The club has been running for 5 months now and today was a special day for us, the first grading of our new students.
With both Sensei Martin and Sensei Louise watching and only three students grading there was nowhere to hide. We worked through a series of basic striking and blocking techniques, followed by a kick / punch combination and then san dan gi. The first kata of the goju ryu system, Gekisai Dai Ichi, was performed to a decent standard, both to the count and moving together as a group. We finished with padwork and a spirit test of press ups, sit ups and burpees.
Many congratulations go to Al Weaver, Iain Cumming and Jo Brookfield for passing to the grade of 9th kyu (yellow belt).
With both Sensei Martin and Sensei Louise watching and only three students grading there was nowhere to hide. We worked through a series of basic striking and blocking techniques, followed by a kick / punch combination and then san dan gi. The first kata of the goju ryu system, Gekisai Dai Ichi, was performed to a decent standard, both to the count and moving together as a group. We finished with padwork and a spirit test of press ups, sit ups and burpees.
Many congratulations go to Al Weaver, Iain Cumming and Jo Brookfield for passing to the grade of 9th kyu (yellow belt).
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