Sat 2 (Class 5)

• Agility Skills for Defense
  Children » Sensei Andrew Hood

  Keep the mind and body moving for the next generation in action packed movement

• Understanding Soft-Style
  All ranks » Sensei Lara Tribe-Jones

  Discover the subtle (and not-so-subtle) differences between hard-style and soft-style movements, techniques, and throws; and learn to let your power flow.

• Working Double Weapons Katas
  All ranks » Masters First, Roman, Senseis Kraus & Kaknevicius

  This class works a process to break down double weapons katas by working the weapon with the left hand only, right hand only and stances only and then brings it all together to add more power and more precision and to bring in a strong synchronization of both hands and feet. Participants must know a double weapon kata and bring their weapons.

• Tambo Drills and Disarms
  2 Green and up » Sensei Doug Storm

  Creative drills to enhance your tambo skills. Tambo disarms based on basic CN skills. Bring a Tambo

• Dynamic Knife Defense
  Green and up » Sensei Johnson Kung

  Skills and principles of knife defense including how to move, parry, trap, disarm, and disable with techniques such as bent wrist, elbow pinning and more.

• Ho No Rung Kata: 'Tiger in a Cage'
  Green and up » Master Darius Jones

  This is a fun kata for all ranks which includes lots of strikes using the tiger claw hand technique. Must be able to do forward and back rolls.

• Bo 2 Kata and Applications
  Green and up » Sensei Eric Weaver

• Monkey Kata (Hau Quyen) and Applications (MATS)
  Green and up » Master Donald Williams, Sensei MJ White

  Monkey strategy is to wear down an opponent by harassment tactics and avoiding their strength. In 1974 in the UF gym basement, O’Sensei Ngo Dong taught Sensei’s Tak Fung and John Kay Hou Quyen (monkey form). It is or was a Vovinam form; O'Sensei spoke of it originating with Vovinam founder Nguyen Loc.

• Partner Work and Self Defense Favorite Drills* SKILL SHARE
  Brown and up* » Masters Roman, First, Appen; Sensei Gannon

  Learn partner work drills used by experienced instructors to build practical self-defense instincts and more.

• Rolling Seven Ways (MATS)
  Brown and up » Sensei Shawn McElroy and John Larkin

  You already know forward and back roll. Now explore several more ways to roll! MUST be confident and proficient at rolling and able to roll for the entire class.

• Crane Form
  Brown and up » Master Didi Goodman and Sensei Griffin Bierner

  This classic kata was brought from Vietnam by O Sensei Ngo Dong, and often featured in early public Cuong Nhu demonstrations. It has a deceptively simple elegance, animal spirit, and sophisticated applications, all of which make it ideal for exploring, and one day mastering, the powerful flow of soft style combat that characterizes our animal forms.

• Tambo 3
  2 Black and up » Darrick Ball

  Learn Tambo 3 inside and out. We will do a series of drills to help learn and improve our kata.

• Black Belt and Dan Demo Prep Class (MATS)
  2 Black and up » Master J Ngo w/ C Ngo, Miller, Cardoni, Villanueva & Gates

  The demo class is intended for BB and Dan candidates to be introduced to key principles required for their demos. It is an interactive class so bring your ideas, weapons, journals for notes and future ukes, if you like

• Bo 6
  Black and up » Sensei Mark Brandenburg

  In this class we will work the most exciting (and longest!) bo kata in the Cuong Nhu curriculum.

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