unbreakable spirit

It is getting hot and humid here in Saitama. No air conditioner, thick dogi, sweat dripping as our legs shake battling through kihon dosa. Getting harder to put down the phone and get off the soft sofa in that air conditioned room to head to the dojo isn`t it? More than just remembering a bunch of cool techniques, this is what we train for... push, persevere, do what you don`t wanna do to become the person you wanna be.
 

Weapon Wednesday

Weapon Wednesday still going strong. This class is held only once or twice a month at the Kasukabe Budokan from 9:15 to 10:15.

Recently we have been working on 31 no jo awase. A great excersice for not only body but mind. Once you remember the steps there is so much more to be learnt through working with a partner. 

 

Kasukabe 6/7

With the summer tests approaching we decided to first review some of the kihon. The kids class started off with the usual basics, however we thoroughly broke each thing down - kamae, seiza-ho, shikko-ho, ukemi and kihon dosa. 

The adults worked on shomen uchi sankajo osae 2 -  a technique we learn early, but actually is quite difficult since there are a few different movements that don`t quite relate to the 6 kihon dosa.