The semester grade exams are getting nearer, and true to the spirit of accuracy and combat spirit we will begin today a thorough scan of the material for grade exams for Yellow and Orange belt.
At at the second, veterans’ session, we will start to go over some of the thinking and strategy of the 2nd Dan black belt syllabus.
You have no choice as a professional chef: you have to repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat until it becomes part of yourself. I certainly don’t cook the same way I did 40 years ago, but the technique remains. And that’s what the student needs to learn: the technique.
We will train with two throws, Tai Otoshi and Morote seoe nage, continue what we started on ground work from Chi no Gata level and repeat the Hashira Hakaisha.
We will train ground techniques based on Chi no Gata level in Fudo ryu. Both session will repeat the multiple opponents fighting kata and learn some more.
It’s been years, but ever since I started writing the AKBAN wiki, I have been hearing the same points again and again. Students and readers have been complaining: “the wiki is too big, I can’t find the techniques I am looking for” and so on. This drives me to put more effort on things like user interface, content strategy and better video editing.
I invest respect in this platform of teaching, just like I invest it on my dojo. My craft gets better because of it.
The analytics of akban.org show a steady 16,000 readers a month, a high 33% returning readers and all with an average of almost 7 minutes on site. But even such an unexpected popularity can not mask the faults me and AKBAN members find, so I invest extra time and effort to arrange the information (mind boggling 5000+ techniques) so they are easier to find
I hope the effort makes the orientation a little better, but I know, there’s plenty of space for improvement.