The second Black and
Brown belt course was held in Nottingham just before Easter, we had
a small gang take the trip down with Paul B, Lucy, Ben and Ellie.
Arriving just before 10 thanks to a nice clear run through, we were
greeted by all and had a good chance to catch up everyone before
training started.
At around 10.30 we
began the session after a greeting from Alan Campbell Sensei (7th
Dan) we began with so standard warm ups, then Alan sensei started us
with some reaction warm ups in pairs to test our reaction times
against each other. The days focus was then centred around various
kicking techniques and combinations, from ashira mawashi geri, to
mawashi geri and the mai geri-kekomi combination. All of which we
practised by kicking a target around an obstacle (third partner).
This lead on to a brief
break before returning to some kata, we started with breaking down
several sections of Kata Chinte looking at some of the more unique
moves in the kata and how they work in practise. Finally we finished
off by running through the kata several times to count speeding it up
each time we went and the finally the black belts ran all the way
through the kata to their own timing.
The day moved on to
black belt gradings which we unfortunately missed this time, however
I hope they went well for all who took place in them. As always a
big thank you to Alan Sensei for the instruction and a very
interesting course, and well done to those who attended this one.
Oss Ben
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