Please not that the registration for Grading at Watchet this weekend will be at 12.00 on Sunday 12th May
Back at Danesfield School as usual, book at http://membership.britishkendoassociation.com/html/book_events.php
This year’s seminar will concentrate on the requirements to develop your kendo at any level or age. Covering the refinement and understanding of basic Kendo and a deep feeling of reality of Kendo no Kata. With opportunities to ask questions and receive answers to the issues you feel you are facing in developing along the right path.
And here is the program:
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| May 11 | Time | Group A- Mudan to Shodan (Hall A) | Group B – Nidan and above (Hall B) | |
| Sat | 09.00 | Doors open | ||
| 09.30 – 9.35 | Reishiki (in Hall A) – Formal start of the BKA 2019 Western Seminar and Introduction of the main themes and Sensei for the day | |||
| 09.35 – 11.30 | Gary O’Donnell Sensei and Assistant/s
Posture/ appearance, distance and correct cutting, Importance of Renzoku Waza |
Jeff Humm Sensei and Assistant/s
Control/flow of physical actions in basic forms using four natural elements |
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| 11.45 – 13.30 | Assisting sensei
Guided Gigeiko (With instruction and feedback). Focusing on distance, Kime and the completion of cuts, Applications of Zanshin, and the correct use of Waza Developing an understanding of mental and physical balance. |
Jeff Humm Sensei and Gary O’Donnell Sensei
Keiko with instruction. Self-control, focusing on, reason, reaction and result and the dynamics of speed in movement. |
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| 13.30 – 14.00 | Lunch break and Q&A if required | |||
| 14.00 – 16.00 | Assisting sensei
Kendo No Kata 1-7 Refinement of the basic forms, concentrating on correct actions, cutting distance and application of Waza |
Jeff Humm Sensei and Gary O’Donnell Sensei
Kendo No kata 1-7 The reality of actions, a deep understanding of the forms. Kodachi forms committal and control a true understanding of the use and meaning of the Kodachi kata |
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| 16.00-16.30 | Break and Q&A in Hall A Lead by Jeff Humm Sensei and Gary O’Donnell Sensei | |||
| 16.30 – 16.35 | Reishiki – Introduction of the Joining Sensei (in Hall A) | |||
| 16.35 – 17.00 | Shido Geiko with the sensei and panellists as Motodachi | Mitori Geiko – Observing how to be a Motodachi with junior grades | ||
| 17.00 – 17.45 | Mitori Geiko – Observing group B | Shido Geiko with the sensei and panellists as Motodachi | ||
| 17.45 – 18.00 | Reishiki – Formal end of the day. Vacate by 18.30 | |||
| Sun | 09.00 | Doors open | ||
| 09.15 – 09.20 | Reishiki (in Hall A) – Formal start and an explanation of the day’s format | |||
| 09.20 – 11.15 | Basic Training- Uchikomi & Keiko
Group members practice with each other and are given one to one comments during the practice by the supervising seniors |
Basic Training- Uchikomi & Keiko
Group members practice with each other and are given one to one comments during the practice by the supervising seniors |
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| 11.30 -12. 00 | Grading Registration | |||
| 12.15 – 16.00 | BKA Western Grading – Ikkyu to Yondan | |||