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.
free flow
Garage Training – May 21, 2006
In attendance: Bob Shin (instructing), Warren D., Nyk C., Miguel and Francisco A., Adam B., Aaron T.Informal training in my garage. Trained projectiles and free flow. Hope to make this a fairly regular event.
Class Notes – May 18, 2006
In attendance: Bob Shin (instructing), Adam B., Paul B., Joe C., Keith H., Dan H., Adam L., Derek L., Aaron T.We spent the entire class on the kayan 10 count palusot (passing) drill, which introduces simple gunting (scissoring) skills with the blade in pakal (ice pick) grip.The variation we drilled was the “circular” version with feeder 2 executing a “backwards N”.The last past of class was spent in free flow using forward or reverse grip.
Class Notes – May 4, 2006
In attendance: Bob Shin (instructing), Adam B. Paul B. Joe C., Warren D., Keith H., Derek L., Tom M.After warming up, the advanced students continued to work through TD 5, which includes standing grappling and blind tapping. The others worked on TD 1.After installing the drill, we moved to random isolations from TD 1. It was immediately obvious that executing a technique in the drill vs live were two totally different things.We ended, as usual, with free flow. It is interesting to see how different people treat free flow differently. Some prefer to try to maintain distance. Others like to get in and tie up.When free flowing, don’t forget that we that the distinction between being feeder and receiver is NOT being armed vs not being armed. Empty hand tapping is meant to open lines that you will use to enter. The techniques flow the same way whether your have a knife in your hand or not.
Class Notes – April 13, 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.
Class Notes – April 6, 2006
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.
Class Notes – March 23, 2006
In attendance: Bob Shin (instructing), Maria H., Tom M., Warren D., David D. and Adam B. Prospective students: Adam L., Daniel H. and a level 2 KM student.
The more experienced students reviewed 3/9 right hand and 3/9 tapping. As always, there were small corrections to work on, but overall the quality of the drill looks really good. They then moved on to transition drill 1, extending what we worked on last weekend.
The newer students continued to install 3/9 right hand and we able to work through the taps as well.
The last third of the class was spent in free flow. The more experienced students took turns feeding and receiving from the beginners. The more different body types and “energies” that we can train with, the better.