The karate course last weekend in Largs went really well. It was taught by 77 year old aikido master, Kato Sensei, so it was a bit different to what we usually practice. We started on the Friday at lunchtime, and finished Sunday lunchtime, with 5 practices spread over the three days.
Prior to the course, I'd seen a clip on youtube of him doing a demonstration in a park in Paris, and to be honest, it looked.....rehearsed. Boy was I in for a shock! After starting out with being shown how to fall safely, we were into the first lesson. It very quickly became obvious that the only reason the video looked staged, was because the people he was doing the techniques on knew how to fall/roll to avoid injury, and if you didn't, well you would soon know about it. Basically, falling/rolling was the only way to make the pain stop! It's incredible. There's minimal movement from the person being attacked, but it can cause an incredible amount of pain. We realised in a matter of minutes, that this stuff not only works, but is really effective.
There were some techniques, where we practiced with weapons (jo and bokken), then, without the weapons, but keeping the movements the same as we had when holding the weapons. It was a really effective way of learning where to position hands, and what steps and body movements we were to do.
All in all it was a fantastic weekend in the company of a great bunch of people from all over the country, and an opportunity to learn from a master.
Prior to the course, I'd seen a clip on youtube of him doing a demonstration in a park in Paris, and to be honest, it looked.....rehearsed. Boy was I in for a shock! After starting out with being shown how to fall safely, we were into the first lesson. It very quickly became obvious that the only reason the video looked staged, was because the people he was doing the techniques on knew how to fall/roll to avoid injury, and if you didn't, well you would soon know about it. Basically, falling/rolling was the only way to make the pain stop! It's incredible. There's minimal movement from the person being attacked, but it can cause an incredible amount of pain. We realised in a matter of minutes, that this stuff not only works, but is really effective.
There were some techniques, where we practiced with weapons (jo and bokken), then, without the weapons, but keeping the movements the same as we had when holding the weapons. It was a really effective way of learning where to position hands, and what steps and body movements we were to do.
All in all it was a fantastic weekend in the company of a great bunch of people from all over the country, and an opportunity to learn from a master.
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