This monday class consisted solely on in-depth look at the okuden level of Kukishin Ryū Dakentaijutsu, starting with Fūun.

The whole class was spent looking at the multiple attacks used, paying extra attention to the angles and positioning after each attack.

After a while, we moved into looking some of…

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Class began by looking at various techniques found from Kihon Happo. We went through Musha Dori in detail, spending extra time on fixing the ashi sabaki and perfecting the positioning before the gyaku is applied.

Quickly after this we moved into looking at Ganseki Nage in detail, using similar…

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Class began by an in-depth look at Kihon Happo. We looked Ichimonji no kata and Hicho no kata from Kosshi Kihon Sanpo in detail.

After a brief waterbreak, we moved to studying battojutsu in form of a drill, where uke drops the blade to cut, while tori steps aside to…

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Monday class began by looking at material learned over the weekend in the excellent seminar with Alex Esteve.

We started by briefly looking at Ichimonji no kata, and quickly moved into studying this waza done from fudoza no kamae. We looked at the idea of using momentum created by hips…

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We’re getting new training t-shirts made.


Design by Redbloc
Heavyweight black B&C teeshirts with three colour print.
Cost €25. Available at training.

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Monday class began by mixing the new beginners in with the advanced class. We started the class off by looking at the very basics of ukemi, groundfighting along with a light warmup.

After this we moved in to practicing a Kenjutsu drill in pairs, where the role of uke and…

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During a recently class on kenjutsu and in particular iai methods, we discussed a fairly horrific but historically fascinating account of ‘saya-ate’ or the samurai practice of deliberately clashing sword scabbards with someone in order to create an argument.

I tracked the…

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Tonight’s class started with a training exercise which consisted of looking at the koshi kihon sanpo of Gyokko Ryu, and in particular how these techniques can function from a kneeling position. For here, we looked at various methods for fighting from the ground and the best ways to get off…

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Monday class began by looking at te hodoki. We quickly went through the basic form of the release method, and moved on to various waza where te hodoki is used to set up a gyaku waza from kihon happo.

Second part of the class was spent studying the fundamentals…

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We started the class by a detailed look at ukemi. We went through Jun nagare, Gyaku nagare and Hicho kaiten in detail.

Second part of the class was spent looking at Jodan uke from Kukishin Ryū Bikenjutsu. This was practiced in a form of a drill, where uke’s cut is…

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