Monday, January 28, 2008

Training Session on Saturday, 26 January 2008 - First Grading 2008

Shaving dangerously close to the deadline, here's a look back on the first grading of 2008.

Training Schedule on Saturday, 26 January 2008 - Grading
  • No warm-up
  • Grading
    • 2 groups
      • Below 6th kyu
        • Ashi (Footwork)
          • Forward and backward, 2 steps each until stopped
          • Left and right, 2 steps each until stopped
        • Suburi
          • Jogeburi
          • Men
          • Kote
          • Do
        • Suburi with motodachi
          • Big men, 8x
          • Big kote, 8x
          • Big kote-men, 8x
      • 6th to 3rd kyu
        • Bogu keiko - in pairs
          • Big men cuts, 4x
          • Big kote cuts, 4x
          • Big do cuts, 4x
          • Big kote-men, 4x
          • Big kote-do, 4x
          • Go-hon waza - only for 4th and 3rd kyu
            • continuous: men - kote - do - kote-men - kote-do
        • Kata
          • 6th - 5th kyu: ipponme and nihonme kendo kata
          • 4th - 3rd kyu: ipponme, nihonmen, and sanbonme kendo kata
  • Jigeiko session
    • from 5 to 6 pm
    • Terry-senpai joined up!
  • Debriefing
    • Grading
      • It's like growing up; you have to do it anyway. It means more challenges and responsibilities, as well (I assume it also means we'll be more experienced...).
    • Jigeiko
      • Always try to reserve some energy for sensei or senpai - don't make them wait (or give them a chance to rest :D)
    • Homework
      • Write an email to Sam-sensei regarding what we've learned since he left us in 2007.

Ah, and before I forget:

Results
  • William: 8th kyu
  • Amy, Ann, Annie, Clark, Dabao: 6th kyu
  • Awa, Clem, Douglas, Kevin, Min Seong, Omar: 4th kyu
  • Andrew, Ari, Darrin, Min Gi: 2nd kyu
Congratulations to all of us for passing! Hurrah! Now, on to the next stage!

On a personal note,
  • My wrist is strong enough to do suburi, so hurrah for that.
  • Do cuts still a complete mess! Argh. Might also be because I was pretty nervous.
  • Note to self: try not to get over-anxious during grading. Forgot to drink before and that kind of messed me up. So don't do it. Mm'kay?
  • Train some more on kote cuts. Kept missing distance (and hit my partner on the arm several times - gomen)
Hang on, doesn't putting this on a blog mean I'm letting people know my weak points? Hmm...

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