Best Saturday ever.

What a  Saturday! Got to work on my forms and got great feedback on my Boken form from Sifu Lindstrom.  I need to keep working on connecting my harmonies.  Based on the feedback I'm moving my lower body faster than my top.  I've wanted to plant first and then engage my shoulder and "muscle" the technique.  When I focus on my timing the harmony is there and I can feel the power. 

I was watching the candidates do thier board breaks and becuase of my awareness I was seeing the disconnect and it manifested itself in in unbroken boards.  

I was inspired to develop my own four board break.  I picked four techniques that really feel good to me.  I ran them past a few sifus as well as Mr. Kohut and Mr. Thompson who gave some great feedback.  I don't want to wait on developing these and I want to get my board breaks done early in my grading year.  Next steps will be to set up some holders and get a sense of how it will all flow together.  My goal is to do all four and not have to break it down into two seperate ones.

Finally I resurrected a tecnique that Sifu Lindstrom and I did for a demo many years ago.  It's a key lock into a shoulder lock with a takedown into a face strike and a sweeping kick to finish them off as I retreat.

I can't believe how much I got done in under two hours.  I was sooooo missing this training opportunity and what a great bunch of people to share this day with!

Mr. Repay