Sat 2 (Class 5)

• Kicking and Fun Drills
  Children » Sensei Victoria Johnson

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

• Fun with Combinations and Drills
  All ranks » Sensei Parnee Poet

  We’ll explore drills with open hand, weapons, kata, partners and if you have a drill you’d like to share, you’ll have a chance to do that too. 

• Pins and Transitions - (MATS)
  All ranks » Sensei Trevor Bonnell

  Focusing on judo pins and how to move between them

• Introduction to Capoeira
  All ranks » Sensei Demetrius Harris

  Intro into capoeira movements

• Fun Ways to Rep Your Kata!
  All ranks » Senseis Rachel Gowan & Shawn McElroy

  Want to practice repping your katas in various, creative and unique ways? Come to this class and find out exactly how many different ways you can work your forms. This will challenge you physically and mentally and will be sure to give you some ideas to take with you after IATC!

• 5 Principles of Kata
  All ranks » Sensei Tanner Critz

  Bring your favorite kata or your current test kata, and we'll break down how the five principles of kata can make it better. We'll also use them as a roadmap for teaching and training towards mastery!

• Ho No Rung Kata: 'Tiger in a Cage'
  All ranks » 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 » Senseis Elie Haddad & Jeannie Wang

• 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.

• Knife Concepts and Disarms
  Green and up » Sensei Doug Storm

  This is a class where we will discuss Preflight, Fight, and Post Knife SD. Plus, disarms.

• Stick Training - Drills, Combos, and Applications
  Brown and up » Master Kirk Farber

  This class will focus on applications and drills (louie ta-ta-ta, 12-combo, sinwali, etc.) along with gaining confidence in your own ‘stick’ weapon training. Escrima sticks or tambos for partner drills. Bring 2 sticks.

• Crane Form
  Brown and up » Master Didi Goodman & Sensei Lara Tribe-Jones

  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 Thrills and Drills
  2 Black and up » Sensei Mark Staples

  Learn Tambo 3 inside and out. We will do a series of drills to help learn/improve our kata and then put it all together into a cohesive kata.

• Black Belt and Dan Demo Prep Class - (MATS)
  2 Black and up » Master J. Ngo, Senseis B. Miller, Cardoni & Villanueva

  Preparation for Demo to be performed for testing. Make sure you bring your weapons and journals to take notes.

• Unsu Kata
  2 Black and up » Sensei Eric Weaver

  Unsu is a traditional shotokan kata. It is commonly interpreted to mean 'Cloud Hands' or 'Hands in the Clouds'. It is a long kata and has a couple of fairly acrobatic moves. Done well, it is exciting to watch.

• Training and Teaching Tambo Fundamentals
  All ranks » Sensei Chris Perry

  Learn the foundational principles for working with the Tambo (short stick) and how to train/teach these principles. We will go over striking with power and precision, blocking, mobility, use of the off hand, and simple disarms in both Yin and Yang grips. (I will provide some tambos, but students are encouraged to bring their own)

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

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