Sunday, September 21, 2008

New Students! YAY!!

I want to welcome our new students, Zach, Sue, Lauren, and Craig.  Its great to see fresh faces in class.  

Also, congratulations to Christopher, who received his green belt a couple of weeks ago.  His classes in Portland are going well.

Craig and Sue both come to the class with experience in the martial arts elsewhere (Sue in aikido, and Craig, being also know as Renshi Craig Sargent, the instructor for Club Naha).  As a result, they both blew right through the beginner list for the class and earned their first stripe on the first night.  Already working on Yellow Belt.

Harai goshi video of the week

Joey and I were working on harai goshi quite a bit last week, so I thought I'd feature a video on that throw this week.  Note how tightly the uke is held and how much leg gets swept.  

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Video of the Week

I'm gonna get back on the Video of the Week routine.  This one shows a pretty good breakdown on the rear naked strangle.  Enjoy...