Well its been and gone but it was one hell of a day. I was really, REALLY buzzing for this grading. All of the training I’ve done over the past 50 days has really paid off in spades. Although I still got tired – oh hell I got tired – I never ran completely out [...]
Day 51: Warm Up and Skills
With it being a lay off week and my grading on tomorrow I spent the day doing skills work, reading, studying and active-relaxation with some iaijutsu.
(as well as a few hours of work – thoguh I won’t bore you with that)
The skills work I started off by doing 3 x 3 min rounds of Bas’ [...]
Hakama Confusion
I do kenjutsu as well as my usual ju jutsu class and on Wednesday I’ll be wearing my hakama for the first time. I’ve just worn my gi previously but decided to go all out and get the proper gear.
Having tried it on before the big day I have to say: Its complicated as hell!!!
How [...]
Ju Jutsu
I train in Japanese Ju Jutsu at a club called Tai Jutsu Kai under sensei Ross Iannoccaro. The patron of the club is Soke Fumon Tanaka.
Every Friday: 1hr 15mins in Redditch.
Every Tuesday: 1hr 15mins in Bromsgrove
More info here.
