Current Curriculum

As explained a few posts back, I've changed significantly the curriculum some weeks ago. Now that most of the guys wear bogu I started doing much more uchikomi-style practices. After some basics (suriashi, tai sabaki, shomen uchi,...) we line up in pairs a start:
- Kirikaeshi (5~7)
- Shomen issoku itto (large)
- very close distance (x5)
- kensen/kensen distance (x5)
- far distance (x5)
- Shomen nissoku itto (large)
- far distance (x5)
...Sometimes kote, do & kote-men also

From this point we either increase the intensity and build up all the way to kakari geiko or we keep on with technical stuff (I started showing them Oji/Shikake techniques recently). Actually these days, with the stifling heat, I tend to go with the latter...

1- increase in intensity
- Shomen (x3) in rapid succession
- Shomen (x3) in rapid succession 1 kiai
- Shomen (x5) in rapid succession
- Shomen (x5) in rapid succession 1 kiai
- Wait for my "men" signal and they go
- Uchikomi
- men-kote-do-men
- kote/men-kote/men-kote/men
- men-taiatari-hikimen (x3) (x5)
- men-kote-do-kote/men-kote/do-men-hikimen-men
- kakarigeiko (x5)
- hai-gakari (x5)
- kirikaeshi

2- technical stuff (examples, depending on the mood and requirement)
- work on seme
- pressure on mune / tsuki / eyes
- too maai
- men, kote or do
- sachi men (started only last week)
- grip exercises ("tighten the towel") - no footwork
- one hand (left)
- two hands (right stays light)
- step forward & sqeeze (just extending arms, no hit), back to kamae
- forward and back non-stop (no hit, just extend)
- add the hit, focusing on slicing forward
- taiatari
- Oji / Shikake
- so far only worked briefly on debana, nuki, suriage & harai
...