In attendance: Bob Shin (instructing), Paul B., Warren D., Maria H., Adam L., Derek L., Aaron T.We reviewed the 10 count palusot drill, then reviewed the 3 of 10 smoking knife template. The “smoking knife” templates have many sentry removal elements within them, which we reviewed.Class ended with free flow and a brief mass attack exercise.
mass attack
Internal Seminar – March 19, 2006
In attendance: (back) Warren D., Shaun X., Joe C., Maria H., Keith H., Mosi J., (front) Miguel A., Bob Shin, Tom M. and Frank R.
The weather was a little chilly (as was the reception from one of my neighbors, who took down license plate numbers). The sun was out, however, and the ground wasn’t too muddy.
We warmed up with 3/9 tapping in my garage as we waited for everyone to show up. We emphasized “intent” on the attacks as well as footwork.
Once everyone had arrived, we headed down the hill into the woods. The first part of the seminar was spent on blade disarms. The key for this technique is to angle toward the hip. The technique works with either blades or fingers; in fact, several people found it easier to get the disarm to work with their fingers.
Next, we reviewed basic blade passing protocol. It turned out that many people had never learned how to toss a blade properly, so we reviewed that, gathering in a large circle and tossing blades to each other. Once everyone got the hang of this, we tried passing the blade to each other while running. (Warren received an award for being far and away the worst at this.)
Just to break things up, we spent a little bit of time throwing trainers, so that people could experience being attacked that way.
Transition drills were next. Most of the time was spent polishing TD 1 and TD 2. There are so many important details that we could probably have spent the entire seminar on just one of the drills. Particular emphasis was placed on proper targeting to draw the receiver responses. Footwork was also emphasized, particularly for moves 7 and 8 (the armbars) in TD 1.
We broke out the padded sticks for the last part of the seminar to work on basic mass attack concepts. First, we had a couple of free-for-alls. The main lessons learned were to keep moving and to watch out for attacks from behind. A little bit of time was spent one two-on-one and three-on-one. As always, movement and stacking were the key.
I had a great time. I hope everyone else did too. Now all I have to worry about is getting reprimanded by the Home Owners Association for scaring the neighborhood children …
Class Notes – March 16, 2006
In attendance: Bob Shin (instructing), Joe C., Keith H. and Tom M. Prospective students: David D. and Adam B.
I spent most of the class with the new prospects, neglecting everyone else shamefully.
Joe, Keith and Tom immediately began taking turns feeding and receiving 3/9 tapping. The feeder needs to remember to pay attention to the left hand techniques. They are as important as the right hand attacks, if not more so. The receiver needs to remember to step the left foot back when clearing 7.
The second half of class was spent on the 5 count palusot drill. They began with using just the left hand. This is to emphasize the importance of the passes before “complicating” the drill with the right hand.
The last part of class was spent sparring with padded sticks. 1-on-1 and 3-on-2 (letting the prospects play too).