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| Jiyu kumite with Morooka San. |
Here are some stills from the special tournament training in Kumamoto Shi this weekend. The class, brilliantly led by Nakamura Akiyoshi Sensei, included the JKA kyu-shinsa kihon (brown and black belts did the 3rd Kyu syllabus); stationary practice of choku-zuki, gyaku-zuki and mae-geri; jiyu-ippon kumite; `round robin' jiyu-kumite; and kata (the shitei-gata and tokui-gata). Morooka San I went through all the shitei-gata via practice matches. We were then asked by Akiyoshi Sensei to do our tokui-gata... Morooka San performed Sochin, and I selected Nijushiho. The black belt juniors all performed either Kanku Dai or Jion, which was great to watch; moreover, to advise them on their kata performances and kumite.
Overall, the class was an excellent session of "budo karate in the JKA-tournament context."© André Bertel. Aso-shi, Kumamoto. Japan (2014)
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