Class Notes 7/20/2012
Back Home I am currently on leave from the United States Air Force Academy and made sure to stop in at my old karate school while back in Indiana. For those who don’t read my blog regularly or haven’t seen…
Class Notes for 04/02/2012
Kobudo While not talked about very much on this site (yet), weapons training is a large part of my curriculum when I teach and when I was taught. For many, it is an outdated tradition that isn’t practical in the…
Class Notes for 01/23/2012
This article is the class notes for 01/23/2012. It contains:
1) Revised Testing Procedures
2) Pinan Series
3) Pinan Application
4) Sparring
5) Tegumi
Class Notes for 01/06/2012
This article is the class notes for 01/06/2012. It includes:
1) New Testing Method
2) Rules
3) Standing Fight
4) Ground Fight
5) Realism
Class Notes for 10/24/2011
This article is the class notes for 10/24/2011. It contains:
1) Budo vs Bugei
2) Zanshin
3) Tennis Ball Game
4) Naihanchi Shodan
5) Two Handed Touch Game Expanded
Class Notes for 10/21/2011
This article is the class notes for 10/21/2011. It contains:
1) Game Days Continued
2) One Leg Game
3) Russian Pushup Game
4) Push Game
5) Crane Game
Class Notes for 10/19/2011
This article is the class notes for 10/19/2011. It contains:
1) Makiwara
2) Shin Conditioning
3) Two Handed Touch Game
4) Single Handed Touch Game
5) Seiza Game
Class Notes for 10/17/2011
This article is the class notes for 10/17/2011. It contains:
1) Makiwara
2) Shin Conditioning
3) Corkscrew Punch
4) Rokushaku Bo
5) Kihon no Bo Shodan no Yamashita
Class Notes for 10/12/2011
This article is the class notes for 10/12/2011. It contains:
1) Kihon Kata
2) Whipping Motions
3) Understanding Students
4) "Inside, Outside, Over, Punch" Drill
5) Sparring Without Pads
Class Notes 10/07/2011
This article is the class notes for 10/07/2011. It contains:
1) Kihon Kata
2) Picking Partners
3) Naihanchi Series
4) Practicing Naihanchi Bunkai
5) Ready to Test
Class Notes 09/21/2011
This article is the class notes for 09/21/2011. It contains:
1) Talk About This Year's Karateka
2) My New Rank Requirements
3) Kihon Kata
4) Naihanchi Series
5) Kendo
Class Notes 07/22/2011
This article is the class notes for 07/22/2011. It contains:
1) Sumo Wrestling
2) Rules of Sumo Wrestling
3) Uses for Children
4) Uses for Adults
5) Brackets
Class Notes 07/20/2011
This article is the class notes for 07/20/2011. It contains:
1) Boxing/Close Fighting
2) Richard Hooven
3) Boxing Combination
4) Bag Work
5) Elbows
Class Notes 7/18/2011
This article is the class notes for 07/18/2011. It contains:
1) Home Dojo
2) Shorinkan Kata
3) Teaching Other Instructor's Students
4) Uniform Rules
5) Other Black Belts
Class Notes 5/4/2011
This article is the class notes for 05/04/2011. It contains:
1) Ian Abernethy
2) Book: "Bunkai-Jutsu"
3) Makiwara Practice
4) Naihanchi
5) Videos and Questions
Class Notes 5/3/2011
This article is the class notes for 05/03/2011. It contains:
1) Naihanchi Shodan
2) Makiwara Practice
3) Overwhelm the Attacker
4) Blocking Drill
5) Spartacus Kendo
Class Notes for 4/29/2011
This article is the class notes for 04/29/2011. It contains:
1) Kihon Kata
2) Kihon Kata Bunkai
3) Naihanchi Shodan Bunkai
4) Naihanchi Shodan
5) Balance and Timing Games