2022-09-07

2022-09-07, Wednesday

Teaching my regular classes at the Ross Farnsworth - East Valley YMCA.

Another new student! The mother of one of my current students has joined the family class and she’s doing great. We went back to basics (as if we ever really get away from them) and spent a good deal of time in front of the mirror practicing individual kihon before practicing the same techniques moving across the floor. When it came time for kata, I put the new student in the middle of the group, so there was always someone in front of her, and again … things went very well. The whole class spent quite a bit of time focused on using both hands when blocking during kata. Of course, everyone knows they should be using both hand, and everyone uses both during kihon training, but somehow adding the element of turning during kata makes students forget to extend the drawing hand before blocking during the turns.