Fri 2 (Class 2)

• Tambo Driils and Disarms
  Children » Senseis Doug Storm & Shawn McElroy

• Louie Tatata and Other Tambo Drills
  All ranks » Master Terri Giamartino & Sensei Mark Brandenberg

  In this class you will learn Louie Tatata's 2-person tambo drill and others. Louie Tatata’s Tambo drill is a lot of fun to learn and incorporates many of the basic blocks and strikes in our curriculum and even provides an opportunity to work on disarms! Bring a tambo

• The Art of Applications
  All ranks » Sensei Tanner Critz

  Learn the skill to make applications on the fly. Work on starting points, drills, and frameworks to help build the skill of applications. Bring weapons needed for any applications you want to work on.

• Basic Mat work - (MATS)
  All ranks » Sensei Bill Diaz

  Basic side drops, rolls, take down and pins. Much of this will start from kneeling position.

• Warming Up the Right Way
  All ranks » Senseis Seth Plockelman & Stephen Rothwell

  As martial artists we move our bodies in ways that are unique and different than other physical activities. Our warm up should match that uniqueness and be specific to what we are preparing ourselves to accomplish. This class will offer a science based approach to warm up that is functional, effective, and efficient. This approach helps tailor warm-up to the direction of the class planned. Come learn foundational principles of warm up and how to apply those to the specific needs of your class to make warm up more dynamic and fun.

• Add Drama to your Kata
  All ranks » Sensei Mark Gowan

  Participants get to explore the many aspects of doing kata. The variety will add fun to your workout AND make it more interesting to those watching (important when doing public demonstrations!) Fast, slow, hard, soft, loud, quite, ebb, reverse, group vs solo, etc. The last portion of the class each student will work on their last test kata and demonstrate it the rest of the class. We will start with a brief warm-up for safety.

• Soft Style Sparring
  All ranks » Master Darius Jones

  Similar to 'Sticky Hands', this class will allow you to learn how to spar safely without sparring gear. This is a good intro for anyone who may be hesitant about sparring.

• Basic Nunchaku
  Green and up » Master John Kay

  This weapon benefits eye hand control and speeds up your reflexes. Bring Foam Nunchaku for yourself

• Empi Kata and Applications
  Green and up » Sensei Christina Ngo

  Learn the details of the Empi kata and start building your own applications based on application principles.

• Shihonage (Four Direction Throw) - (MATS)
  Green and up » GM John Burns

  Variations from all grabs and strikes

• Centerline Kata
  Green and up » Masters R. First & E. Roman and Sensei J. Kung

  This class will identify key concepts and applications of the Centerline Principle followed by a breakdown of the kata. The kata portion will break into two groups for students learning the kata and students who are seeking fine adjustments.

• Bo 5
  Brown and up » Master Allen Hoss

  Learn Bo 5

• Cuong Nhu Tonfa 1 Kata
  Brown and up » Master Mike Ponzio

  Learn the No.1 Tonfa Kata (two tonfas) required for dan rank. Bring two tonfas and a bo for applications. Exceptions to 'brown and up' requirement possible - talk to Mike

• Tambo 2 Kata and Applications
  Brown and up » Sensei Joshua Cunningham

  Tambo 2 kata and applications

• Nhu 1 Kata and Applications
  2 Black and up » Master D Goodman & Sensei J Ambrosini

  Learn (or review) Nhu 1 kata, while learning to feel and embody the dynamic flow and power of soft style movement.

• Snake 1 - (MATS)
  Black and up » Sensei Kaylyn Kraus

  Knee pads encouraged

• ** continuing education leadership points for black belt and dan ranks

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