2023-07-13

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

We went at vocabulary hard again in the youth class. One student is getting it pretty easily, the other … not so much, but we’re working on it. The two little girls who attended on Monday didn’t attend tonight. That’s disappointing, but the father had asked about uniforms, so perhaps they’ll be back.

The adult class continued to work on basic kumite combinations, moving forward with yori-ashi, one partner throws kizami-zuki, then gyaku-zuki, while the other partner moves back with jodan nagashi-uke, then gedan-barai, before countering with a gyaku-zuki of their own. We’ve now progressed to the point where students can perform the drill, back and forth, without a count, and can even switch roles on command. In terms of kata, neither of them has been working on their kata for more than a few weeks, but they’re coming along nicely.