Training & Teaching Diary

This will be a space for me to reflect on my training and teaching ideas, what I emphasized on which days, and why.

2024-07-29
During kata training in the adult class, I found myself returning to the importance of completing turns before stepping out into whatever stance comes next.
Jul 29, 2024
2024-07-24
"Contact" is tricky, and it’s often difficult to get students to hit each other.
Jul 24, 2024
2024-07-22
As a result of last weekend’s seminar, I’m going to experiment with moving deep stretches to the end of class, while keeping warm-up and mobility exercises at…
Jul 22, 2024
2024-07-21
I spent this weekend in San Diego, attending a seminar with Steve Ubl and HDKI’s Scott Langly.
Jul 21, 2024
2024-07-15
Attendance is recovering as students return from summer vacations.
Jul 15, 2024
2024-07-08
Classes continue to be a bit small with many younger students on vacation during the summer break from school, but that’s okay.
Jul 8, 2024
2024-07-03
Several years ago, when I’d just moved to the Phoenix valley and was training at a local dojo, I was handed a new white belt - an older gentleman - and asked…
Jul 3, 2024
2024-07-01
Tonight I was visited by a family with three children looking for a new dojo.
Jul 1, 2024
2024-06-26
We spent a lot of time on kata tonight, in both classes.
Jun 26, 2024
2024-06-24
An adult student texted me a few hours before class yesterday and asked, "Sensei, how late can I be to class before it’s unacceptable." My response (which I…
Jun 24, 2024