In attendance: Joe, David, Michael, Devlin, Phil, Martin, Ryan, Bob, Mark, Aaron, and Miguel and Alfred from the NOVA training group. We continued working on AK knife material, moving into tapping and the hit set.
Month: March 2010
Class Notes – March 23, 2010
In attendance: David, Michael F., Mosi, Phil, Brian, Martin, Ryan, Frank, Bob, Lem and Aaron. We continued to work on AK knife material, moving on to tapping (without clears).
Class Notes – March 16, 2010
In attendance: David, Phil, Brian, Ryan, Mike Q., Frank, Bob, Lem and Aaron, with a special visit from Guro Joe Maraña, visiting from California.
We began to work on the basic AK knife curriculum, starting with the knife evolution 1 targeting chain and moving on to the finger cut set and the redirect set. It was great having Guro Joe M. in town to help refine the details of the drill.
AK Sama Sama 2010 (Mar 12 – 14, 2010)
The first Atiena Kali Sama Sama was held this weekend up in the Poconos, covering AK sword, knife, stick and more. Highlights included the AK Gauntlet (running, climbing, shooting, archery, machete and knife throwing, and mass attack) and the Combat Archery competitions.
Mike Q. attended as did Guro Ervin Quintin and Simo Eloy Quintin from Virginia Beach. We all had such a good time that we hardly noticed all of the wind and rain. ;)
Class Notes – March 9, 2010
Joe C. ran class. His notes were brief but to the point.
Attendance: me, Aaron, Mosi, Brian, Ryan, Frank, Phil, Yale, Mark, Mike Q.We went over the 7 count Passing drill and the feeders counters as well as stump training.Good times.
Class Notes – March 2, 2010
In attendance: David, Michael F., Mosi, Phil, Brian, Bob, Aaron and Yale.We returned to the 7 Count Passing Drill, working on each lock/strip. We also reviewed the Sayoc 2 of 12 Smoking Knife template.