Class Notes: Jan 17, 2016

Attendees:
Dan
Bryant
Guro Lem

Notes:
Transitional Drills 1 through 6
Discussed about visual sensory... like seeing an attack coming. Can this skill be developed over time? Or is a person born with the skill?

It definitely can be developed over time. With good timing and practice a person can develop that skill-set to see a punch or blade attack or takedown before anything even makes contact. So can we tell when the violence is about to happen? Can we sense when something is about to go down and bloody? Can you visually see the attacker's friends circling/flanking around? Or do we get tunnel vision and just see that one thing that's in front of us. What spiraling signs can you visually sense before the real altercation happens?

Class Notes: Jan 6, 2016

Attendees:
Karen (New perspective student)
Ivan (New perspective student)
Guro Lem

Notes:
Discussed blade protocol, training belt rig, templates
3 of 9 right hand template

It was the first class for both students. So we started off with some basic cross tapping. Next class we should be able to go through the tapping for 3 of 9.

Class Notes: Jan 3, 2016

Attendees:
Yonas
Dan
Guro Lem

Notes:
Review 3 of 9 template w/tapping
Transitional Drills 1 and 6
Taught transitional drill 2

Class Notes: Dec 6, 2015

Attendees:
Bryant
Dan
Yonas
Guro Lem

Notes:
Reviewed Transitional Drills 1-5 with Dan and Bryant
Reviewed TD 1 with Yonas and learned TD 2

Switched between teaching and drilling with the guys. Talked about how each drill has a theme and not just individual techniques. Each transitional drill teaches the Feeder or Receiver something new, but each one has a concept or theme that can be learned as a whole. These drills can be learned to be ingrained into muscle memory, but it is meant to orient and feel/see different attacks. The transitional drills can also assist our blade observation skills. By seeing a wide range of attacks that can come from a bladed encounter, we can make a correct response to a knife attack.

Class Notes: Nov 22, 2015

Attendees:
Yonas
Bryant
Dan
Guro Lem

Notes:
 Yonas and Dan reviewed transitonal drill 1.
 Bryant reviewed with Dan TDs 1-5.
 Taught TD6 to Dan and Bryant.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Mr. Dan and Mr. Bryant and family.

Class Notes: Nov 15, 2015

Attendees:
Bryant
Yonas
Guro Lem

Notes:
Review 3 of 9 w/tapping, 3 of 9 rh/lh, left defeats right
Installed transitional drill (TD) 6 from Instructors weekend 2015 (winter sama sama)

Heart
Abdominal Aorta
Abdominal Aorta
Kidney
Heart
Lung
Subclavian
BW
Kidney
Heart

During a transition in the drill, one of the guys was having problems with the footwork and kicking. We figured out that he wasn't stepping back with his left leg when passing with his right hand. This gives him time and distance when the blade comes for his subclavian. I remembered when doing 7 count passing drill, Tuhon Tom Kier talked about how to correctly pass the attackers blade without pretending we were the fastest man alive. It's like having his blade hand moving at you at 50mph, you'd have to be twice as fast to catch up to his attack or your getting hit. You'd have to move 100mph to get that attack passed. Three things needed for a good pass to happen correctly. Time (you can bump his attack arm to buy time), distance (angle in or angle out), and technique. It was good to see what happens when the technique isn't working out. Problem solving why and how to make it work is more rewarding than seeing my guys getting it the first time.

Next, we will try getting our cross-tapping stronger and making our forearms harder. Thanks to Guro Matt Campbell for his suggestions on hardening. Also, we will work with Atienza Kali passing with weapons in the future with Bolo Evo 1.

Class Notes: Nov 1, 2015

Attendees:
Yonas
Rich
Guro Lem

Notes:
3 of 9 template rh/lh/both at the same time
3 of 9 left defeats right
7 count passing drill
Counters to reflexive response with two hand grabs