Sat 1 (Class 4)

• The Art of Rolling and Falling (MATS)
  Children » Sensei Martha Richardson

  Learn and improve rolls and drops.

• Close Combat Form (MATS)
  All ranks » Masters First, Roman, Senseis Kraus & Kaknevicius

  Original kata created by O'Sensei Ngo Dong in the early 1980's, exploring multiple attackers in multiple directions in close combat. Take no prisoners! All ranks welcomeOriginal kata created by O'Sensei Ngo Dong in the early 1980's, exploring multiple attackers in multiple directions in close combat. Take no prisoners! All ranks welcom

• Board Breaking from Beginner to Advanced Students
  All ranks » Senseis A. Gannon, J. Shacter, M. Gowan & A. Faust

  Learn everything you need to know to break boards - how to pick boards, proper holding, training tools, selection of techniques and back-ups and actual BREAKING. Experienced students can challenge themselves with more difficult breaks. Instructors can learn ways to coach their students through breaking. I guarantee you will successfully break boards before the class is completed!

• Advanced Nunchaku
  All ranks » Senseis Gerry Goradesky & Tom Panton

  Prerequisite: Must know figure eights forward and reverse

• Cuong Nhu Soft Style and Qigong - Simple as 1-2-3
  All ranks » Master Kirk Farber

  This class emphasizes the advanced principles that create the foundation of soft style techniques and Qigong applications. Center line, Oval, Nose‐Naval, Spiraling 3‐D, rooting and uprooting, and movement are the key areas of the class. Applications and techniques evolve from the principles and concepts.

• Aikido Self Defense - Joint Locks, Pins & Throws (MATS)
  2 Green and up » Senseis Oliver Johnson Sr.& Oliver Johnson Jr.

  This class will focus on the 'Art of Peace,' emphasizing harmony and the redirection of an opponent's (attack) energy rather than brute force. Students will learn to neutralize aggression through fluid body movement, balance, and precise joint locks and takes downs. Defensive techniques to neutralize strikes, punches, pushes and grabs, as well as multi-attacker dynamics against two attackers simultaneously.

• Louie Tatata Single Tambo Drill
  Green and up » Master Allen Hoss

  Two person partner single tambo exercise for practicing fluid blocking and striking techniques. Increases the understanding of the free 'checking' hand. Each partner learns a pattern of attack and defense that can be reversed and done while moving to present a dynamic drill.

• Sakura Kata
  Green and up » Senseis Rachel Gowan and James Schoen

  Come learn Sakura kata, a form created by Master Mary Davis Cates as part of her yondan requirements. This form takes basic techniques and strings them together in fun and exciting combinations.

• Padded Bo Sparring
  Green and up » Sensei Mark Brandenburg

  In this class we will work padded bo sparring combinations, footwork, strategies, and of course, get in some padded bo sparring with partners!

• Moonlight Sai Kata
  Brown and up » Senseis Kendall Shows, Victor Cintron, Kiril Secor

  Moonlight in May' Kata created by Master Hoang Thong Lap.

• Pinan 4 and Applications
  Green and up » Sensei Janice Gates

  Learn and refine one of the core katas of our style.

• Double Tambo 1 and Applications
  Brown and up » Master Denise Guerin, Sensei Rachel West

  Double Tambo I kata and applications/ Bring 2 tambos

• Spear Kata
  2 Black and up » Master J. Ngo and Sensei K. Cardoni

  Required Sandan kata! If you don't have a spear, you can use a Bo with a taped tip. The goal is to finish the entire kata in one session. Come prepared to train hard and fast!

• Nhu 3 Kata (MATS)
  Black and up » Master Donald Williams and Sensei Bert Miller

  History of Cuong Nhu, Nhu forms developed by O'Sensei after 1977. Soft style is harder to learn and was saved for black belt level. Nhu 1- has hidden applications, more 3-D, Nhu 2 - application are easier to see, Nhu 3 – applications are more of an internal process that developed from the natural evolution of experience. There are fourteen (14) principles that are required to make soft style effective. Learning them is a process starting with the lifelong journey of learning Nhu 1 and then progressing to Nhu 3. At Shodan level, the Cuong Nhu martial artist is heavily rooted in hard style principles. The transition to soft style will take maturation. Over that time, the student will increase their understanding of these internal concepts. By slowly incorporating a few of these principles into their kata, over time, gain depth of knowledge in both their hardstyle and soft style katas.

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