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Class Notes – Dec 21/Dec 28, 2010

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In attendance (December 21): Joe, David, Tyus, Shane, Mosi, Brian, Asim, Andrew, Ryan, Frank, Will, Bob, Tavon, Julie, Kashif, Jon and Nancy.
In attendance (December 28): Joe, Mosi, Andrew, Ryan, Will, Bob, Kashif, Jon and Nancy.

We held our annual Tactical Gift Exchange on December 21. The turnout was great and included Mike Q. who made a special trip up to participate. As usual there was both triumph and heartbreak. Happy Holidays!

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Class Notes – December 14, 2010

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In attendance: Joe, David, Tyus, Devlin, Mosi, Brian, Asim, Andrew, Ryan, Will, Bob, Tavon, Julie, Kashif, Nancy, Jon, and Guro Joe Maraña. visiting from the west coast!

We warmed up with transition drills, then decided to do something different in honor of Guro Joe. We split into two groups (sharks vs minnows) and ran a series of mass attack drills. Eventually we worked our way until we had a group of 12 protecting a “principal” against 3 attackers — trying a variety of different strategies. Fun stuff!

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Class Notes – December 7, 2010

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In attendance: Joe C., David, Tyus, Hickory, Brian, Asim, Ryan, Frank, Bob, Kashif, Jon, Nancy, and prospective students Andrew and Julie.

The more advanced students continued to work through transition drill 2 while the others began installing transition drill 1. As the students move from one transition drill to the other, different skills and techniques are being installed, for example the linear movements of the first contrast with the circular movements of the second drill.

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Class Notes – Nov 23/Nov 30, 2010

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In attendance (November 23): David, Tyus, Michael, Mosi, Brian, Asim, Ryan, Bryant, Frank, Bob, Jon and Nancy.

In attendance (November 30): David, Tyus, Shane, Mosi, Brian, Asim, Ryan, Frank, Bob, Tavon, Kashif and Nancy.

The newer students continued to work on 3 of 9 tapping and introduced 3 of 9 left hand. The others worked on transition drills 1 and 2, emphasizing the details of each technique.

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Class Notes – November 16, 2010

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In attendance: David, Mosi, Brian, Asim, Ryan, Bryant, Bob, Tyus, Jon and Nancy.

Half of the class worked on 3 of 9 tapping while the others reviewed transition drills 1 through 3. We tried to emphasize the finer points of each drill, including a brief discussion of targeting. Class ended with a brief review of blade handling protocol.

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Class Notes – Nov 2/Nov 9, 2010

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In attendance (November 2): Joe, David, Devlin, Shane, Brian, Asim, Ryan, Bob, Lem, Tavon, and prospective students, Jon, Nancy, Tyus and Stephen.

In attendance (November 9): Joe, David, Michael, Shane, Asim, Ryan, Bryant, Frank, Will, Bob, Tavin, Tyus, Jon and Nancy.

Back to basics! These classes were spent installing and/or reviewing 3 of 9 tapping and transition drill 1. Small details were emphasized, and we began a gradual transition to phase II concepts, in which the receiver becomes the feeder.

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Class Notes – October 26, 2010

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David Davis ran class in my absence and provided his usual outstanding notes …

Class attendance: Shane, Ryan, Tavon, Brian, Kashif, Will, Bryant, Mosi, Michael, Joe, Asim, and yours truly David Davis.

Class Goals: The main goal was to immerse the receiver in tapping as a way to help refine the quality of their perceptual and motor skills when confronted.  By attending to their perceptual and motor skills, the receiver develops the skill to demonstrate to his fullest ability the correct response when it counts and in so doing, increases his chances of surviving a confrontation. The balance between thinking tactically and watching closely an assailant’s movement is a difficult challenge to get right. If you think too much on the tactics, you miss a risen opportunity, or, your assailant figures out what you are doing and employs a ruse to make you a victim. Training in Kali involves managing the incorrect response and receivers need to be able to desensitise themselves from this process. The psychological aspects of perceptual and attentional motor skills response are critical for street survival.

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