Dojo and Chocolate

Blog 4
May 28

Yesterday, we went on a trip to Brooklyn New York to train at the Imperial Dragon Hombu Dojo. The trip was worth it, even though we had little time for one day. The practice at the dojo was very painful! My knuckles are still in pain and purple from punching the body armor!  However, I learned how to escape from a grab. This technique was very effective because it puts me in full control of the battle but yet the technique was so simple and effortless.

This project is making me wish I had continued karate during my younger years.

Gray Bees Entered the Dragon

Our project traveled to Brooklyn, NY and had an informative and wonderful training session at the Shorinjiryu Kenryukan Imperial Dragon Hombu Dojo. Many thanks to Hanshi Myron Lubitsch and Nidan Dai Decland Paul-Roper for their warm hospitality.

 

Today in class we reviewed our notes from the first week. We also watched the comedy Balls of Fury for Fun Friday.

Stances , blocks , and styles .

Today we went over all the stances, blocks, styles and their founders. Sensei Riley wrote the translations in English so we as a class could have a better understanding of them and to make sure we know these terms for the final exam on Monday. We also watched the movie Balls of Fury, which was a very funny movie. It contained a mixture of ping pong and martial arts. The part that I enjoyed the most was when the girl beat up all those guys when they disrespected her by touching her inappropriately. So far it's been a good day and I'm hoping to learn more new things.

We are in our last few days of the History of Martial Arts project with Sansei Riley and we are reviewing what's going to be on our final.  Today we saw the movie Balls of Fury and it was hilarious! The movie had some martial arts scenes in it and they were well choreographed. I wish I had more time in the project to be honest.

Today we saw a good movie called Balls of Fury. It was so funny! Also we reviewed many of the styles we've studied in the martial arts project. I want to spend more time in this class because I have learned some really good stuff that can help me in the future. Now I know that karate is not all about killing people, but it's for defending and protecting yourself and others.

Daily Journal

Today we saw Balls of Fury. It was a good movie and pretty hilarious too! We reviewed notes in our notebook about different styles, stances, origins of the style and founders of the styles.