Learn ways to spice up your katas and challenge yourself.
We will be moving through a sequence of hatha and vinyasa yoga poses designed to stretch muscles and release tension. This class is designed to be enjoyed by people of a variety of ages and ability levels.
Kenjutsu fundamentals; Footwork, Blocks and Strikes. Bring Wooden Sword or Tambo. I have 7 extra but first come first serve.
How to strengthen your dojos interpersonal relationships and ideas on how to strengthen your dojo with your surrondings.
Learn (or review) Pinan 3 and learn some classic, as well as creative application
This rope dart class is for new and experienced students. We will bring a few extra practice darts, but suggest you make/bring your own. Don’t know how to make one? Email classiccitykarate@gmail.com
A progression of soft style partner drills that develop a skill set that can be used to enhance many areas of CN.
Elevate your soft-style self-defense by learning and practicing how to switch between controlling techniques including Bent Wrist, Pressing Arm, Sankyo, shihonage (and more), without losing control of your uke.
Considering what it means to be a black belt doesn't start at Two Black Stripes. True black belt attitude doesn't rely on rank, it's how dedicated and reflective you are about the martial arts. If you start with a posture of learning and growth, you can adjust at each rank to learn new information AND see how our curriculum builds on ideas and influential styles. We'll talk about starting how you mean to go
‘Over the Neck’ self-defense set from an aikido point of view. The aim is to increase the student’s knowledge of the principles involved and how these techniques might be executed both in demonstration and self-defense. Students should be 'comfortable' with forward and backward roles and side drop.
Learn the kata 'Jutte', which means 'Ten Hands'.
This class is to cover throws beyond the CN curriculum that can help with future Black Belt and Dan demos. We will cover 1 or 2 throws from each category.
Ensure that your students master the required throwing/falling curriculum without injury or fear.
The third kata of the double tambo series which focuses on middle grip.
