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Class Notes – Oct 5/Oct 12/Oct 19, 2010

In attendance (October 5): Roderick, Joe, David, Michael, Mosi, Brian, Asim, Bryant, Frank, Will, Bob, Lem and Kashif.
In attendance (October 12): Roderick, David, Devlin, Mosi, Brian, Asim, Ryan, Will, Bob, Lem, Tavon and Kashif.
In attendance (October 19): David, Michael, Mosi, Brian, Ryan, Bryant, Frank, Will, Bob, Tavin and Kashif.

These three classes were spent installing the Atienza Kali knife vs knife (empty hand) evolution, which adds eye jabs, throat jabs, slaps and elbows to basic blade tapping and checking. The more advanced students also worked on the Atienza Kali bolo evolution.

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Class Notes – September 28, 2010

In attendance: Joe, David, Michael, Mosi, Brian, Asim, Ryan, Bryant, Bob, Will and Kashif.

We warmed up with 3 of 9 tapping or transition drills (depending on level) then introduced the new Atienza Kali material covered in the seminar this past weekend, including the double knife evolution and the bolo evolution.

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Atienza Kali Seminar – Sept 25, 2010

In attendance: Bob, Joe, Adam L., Chris R., Chris M. and Asim.

Tuhon Carl and Silak Dianne introduced us to the AK single knife evolution and its empty hand variations. We started out with double blades, then transitioned to the empty hand techniques as opposed to the other way around. Tuhon Carl also demonstrated some of the kicking techniques that are used with the hand strikes. Great stuff!

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Class Notes – September 7, 2010

In attendance: Roderick, Joe, David, Brian, Asim, Ryan, Bryant, Frank, Bob, Tavon and prospective students Will and Brian (Tavon’s friend).

We spent the night on some tactical scenario training. Roderick, David and Ryan took turns walking down “the street” dealing with various encounters:

  • Roderick avoided the clumsy drunk (Frank) and the talkers (Tavon, his friend Brian, and Will), but forgot to defend himself when assaulted by the muggers (Joe and Bryant).
  • David did a pretty good job taking care of the muggers (Joe and Bryant), but also slashed the clumsy drunk (Frank) and the clueless tourist (Brian).
  • Ryan, accompanied by his wife Roderick, managed to avoid the jugglers (Asim and Tavon) and the drunk (Frank). Ryan shot the muggers (Joe and Bryant). Immediately afterward, Roderick stabbed the clueless tourist (Brian)!

The post-scenario assessments were interesting. The second round (David and Tavon’s friend Brian) went better as both sides learned from the initial go-round.