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Sat, 15/03/2008 - 16:35 — Sensei Geoff
Got any ideas of things we could do at the club?
Did you enjoy the ground fighting with Sensei Danny and want to do more?
Do you miss doing kata or weapons?
Should we spend one evening a month doing just weapons or just part of a lesson?
Would you want to learn weapon and open-hand kata and then grade so they can be signed off in your Budo pass?
Learn more throws left handed?
Juniors - more locks for the higher grades?
Have a self-defence night where we all wear normal clothes?
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Sparring and Groundfighting
I think we should do some ground fighting and sparring at least once a month. Nothing too heavy but done in a good training way, like attacker and defender stuff. I have sparred before and currently at the gracie school and they do sparring sessions, stand up and on the ground with one acting as attacker, and the other purely defense. In my experience this is a good teaching method as some of the competition is taken away because both parties aren't trying to win.
I also think that without sparring and competition, you will never know how to apply it in the real world and if you always use your techniques on a passive Uki, then you don't really know if they work.
Just my 2 pence worth........
Regards Lee Donald
Sparring, Groundfighting, Kata, Syllabus, Weapons...
Yes, we should try to do this more often. We need to make sure people who only come one day a week get a go too.
First session of the month (whether it is a Monday or a Friday) is groundfighting and sparring perhaps ? The last one of the month is always kata/weapons? As long as it's marked on the registration sheet, we can let students know in advance. We can then see how popular they are if no-one turns up.
The same goes for weapons or kata sessions. We could also spend one session a month going through the whole of a particular belt syllabus.
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Hey there,
Geoff, love the new look for the site. Always nice to see something new. Love the idea of a forum. We should get some discussions going ASAP.
Lee
Ideas...
Yup, at the moment we are the only two members, but anyone can comment on most pages without having to join. Only members can start new topics though.
We had a good session with Danny the other night doing ground fighting which everyone seemed to enjoy. I'd like to do that more often - the same goes for weapons. Maybe get back to doing it once a month for juniors and adults. What do people think?
Not everyone likes pure competition, but doing more random attacks / multiple attackers is always good.
Apparently a new Aikido club may open in MK. Possibly even at Shenley. Could be interesting.