Gkr senior class – partner drills. Started quite well I thought with following/evading movement while doing that tournament-style jumping action. But instead of moving from this into absorbing/pushing stuff we did single handed block and counter strike drill and on to springing-up head level round kicks. These are one of Sensei’s own specialty sparring techniques and he is very deadly at them. I found it hard to be effective at all against anyone much taller than myself – shoulder kicks not very deadly. Never mind it was all very good cardio…sigh.
Then kata – Hangetsu and Sepai. Still some technical details I’m trying to polish. I’m convinced flowing versions are possible but for a little while longer I’ll have to stay with the robots… life Jim, but not as we know it…
flow is possible but you have to throw away the rigidity , you cant make a flwoing performance of smething rigid
shotokan vs shotokai is a great example
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO27DpJJMpI
Thanks Marcus, really really ggod to see that. Our version more Shotokan than Shotokai
…of course