Topic 1 - class notes 7

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Class 7 6/5/2024

Andrew, Mike, Sara, Jack (first time)

Dilemma of moving forward in content (low jab/jab defense) and catching up new student

  • Stance
    • Shape
    • Purpose
  • Footwork
    • Basic rule
    • Why
    • Range game, attached and unattached - do this with Jack, while others pair
  • Jab
    • Shape and reason
    • Body mechanics 
      • Simplified Shaolin Punch (exaggerated), morph back into correct posture
      • Stationary, step, step and follow step, lunge
  • Catch, parry, cover 
    • Spend some time getting correct body structure
    • Change Cover, to testing just the structure of the block before working the timing - this paid off
  • Progressive chaos
    • Multiple reps each block
    • Rotate
    • Block of choice
    • One for one
    • High Jab sparring - doing surprisingly well
  • Low Jab
    • Shape and Reason
  • Low Jab defense
    • Elbow cover
    • Elbow parry
    • Elbows together
    • Learn from previous class to have more steps here
      • A bit quicker, self guided to rotate through all the blocks
      • 1 for 1
      • Low jab sparring
  • High/Low Jab Chaos
    • One side does 2 jabs, mix levels
    • 2 for 2 - 2 jabs, mix levels, switch
    • One side does arbitrary jabs
    • Full high low jab sparring

Videos
  • Comprehensive - no editing (since I often get behind on editing, thought I'd just stick it all here for students to look at)


  • Highlight reel (to be edited)
  • detailed edit (to be edited)


Thoughts and Challenges

With Jack being first time we hit the Variable skill level and attendance dilemma - which worked surprisingly well this time in that he was able to get up to speed, and new content as a whole was introduced. Spent less time on the segments to get him up to speed - constraint led helped. Helps that others had gone through the material. Will count a body of experienced to help get to speed. Still a work in progress. Think, I'm getting the hang of more ecological-eque approach, which involves less hands on and more guiding them through the steps.

Did pickup from class 6 and Sara having problems making the jump from 1 level jab defense to multilevel jab - to good effect, everyone picked up pretty good. Key again is to see when we're not progressing, back up and do a more incremental change.

Re-emphasized the role of the strikers/defenders

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