A dedicated number of students from Exmouth, Chippenham, Swindon and Weymouth attended part 2 of the Yakusoku Keiko Training run by Steve and Pam Rawson at The Combat Lab’s new premises on Saturday 1st July. The session started with a short warm up, leading into some basic drills which were then used by the students as their foundation for the pair works that followed.
Ohyo Gumite Nanahonme was the main theme, giving students a chance to practice something different. Once they became familiar with the basic moves, they were then shown how techniques from the Shikukai Syllabus could be utilised and incorporated into various adaptations of the Ohyo Gumite. As The Combat Lab is a fully matted venue and a suitable learning environment for such training, students were able to see the techniques right through to the end with a series of throws. It was interesting to see how many ways someone can fall over!
After a short water break, the theme of expansion of Kihon Gumite was carried on from the Spring Course, working on Kuzushi, Kinukuguri and Kotegaeshi. Again, use of the mats was paramount as students were confidently able to test their effectiveness in throwing or sweeping their opponent.
The final part gave students a chance to practice some I-dori pair work; again the nice soft mats were a gift to those with worn out knees.
As always the session was over too quickly and so another training is being planned for later in the year.
Steve Rawson 7th Dan
Shikukai Karate-Do International
Shikukai Karate-Do International 