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The new year of 2006 started off with a
weekend of intense training for the
Brown & Black belt training in beautiful
downtown Yahk, BC. The Rocky Mountain
Kyokushin Dojo sponsored the first Rocky
Mountain Kyokushin Training Camp for
senior belts and was limited to 30-40
participants. 26 intrepid souls attended
the weekend from Vancouver, the Okanagan,
the Kootenays, & Alberta. To facilitate
this camp
the community hall in the community of
Yahk was booked for the event. The Rocky
Mountain Dojo members, under the
direction of Wendy Corrigal were
responsible for providing the food &
food preparation for the weekend.
The camp included 6 training sessions as
follows:
Friday:
7-9pm - Fighting Training,
Saturday:
6-8am, Advanced kata;
10-12, Goshin jitsu;
2-4, Fighting
training;
6-8pm, Goshin jitsu
Sunday:
6-8am, Advanced kata,
Instruction was provided by Don Corrigal,
the senior instructor of the Rocky
Mountain Dojo. The weekend was designed
to provide the trainees with an intense
Kyokushin experience which transcended
their normal Kyokushin dojo training.
The training was directed towards the
reality of fighting in the dojo and in
the real world, and so was less specific
to tournament fighting. As such the mats
were brought out and the technique was
designed to encompass all aspects of
Kyokushin from gendo ma-ai (2 step
distance) and recognizing the head &
groin as viable targets, up to and
including close quarter fighting and
goshin jitsu with the inclusion of ukemi
waza, katamewaza
(grappling techniques),
newaza (ground work), nage waza (major
throws), shime-waza
(chokes or strangles) &
kansetsu waza (joint locks). Also
covered in the goshin jitsu sessions was
the happo no kuzushi.
Two sessions were devoted to advanced
kata. Each kata session was divided into
4 – 30 min sections for 4 different
katas. Nahant, Passaic, Sushi, and Sepia
were covered in depth. The bonsai was
covered in both the kata sessions and
the goshin jitsu sessions.
The 2 fighting sessions were devoted to
footwork – distancing, timing, abaci and
bag work. Counter fighting was covered
in pair work.
When the group was not training, they
were eating, talking or sleeping. The
eating & sleeping were done in the
training hall. This was conducive to
mingling and discussion amongst the
participants. As has been tradition in
the past, a small cup of sake followed
each training session. The sake was
served by the most senior sepias in
attendance to the participants as a
thank you for their hard training. At
the end of each session the senior
sepias would decide who amongst the
participants trained the hardest and the
individual was awarded 1 pound of
Kicking Horse Coffee generously provided
by Sempai Leo Johnston, the founder &
owner of Kicking Horse Coffee, also in
attendance at the camp.
The Rocky Mountain Dojo would like to
thank those participants that came from
the other areas of western Canada to
take part. Thank you for your training
and friendship.
See you next year in beautiful Yahk,
BC.
Osu!
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