Month: April 2006

In attendance: Bob Shin (instructing), Adam B., Paul B., Joe C., Warren D., Maria H., Dan H., Adam L., Derek L., Tom M.The newer students continued to work on 3/9 tapping. Derek and Paul, having more experience with that drill, work with the Adams.Dan, Maria and Tom reviewed 3/9 left hand, which they had learned earlier. I had them review using both the right and left hand templates together on the heavy bags. Next, I had them work on 3/9 left defeats right.Meanwhile, Joe and Warren reviewed their transition drills. I asked them to take transition drill 1 up a notch, with greater speed and more intensity, which helped to tighten up the drill and to reveal areas that needed more polishing.The second part of class was spent in free flow, alternating partners and feeds.We finished class off with some three-on-one drilling, just to practice footwork and movement. It’s always important to remember to stay on your feet, and don’t get bogged down engaging just one opponent when others might be nearby.Oh, and Tom knocked Dan’s keys and a training blade behind the Bench of Doom. The keys were recovered (thanks to Joe and a coathanger), but the trainer joined Bob B.’s Sharkee under the BoD. It will likely never be seen again, but a rescue operation will be mounted at the next class.

In attendance: Bob Shin (instructing), Adam B., Paul B., Joe C., Warren D. Keith H., Derek L., and Tom M.The first half of class was spent reviewing 3/9 tapping and transition drill 1, rotating partners.In the second part of the class, we switched to foam trainers and increased the intensity of the attacks. Each exchange lasted only for a few seconds, then we would rotate to a new partner. Mostly this exercise was just meant to remind us how hard it is to stop a committed knife attack, and to show that even a little bit of training can make a big difference.The class ended with free flow at varying levels of intensity. There is always a tendency to drift into higher intensity exchanges (not a bad thing), but it is always important to balance that with training in flow, so that our sensitivity can increase as well.