________________________________________________________________ BAMA Advanced Class, Mondays 7.45pm Scissor take downs and a fiendish kick sequence were just some of the exciting additions that Tim San taught as part of the new 1st kata this Monday! Its a great kata, not only on a technical level but also hugely physical! Well done to our 1st Dan’s Hayley […]
BAMA Advanced Class, Mondays 7.45pm Some advanced Kata work this week, at Mark sans request, which was reasonable considering his impending 2nd Dan grading!! Exactly what separates a 2nd Dan from a 1st Dan blackbelt is difficult to explain but obvious to see and mark san is shaping up very well! ________________________________________________________________ Ken-Kai-Ryu, Mondays, 7.45pm […]
________________________________________________________________ BAMA Advanced Class, Mondays 7.45pm This Monday saw Richard San teach the ‘Budo Karma’ series of cuts to the blackbelts in the advanced class. Its nice to take a break from the ‘rough and tumble’ of advanced combat and take the blackbelts for a journey along the more spiritual path of sword once in […]
________________________________________________________________ BAMA Advanced Class, Mondays 7.45pm We took a more advanced look at knife defence this week with Tim San exploring some routines that really got to grips with deterring the knife wielding attacker. A rather unpleasant time for the opponents but seeing as everyone was having a good go nobody seemed to mind too […]