — Principle #4: Mental Resistance and Distraction

Everyone has the ability to mentally resist pain. Try this with the bent elbow wrist lock applied on you by a partner. As the hold is applied, concentrate on the spot where the pain is felt. Imagine that there is a flywheel spinning at high speed at the spot, going in the opposite direction, which is counterclockwise.

Do not use physical resistance, but remain calm and relaxed as you give your total concentration. If you are able to go into deep concentration, you will be surprised to find that you will feel no pain.

If, however, someone were to slap you on your wrist, causing you to lose your concentration, you will feel immediate pain. This also points up the vital part that the element of distraction plays in self-defense.

Distraction of the opponent’s concentration is important when executing a counterattack. During the application of a technique when resistance is met, distract your opponent by attacking the weak areas of the body. This leaves him with less power and a split-second loss of concentration.

An unexpected shout or grunt during your jujitsu techniques also may allow you sufficient time to escape or counter. A sternum strike while simultaneously executing a wrist-lock hold, for instance, or a kick to the shin while escaping a lapel grab, or a pinch to the inner thigh of someone using a bear hug on you may enable you to gain control of the fight more readily.

Tai Chi class notes - Saturday 6.9.12 - Sandy

6/9/12 Tai Chi Class

We had a small group today, Marty, Jean, Mike and myself.  There was good energy and light conversation as we did our warm ups. We proceeded to two person work, I worked with Mike, Marty with Jean.  We stayed within this months theme of Bonkai, Applications. We started with the single hand push hands, roll back alternating back in forth.  Marty stayed with Jean on the first two drills and then proceeded onto the solo form.  Mike and I went on the neutrelizing the punch and recreated the first application for ward off left.  Mike & I also worked on the Da lu to tie together the ward off, roll back, stance work.  Lots of good information in there.  We finished with the solo form.  Thank you, Sandy

Check it out! Sounds like a plan to me.....

Adult Karate video montage 6-4-12 - Angus Reid video

Adult Karate class notes - Monday 6.4.12 - Sensei Reid

Adult Karate Class Report 6-4-12
Angus Reid leading, Ron Milcarek & Jeff Chaisson assisting, 8 other
students present

Had a good-sized class for a Monday, with 10 others besides myself.
Excellent assistance as always from Ron and Jeff.

The class was planned around things we did at the recent rank
evaluation. Each student led one of the 10 exercises, then we did the
5x kicks. We further warmed up with three rounds of partner shadow
sparring, the stated goal being to GET WARM for stretching. After the
familar side-stretch sequence, I introduced a new partner straddle
stretch that I've been doing regularly and experiencing rapid
improvements from, basically assisted PNF stretching in an inverted
frog position.

Having stretched the inside of the legs, we worked on kicking with
that part of the body, doing outside-inside crescent kicks to a focus
pad, then made it a combo crescent-> roundhouse, with the crescent
being more of a feint. Lastly for kicking, we spent a few minutes
playing with the jumping rear roundhouse kick, recently seen at the
test.

I wrote all the 2-person hand technique drills from the test on the
whiteboard, and each pair chose several to work on. This was fairly
freestyle and self-guided, with some pairs bringing it up into a
totally spontaneous and all-encompassing flow of techniques, and some
just focusing on one at a time.

Finally, we closed out by pulling out the mats and doing dive rolls
for 10 minutes, with instructions given to be sure to work on both
sides. Some people had this down already, some needed a bit of
fundamental instruction. As this is an easy thing to work on, fun,
quick, and self-explanatory, I'm planning on incorporating it into
more classes in the future, as well as working on kips and such.

Youth/Adult Karate class notes - Thursday 5.31.12 - Sensei Kratz

Big class, at least 15 students not including my assistants, {Thank Goodness} for Ron, Colleen and Mr. Miner. We started with some practice of "lining up", with the students lining up, then doing two laps around the room in a jog and quick as possible back into line. They loved it with some sliding into their spot. Not so good.

 

Had a quiz on all ten exercises from the white belts and one no belt, Zepher; who appropriately approached me handing me a white belt at the start of class, stating "You can give this to me at the end of class."  It had been a month of practice for him.

 

In between each of the exercises we had the senior student lead the group around the room in a jog, backwards jog, side stepping, high knees, crisscross etc...   it went over well. I think it helped with concentration on the exercises.

 

We spent sometime in a circle as a group with backfist, double backfist and thrust kick. We finished with some rolls on the mats with help from everyone. Very difficult to work on, some were getting the idea. Ended with adding the thrust kick to pads for fun.

 

Zepher was awarded his white belt, and Tristen Trask was awarded a black tip for Seisan Kata (all movements) at 8 years old.

 

Sat. 06/2 =  added a new student to youth program, Matthew L. ,  10 years old.  Good classes working kata applications.  

J. R. Roy Martial Arts Studio - Promo

Adult Karate class notes - Thursday 5.31.12 - Ron

May 31. Adult Karate 
Ten of us in total. We started with warm up, the stretch/kickup drill on the bars, then the tension/slow kicks. We continued the warm up with shadow boxing. I lead the further stretching and some was lead by Lily. Following requests, we did all of the forms, once slowly, once at "your own speed". A little time for comments on detail. Everyone came together for sanchin kata. We followed with (a request) hand combination drills with partners (jab, cross, extended to ...hook, upper cut), then put on gear for last twenty five minutes free sparring. I coached. Really nice balance between the competitive scoring urge and helping everyone's skill to improve. As usual, I also mention that it is good to not confuse point sparring  with real self defense. Just a great class.... relaxed but focused.