Sun 1 (Class 7)

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

  Learn how to fall and roll for kids.

• Qi Gong for Health and Soft Style Movement
  All ranks » Sensei Lynne Correia

  Casual class Gi pants and T shirts for comfort and ease of movement. We will cover some basic posture and movements, breathing and meditation. Excellent for the mind body and spirit.

• Katana Basics
  All ranks » Senseis Mark Villanueva and Dawn Miller

  Come play with swords! Learn cuts, footwork, and 2 person drills. A limited number of bokuto (wooden katana) will be available. Please bring bokuto / bokken or a tambo to ensure everyone has a weapon.

• Yoga Flow
  All ranks » Sensei Mark Staples

  Guided yoga practice incorporating vinyasa flow and Iyengar yoga principles. The focus will be on stretching and strengthening the body. Beginners are welcome.

• Knife Flow Drills
  All ranks » Senseis Keith Ford and Angel Albanese

• Cuong Nhu Fun: Games, Activities, and Socials
  All ranks » Senseis Jacob Perrone and Rachel West

  A class dedicated to incorporating fun games and activities into your class and outside of it as a way of building community and tightening social bonds.

• Tambo With Dynamic Movement
  All ranks » Sensei MJ White

  Learn with a tambo how also to dominate your opponents with your empty hand and legs while in a game-type environment.

• Judo Unbalancing, Throws, and Pins (MATS)
  Green and up » Sensei Will Davis

  We'll practice using gi grips to break an opponent's balance, some foundational throws, counters to those throws, pins, and time allowing, some chokes and arm bars. Bring a heavy gi.

• Open Your Fingers (MATS)
  Green and up » Sensei David Killian

  Cuong Nhu soft-style techniques, taiji, and aikido stress 'three-dimensional-hands' (i.e., the fingers of both hands are spread open widely and rounded). In this class, we'll examine the biomechanical advantages open fingers present when coupled with the aikido-based techniques in the Cuong Nhu curriculum.

• Tambo vs Tambo and vs Empty Hand Self Defense
  Green and up » Sensei John DiPietro

  A combination of tambo and empty hand drills used in a variety of self defense applications. Students will practice tambo quick striking combinations for defense against weapons including knives. Second part of class is empty hand combinations and timing of entry for defense against a weapon attack. Last part of class will cover defense, vital striking points and strategy against multiple attackers.

• Combat Flow
  Green and up » Sensei Estela Atalay

  Using natural motions in combat to apply pressing arm, bent wrist, etc. Using hubud, gunting, and elbow siko.

• Black Belt Test Review
  1 Black and up » GM J Burns, Master J Ngo and Sensei G Eilen

• Sai Sho Kata
  Brown and up » Sensei John Hooley

  Bring Sai Swords. This kata came to CN from a seminar for CN by the National Karate and Jujitsu Union in the late 70's. Masters John Kay and John Burns were the first to learn this form.

• Move and move again: Applications for two attackers
  Brown and up » Sensei Keith Morin

  We will start with offline/tactical movement. Students will keep adding principles until they have a full two person defense scenario based on katas they know.

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