Plan for 19th Dec

I realised I might have gave the wrong instruction to the beginners that is hindering to execute the correct leg move and timing. I'll try to correct the footwork from the very exaggerated form we've been practising to a more correct one.

Use of the R-leg as a pendulum at the same time as the L-leg pushing the body forward. The pendulum is the keyword for my next session.

Plan for 8th Dec

Uniform check

---[warm up & opening line up + bow]---

Acoustic footwork
Woo-pee footwork
Footwork with turning in formation
Standard+Acoustic combo footwork

L-arm only Men cut
R-arm only Men cut
cut-land-compose
cut-land go through + sign-off

Today's special:
- introduction to Kiri-kaeshi sequence

---[closing line up + bow]---

Plan for 5th Dec

Uniform dressing up check

---[warm up & opening line up + bow]---

Acoustic footwork
Woo-pee Footwork (basic)
Footwork & signing-off turning direction (2 facing files pass L/R on call)
Men-uchi (diagnosis)
L-arm only Men cut
R-arm only Men cut
Normal Men cut + sign-off
Tai-tou & son-kyo
Tai-tou & son-kyo + 10 x Men & rotate

If enough time, introduction to Kiri-kaeshi sequence

Closing line up & bow

21 Nov plan for beginners

[8:00-8:30] Check uniform (dou-gi) dressing up & elevated kneeling (son-kyo)
[8:30-8:40] Warming up
[8:40-8:45] Line-up & bow (formally marking the beginning of a session)

5 mins - Acoustic footwork (fumi-komi)

[new!]
- Footwork (okuri-ashi) facing the mirror (slow x10 returns, normal x10 rtn)
- Turn footwork (L-turn x20, R-turn x20, two groups turn towards the passing shoulder x20)

- Super-slow big men cut (x20)
- Super-slow big men cut with stronger swing (x20)

[new!]
- Collected cut-land (x200)
- Collected cut-land-compose (x200)
 - Medium cut-land-compose (x100)
 ^ swing up R-foot as pendulum to gain forward momentum (like a wrecking ball)

- Big men cut with a receiver (x5 each person)

...if we can cover all that within 45mins, champion!

Forecast

Hopefully we practice some of these eventually...

Standing posture:
- heels up (but only just - lift 'paper-thin' off the floor)
- form straight line on the front side of the body when viewed from a side
- chin tucked in
- don't lean forward nor backward

Kendo footwork (okuri-ashi):
- emphasis on the kneecaps
- keep the eye-level stable, don't bob your body, it's more of a stable horizontal/sliding movement. (think of a walking race. Their heads don't go up n' down while they wiggle away.)

Turn foot work (with shinai):
- efficient use of time & space in combating situation

Cut-n-land:
Pair-up > super-slow big Men on shinai > land 

[Transition from previous disconnected step-by-step movements to more integrated & fluid movement.]
- on the spot w/o moving L-foot x 200 (cut-land)
- on the spot with L-foot catching up x 100 (cut-land-compose)

- half step away x 200 (stretch-cut-land-compose) <--swing up R-foot as pendulum to gain forward momentum (like a wrecking ball)

 

^ use the momentum of R-leg to throw your entire body forward.

- a bit further away (stretch-cut-land-compose) <--swing up R-foot

- small leap (leap-cut-land-compose)
- medium leap (ditto)
- big leap (ditto) <-- close to 'issoku-ittou' (one-step one-cut)

 aim:
- enforce 'cut-n-land' sequence
- stabilisation of the upper body under any circumstance (dissociation of limbs and upper body)
- to get used to the impact of a full Men cut in the hands.

Leap further distance:
- to retain the centre of gravity while moving limbs with extra weight (=shinai) that could throw off the balance.

Double further distance:
- use R-leg as a pendulum to leap further

...for now I'll worry about the correct use of the 'big parts' e.g. arms, legs and torso, then moving into smaller parts like hands for refinement eventually. Bigger joints/body parts --> smaller parts - seems logical order to me.