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**77chawzence** · 03-26-2011, 12:23 PM

We look for:

- can execute all basic suburi, fumikomi-men and kiri-kaeshi
- relaxed, generally natural movement
- big swing with extended arms at the end
- coordinated footwork for suburi
- coordinated fumikomi and hit the majority of the time (2/3 in kirikaeshi)
- no issues with being shy or tentative
- no issues with safety with other players (hitting overly hard, overly aggressive etc)
- no other player-specific issues, ie some people have a particular funky way of doing something that needs fixing

This takes typically 3-6 months to accomplish. If its taking longer than 6 months, we need to evaluate whether we would serve this person and the club better by advancing them into bogu or by holding them back.

03-26-2011, 12:23 PM	#7
77chawzence Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 546 Senior Member	We look for: - can execute all basic suburi, fumikomi-men and kiri-kaeshi - relaxed, generally natural movement - big swing with extended arms at the end - coordinated footwork for suburi - coordinated fumikomi and hit the majority of the time (2/3 in kirikaeshi) - no issues with being shy or tentative - no issues with safety with other players (hitting overly hard, overly aggressive etc) - no other player-specific issues, ie some people have a particular funky way of doing something that needs fixing This takes typically 3-6 months to accomplish. If its taking longer than 6 months, we need to evaluate whether we would serve this person and the club better by advancing them into bogu or by holding them back.
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