September B&B 2019
On the 1st
September we were down in Nottingham for another black and Brown belt
course, Mike Sensei, Paul B, Lucy, Helen, Olivia, Brenda and Ben to
to the road at 8 Am to make the start of the course. Arriving at 10
am we had the usual meet and greet with everyone attending we lined
up for a 10.30 start.
Alan Sensei (7th
Dan) welcomed us to the course and started by handing out some Dan
diplomas, followed by congratulating the Squad for their success at
the JKS internationals in Dublin last weekend. Finally he gave
Brenda Sensei a more than warm welcome back to her first course in
Nottingham.
Firstly the course was
handed to Geoff sensei from Grantham, Geoff sensei is jks englands
head coach and he based his session on showing us all what referees
are looking for when scoring at competitions. Firstly we looked at
kata, running through Heian Sandan we looked at all the keep scoring
points, from agility, to style, focus and form each time aiming to
improve our kata with all the points be used. Secondly we were on to
kumite and looking at the scoring area on a competitors body, from
face and head, to all points on your torso front and back. Finally
the finer points on how to get a score from your Kiai and Hikite
action as well as showmanship.
After a fantastic first
session with Geoff sensei, we had a quick water break before
beginning the second session with Alan sensei. Alan sensei wanted to
run through an interesting kata he had seen preformed at the JKS
championships in Dublin, so we started looking at kakuyoku shodan.
Running through the kata in sections we attempted to pick it up in a
short space of time before Alan invited those who knew the kata to
attempt to do it all in their own time. After the first couple of
attempts a time limit was set to try and encourage the correct pace
for the kata to be run, 45 seconds being the target, finally we
spilt of in to pairs to focus at on the kata and work together to
develop it further.
After a good session we
finished at half time before the open squad training began, we
headed home for a well deserved nap, big thank you to Alan sensei
and Geoff sensei for their instruction.
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