2 coffees and a low cal blog in the morning

before i forget last nights class...

sensei said to prioritize using a weapon if in hand. so we practiced targeting to pressure points with this little pencil like stick.

round house punch
1. step into center, drive stick into base of neck just above clavicle + parry with other hand. remember to keep stick at hips, not up and waving in front of uke
2. hitch step to outside, windmill the attacking arm, stick hand catches punch between elbow and ribs, drive point of stick into uke's floating rib. drive in stick like upper cut, not with hips. other hand does palm heel to chin for take down. can finish with tiger lock on ground

forward punch
1. strike thru + hitch step, directly point/stab stick into pressure point in neck
2. parry, hitch step, stab at base of neck, use stab, plus grab other shoulder for rear take down, finish with taisabaki
3. boom boom sweep. stab at elbow, then at base of neck + sweep

lapel grab
1. on same side as armed hand: step back, smack face, same hand catches attacking hand + set up for nikkyu, stab at back of neck after take down
2. on opposite side of armed hand: was it step in stab up to neck, then right back down to base of neck? damn, brain freeze.

same side wrist grab
1. nikkyu. remember to catch attacking and keep it trapped with free hand. put off balance as free hand pulls uke hand off armed hand. armed hand now stabs uke behind neck
2. uke attacks unarmed wrist. step to outside + stab at lower ribs and keep momentum forward so uke takes forward roll. stab is like a counterclockwise turn of wrist/arms.

* be sure to point stick into armpit, by riding down length of arm for targeting

foot sweep from outside (kosoto gari?)
2 shoteis + outside footsweep. if uke does not go down, switch to leg sweep w/ arm across uke body for take down.