10/26 Springfield Class with SBN Weber

KJN has not returned from Korea yet so KJN Weber taught us again.

We had a good review of some of our basics with a concentration on utilizing the hip correctly ( the never ending quest ). I have been lax on this blog while KJN has been away but I have not yet missed a class (well I can only make it once / week). I have been posting on the SBD facebook wall pictures from each class. Last nights was a bit small with only 4 of us but this gave us the ability to really focus in on our individual needs.

SBN Weber also gave us a nice combo which is a potential for sparing.

1. From a open fighting stance accept a front kick (or other direct attack) with an unbendable arm turning the body. You should be in a sacrojip stance with your front arm (unbendable) in front of you between your legs having accepted the attack.
2. At this point you are close to your attacker and your hand is not far from the groin area. Utilizing a short twist of the hip and your body mass, a quick back fist to the groin. You should end up in a sacrojip stance again.
3. from here a short reverse punch which will not be fully extended since you are so close.

One could imagine all sort of alternative followups after the initial accepting of the attack.

i.e. after the groin attack it would be very easy to slide your front foot behind your attacker and put your front arm out in front of them across their chest or throat and sweep them down.


We also reviewed Du Moon and Jung Jul Hyungs.

This and last week SBN Weber went over 2 different meditation techniques.

1. For each breath concentrate on counting. One count for each breath up to 4 and then start over. This point of this is to concentrate on nothing else and let your body and mind just rest with one focus and only one.


2. Imagine yourself sitting at the bottom of a lake or the sea looking up from very deep down. It is silent and calm. Relax and if any disturbance enters into your mind put it into a bubble and let it float away. Again the focus is on letting everything go and letting the body and mind recover.

Missing entries

I have been to the last two classes but have not had a chance to write about it.
SBN Weber taught class.

KJN has has asked me to post pictures to facebook after each class. I tend to make the Tuesday class.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kwan-Jang-Nim-HC-Hwang/157485267781?v=wall

Other news would be that I submitted my application to start a class once/week with the town Croton-on-Hudson.

10/7 Springfield class

SBN Bonsignore taught class tonight. We had about 6 people only.

We focused mostly on hyungs:

I struggled with the basics being very tense for some reason and was only able to focus on getting through the forms. We did a good number of reps which certainly helped but I require some more self study with reps.

We (Sam Don’s) did two forms:
Du Moon
Jin Do

I also got some help with my Peet Chagee. After thinking I did a decent job on this kick or many years I discovered at a previous class that I have been twisting my upper body the wrong direction. This is going to take some re-learning. SBN Bonsignore put me in front of the mirror for 10 min which helped me get the basics correct.