This last week at home and at work has been a little mixed to say the least, some of it through my own shortcomings and some not, so time at the Dojo on Saturday was a welcome break. The session was varied as always, which is one of the reasons I love training there 😊😊
There were the usual stretches, plus a few newer ones I first tried last Monday, followed by Kata; only Naihanchi Shodan, this time, as our work was going to be based on that. I got complemented on being able to tense my stomach well to take a punch, which I appreciated.
Then there were a good few drills, some of which I certainly hadn't done before. We started off with the Quadrant drill, with different partners, but then did two drills new to me:
Forearm strike drills, with alternate strike, block, move arm combinations. We did right side then left side practice .with different partners.
Hook drills, alternate punch, block (Neko Ashi Dachi Shuto u
Uke), move combinations, firstly with ducking to change sides, then with take down after third repetition, with different partners.
After that we went on to Kobudo, with both Bo and Nunchaku. With Bo we did Kihon Katas Shodan and Nidan, with Nunchaku we did the first part of the Hamahiga Kata; featuring direction changes and figure 8s. We also did some pad work with Nunchaku, on figure 8 strikes.
A really enjoyable lesson, and I now seem to be struggling less with staying the distance 😊😊😊😊. I should put this properly to the test in April next, as I just booked mine and my son's places on an Iain Abernathy seminar in April. 4 hours should be a good work out 😊😊😊.
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