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Begay sensei, Perry, Michael @ North Domingo Baca Center

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Begay sensei, Perry, Caroline, Jeremy, Michael, + guest @ Manzano Mesa Center

ashisabaki, kihon datotsu

kihon drills, jigeiko

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Begay sensei, Michael @ North Domingo Baca Center

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Begay sensei, Josh, Perry, Kai, Michael @ North Domingo Baca Center

1. kata & keiko ho
   nihon no kendo kata (Josh & Michael)
   bokuto ni yoru kendo kihon waza keiko ho (Perry & Kai)
2. kirikaeshi
   men
   dou
   men, men, dou, dou // men, men, dou dou, men
3. kihon uchi (3 each)
   large – men, kote, kote-men
   tsuki
   small – men, kote, kote-men
   ai-kote-men
   ai-men
   debana-men
4. yakusoku geiko (3 each)
   men, kote-men, men, kote-men
5. ji-geiko

Note:
Michael
– for seme step, come to a complete stop, not a run-in
– do not stoop in when striking kote in kote-men
– for ai-kote-men, more of a bounce from kote before men

 

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Caroline, Michael @ Manzano Mesa Center

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Josh, Perry, Caroline, Andrea, Michael @ North Domingo Baca Center

Begay sensei, a Honorary Consul General of Japan, guiding a group of Japanese VIPs around, so couldn’t make keiko today.

Thanks to Josh, sandan (recently from Boston Kyokai), for leading the enbu today. We started with ashisabaki, which led into kukan datotsu, and then followed by kihon uchi and nidan and sandan wazas in bogu. Here are some details for later reference.

Second half of the practice was oji waza, and then yaku soku keiko, and then aiuchi practice.

1. ashisabaki
   1. okuri ashi, forward & backwards; slow, medium, fast, faster
   2. five steps forward, side all the way, five steps, side all the way, all the way to the other side.
2. kukan datotsu
   1. shomen
   2. kote men
   3. men uchi w/ fumikomi (one stop)
   4. shomen uchi while running through
   5. men to the middle, and continuous men to the end
   6. sandan waza (kote, men, dou)
   7. continuous men on each step
   8. men uchi with lunge
3. kihon uchi, mawari geiko (NOTE on reiho: sankyo only on the first time and then subsequently just standing rei)
   1. kirikaeshi
      1. one cut at a time, slow
      2. regular kirikaeshi
      3. breathin just once on first tsuba zeriai and then once through w/ one long exhale
   2. kihon uchi (NOTE on drill: motodachi should not step back or move forward, but just stay put and simply turn around; 4 cuts each)
      1. men
      2. kote
      3. kote men (motodachi should try to move the shinai from left to right for big kote men, and ideally also for small kote men if possible)
      4. tsuki for yudansha
      5. seme – uchi – small men
      6. kote – zanshin
      7. kote-men – * try to keep center (hit tsuba dome rather)
      8. kote-dou
   3. yakusoku geiko
   4. jigeiko / aiuchi – men

Note: Andrea Kayser (nidan) visiting from Taos, NM.

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Begay sensei, Perry, Jeremy, Louis, Tyler, Michael @ Manzano Mesa Center

• first half

Jeremy on kihon uchi drills w/ Michael

Louis & Tyler on ashi sabaki w/ Perry

• second half

Perry & Michael on kihon kendo no kata

Jeremy, Louis, Tyler on kihon enbu

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Begay sensei, Josh, Perry, Kai, Michael @ North Domingo Baca Center

Kai: need to stick to kihon no kamae during jigeiko

Michael: maintain strong ki [forward], more emphatic zanshin after a cut

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Begay sensei, Jeremy, Michael @ Manzano Mesa Center

Jeremy: temoto; need smoother, more connecting suburi; kihon no uchi during kirikaeshi; better form on dou uchi

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