Striking to pads to start. Singles working on the mechanics, trying to shorten/intensify the action, sink. Then doubles trying to eliminate the familiar old one-two patterning.
Moved onto the spear and developed from that into preemptive actions and moving to create openings, flowing from bad position to good. I struggle to bring all the elements together – if I concentrate on sink and guard I forget centre or forward pressure or footwork or something, but its just practise and familiarity and relaxing and listening to your body. Hah and i think too much!
Then then kotikitae as light conditioning. Then push-hands. Then elbows – striking to the pads. Awesome.
Lots of demonstration/ discussion, two hours went really fast.
you folk are having fun!
lots of learning , interesting patterns of conditioning , and some insight to the emotional response of training patterns , lots to think on .
got much to post when the computers back up … blogs missing about 8 sessions now ……
Yes we are having fun Rick!
Marcus when you say interesting patterns of conditioning are you meaning physical or mental – the patterned habitual responses ? And tell me what you saw in terms of emotional responses?
All of the above Sue , emotional , well a lot of aprehension and what Id call panic timing … has a lot to do with the count and drilling sequences , I remember it well