20.6.06

Tonight was a special combined class held at Wellington Point. Not only some of the Capalaba students were there but also students from Victoria Point, Algester and Wellington Point attended. With over 50 students training including 5 black belts and numerous brown belts it looked like being a fantastic class. Sensei Laurie, Sensei Ben, Sensei Des, Sensei Maurice and I were looking forward to putting the Redlands ( and the ring-ins from Algester) through their paces.
We started off with basics and moved into kumite combinations with the red belts and above
being challenged by Sensei Ben and his sweeping techniques. The rest of the class practised their attack and defense techniques (or as Sensei Laurie says 'being the Sith or the Jedi') on each other leading up to some sparring later in the class.













Kata groups were formed and some expert advice was passed on by the instructors. Some of the Black Belts demonstrated kata Kanku-Dai and then we moved on to the fun part of any class...KUMITE!
Everyone seemed to being having fun and most important of all learning something new. Sometimes it is good to experience another instructors teaching techniques which is why we encourage you all to train more than once a week. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses and this includes the way people teach. Variety is the spice of life. Get out there and do some dojo hopping. Meet some new people and experince a new atmosphere. As long as you always turn up on a Wednesday night...I'm ok with it :)













The combined class was a huge success and we have plans to make this a regular event. Hopefully about every 3 months and in different dojos. There is talk that the next one will be at Capalaba and I have no doubt all my students would love to be there.
See you tomorrow night
Sensei Rochelle