[jaydicassdhy]

Originally posted by Confound
I recently switched schools, So you finally decided to leave your dojo afterall...lol, i guess it was for the best then, or was it for some other reason? Anyhoo, your new dojo sounds quite funny...on the subject of kakarikeiko, i can't really assist you on that because i am of the cocroache class meaning i am a total begginer...

[JewJoleSole]

Anyhoo, your new dojo sounds quite funny...on the subject of kakarikeiko, i can't really assist you on that because i am of the cocroache class meaning i am a total begginer.. Heh...yeah...sounds like some feelgood/mighty ducks/Waterboy type movie script. You know, helpless team, gets new coach to bring them to shape...heh

Total Beginner, eh?

Should we call you Kenshin or Dr Gokiburi?

Hee Hee
Meng

[Reftsheette]

IMO, the most important things in being motodachi for kakarigeiko/uchikomigeiko are:

(1) getting out of the way quickly;
(2) re-establishing toma quickly after receiving a strike

[Abaronos]

Confound, if they can't take a hint, make it clear. Present the same opening, again and again and again, until they recognise it and cut correctly. Don't accept any other cuts (ie, block them). Make them do the same cut at least 4-5 times. You really don't have to tell them anythting. Through repetition, they'll quickly understand what is required.

I'm sure you would have had some experience when the sensei has made you do kakarigeiko and wont let you stop until you do that large men that they wanted. Next time you square up to them, you know what they want. Use the same principle with your students.

Obviously, if they have no idea to start with, you will need to explain what cut they should do with which opening. That done, they have no excuse.

Hope this helps.

[18holesin]

I observed a good instructor say of kakarigeiko:

-go as fast as you can, but not so fast that your technique sucks

-go as soon as you see the opening

-if your receiver gets out of the way, GO THROUGH, but if you feel the least bit of resistance, stop, tsuba-zerai, and cut backwards quickly and cleanly. Then go again.

[aaaaaaahabbbby]

Hey, Mr Gokiburi! (aka. Kenshin) What are you still doing here?! I saw you in my friend's kitchen last night! Hmmnnn...obviously you survived the good stomping I gave you.

Drat! Next time I use Bug Spray!

Heh

Meng

[TypeTeasiaDer]

Originally posted by Confound
A gokiburi is a cockroach

c ....lol

[CreativeAcrobate]

Originally posted by KhawMengLee


Drat! Next time I use Bug Spray!

You'll have to try harder than that if you really want to get rid of me...i'm an unkillable cockroach, well at least i like to think of it that way.

[carline]

Originally posted by Confound
...they're doing really bizarre stuff now that honestly doesn't look very useful. Do tell us more about the kimyoona stuff. Well, at least I'm interested

[Bonioners]

I usually serve as motodachi for shushinsha and mudansha.
In uchikomi geiko, I use to open the target an instant before the partner reaches toma no maai, so he has time to do correct kihon waza (ookiku). For kakari geiko, keep the chudan no kamae steady and wait for the partner to break it with seme. You may lower or raise a little the kensen to allow different kinds of harai and uchiotoshi waza. If the partner is sloppy or out of guard/concentrarion, moto strikes as well, and blocks poor cuts.

[kSmica]

Originally posted by Confound


I suck, honestly. i'm only ikkyu, and i've only studied for a year, that's why i'm concerned about being a good motodachi, and giving students the best training that I am able to give. They have no sensei, and the one old man who comes in to teach only drops in occasionally. Though I'm not an expert, i owe it to them to do the best that I can, with my pitiful skills.

c Don't be so hard on yourself, it will be a nice experience for you to be teaching others already, i think if there is a kendo sensai that posts in these forums, what they probably would post in the "whats the best things about kendo" post is that, to teach and give others the ability to experience kendo, and to be part of their mental development for life, in which they will have gained through the process of learning and applying the concepts of kendo into their everyday lives...well lets hope so anyway. so keep at it, and be more optomistic about it, that way it will also translate through your teaching. Also considering all the bad that you have experienced in your life at the moment, i guess this is the best opportunity for you to correct those many things that keep bugging you...

P.S who is this Dr. Gokuburi, sorry but we cocroache folk are very uncultured...