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Mark B
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Koryu Naihanchi Tegumi Waza

Here is a clip from the end of a closed dojo session where I had the pleasure of visitors from dojos from Leeds, Wigan & Sheffield who are interested in my approach to training. This clip shows the third level of training for these particular drills, the first and second being to learn the basic drill and concept, followed by application of a sensible possibility from kata. Our main focus was Naihanchi during this session, although I did introduce one concept best demonstrated within the Aragaki Seisan boxing system.

Marc
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Great drills, Mark, and well worked through by your students.

May I suggest one little thing? I saw that most of the time, after the partners have solved a situation, they return to their initial positions on the mat. I would suggest that the successful defender would position himself behind or away from the attacker. Otherwise it might instill the behaviour of the defender to go back to facing the attacker when they could escape instead.

All the best,

Marc  

Mark B
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Hi Marc, I appreciate the feedback however the actual point of the exercise is to keep the exercise going until "time" is called. Actual violence does not necessarily stop after first point of contact. This is a major flaw in many training exercises - "I do this, they go away & don't come back". That's not always how it goes, these drills are designed to replicate that. They foster a "keep going" attitude, allied to constant problem solving. As I almost always do these drills at the end of a session the guys are usually pretty tired to begin with which also means when we drill these exercises they're never feeling at their best. The guys must be able to apply the concepts and principles I teach, the actual application is less important, that will be based on energy & feel. Once again, thanks for your feedback

Marc
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Mark B wrote:

the actual point of the exercise is to keep the exercise going until "time" is called. Actual violence does not necessarily stop after first point of contact. This is a major flaw in many training exercises - "I do this, they go away & don't come back". That's not always how it goes, these drills are designed to replicate that.

Good point, and I didn't mean that the partners should stop and relax after the defender "escaped". My suggestion would be just a minor tweak: The defender would finish his defence and "exit" behind the attacker. When the partners then switch their roles, the now defender would have to turn around to face the now attacker. The "keep going" aspect would even be increased because the little pause in the drill that comes from stepping back to the initial positions is avoided. The now defender is under pressure because if he doesn't turn around he will be attacked from behind.

Anyway, I like the drill and the way your students work through it with skill and carefulness.

Wastelander
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Looks like good fun to me! Thanks for sharing!