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Sense What's Behind You -Jan 2018 Winter Intensive theme

January Winter Intensive is a time to renew your resolve to practice, to warm up your internal engine in the cold of winter, to come together with your fellow dojo members and support each other in taking a significant jump in progress.  This year's theme is:

 Sense What’s Behind You. 

The new year is an excellent time to look in the mirror (kagami),break our old habits (biraki) and resolve to improve ourselves. I invite you and challenge you to step up your training this month...

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Video selections demonstrating jodan, chudan and gedan

Week 2 of our Winter Intensive focuses on iriminage and kotegaeshi; jodan, chudan and gedan variations from katatedori gyaku hanmi and ai hanmi. Here are a few helpful videos for your study.


In this video Didier Boyet Sensei demonstrates katatedori gyaku hanmi iriminage jodan

If you have trouble viewing the embedded video you can view it on youTube via this link:
https://youtu.be/JLx1GV4rGiY


Here, Patti Lyons sensei demonstrates katatedori ai hanmi kotegaeshi chudan:

Link to view the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4lcO0JMV0BY


In this video Boyet sensei clearly shows the chudan opening motion. The attack is ryotedori however it applies just as well to katatedori gyaku hanmi.

Link to view on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5ygTcp6hy3o



Kate Savoca demonstrates katatedori gyaku hanmi kotegaeshi gedan. Note her opening motion. For testing at our dojo I'd like to see you do a tenkan as you apply the kotegaeshi.

Link to view on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BlAIS_tBu98