Sensei Randall 8th Dan recently visited CFTS to take another course. As usual he put us through our paces & gave our brains a workout too!
There was a
good turn from Dan grades & Kyu grades - as Sensei Randall has become a firm favourite for many
CFTS Karate-ka.
After warm-ups he launched into "basics" - that were not so basic.
Below Brown belts got a single combination & above Brown belt got 2
combinations - involving several counters to an attack.
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We were then told there would be 5 attacks (jodan, chudan, mae-geri,
kekomi & mawashi-geri) this meant for the higher grades there would
be 10 combinations in total. To get the brain into even more turmoil we
then told we would need to remember them all & perform they migi
& hidari. So they were a few frowns of concentration (or was it
panic?) as karate-ka were busy revising all the combinations after each
new combination was learnt.
Sensei Randall was still amazingly agile & fast when
demonstrating some of the more unusual basics! The combinations were
influenced by the kata Unsu - which we were going to study in the
second part of the course..
After a short break Sensei Randall took us through Unsu - a high
level Dan grade kata. We went through the kata in detail &
practised it several times. Sensei Randall then demonstrated some of
the bunkai from the kata & had us get together in teams to practice
the combinations too.
   
   
I am sure Dan Grades found the instruction enlightening & it
was an intresting challenge for the lower grades - especially as they
got to practice some of the more unusual basics in Shotokan. Everyone
seemed to enjoy the course (as usual!) and it seemed to give Sensei
Kidby some ideas for extra "Sets" to practice at a later date.
Thanks to Sensei Randall for teaching & Sensei Kidby as usual for organising the course!
By Sensei Nelson.
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