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The Evanston Gen-Ki School was established by Sensei Zachary Bradley. We recommend that you sit in to see if this class is for you. No appointment necessary. Stop in on Saturdays at 1655 Foster Street, Evanston, IL 60201 for our weekend class anytime between 10:30 am and 12:30 pm. Call or sign up online for our classes at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center.

Saturday, June 7, 2014

Class Week-In-Review June 8, 2014

Isabella and Ramza working on a basic technique
This week we taught and practiced the basics of step-sparring. This is different from free-sparring or point-sparring. That is for the third week of the month. The difference is there is no contact and the techniques are done in order with attacker and defender. The main benefits of this practice are control of power, posture, form and motion.

Students Ramza and Nabila demonstrate intermediate level step-sparring techniques in this video from the Gen-Ki 2013 martial arts tournament (below).

 

On Wednesday and Saturday we had the fortunate visit of returning black-belt instructor—and busy college student—Ms. Rebecca. She guided us later in the week into the Hapkido techniques and kicking drills.

For students interested in learning more about step-sparring, techniques and how to create your own step-sparring drills, we recommend the book Taekwondo Step-Sparring by Master Sang H. Kim.

Next week is self-defense. Make sure you bring your safety equipment.

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