Sensei hit that point in training where he wanted to try something different. I totally appreciate when we hit this point. Usually an indication that we've hit a plateau and need to shake it up.
As a group we don't focus on weapons a great deal. I'm always interested because I have such a minimal exposure. I have three bo (staff) kata, but have largely forgotten them.
Yesterday we studied a short kata from the Yammani-Ryu school, Donyu Kun Ichi (Introduction Staff One). Reed went into a lot of description about why we were doing what we were doing, but we completed it by the end of the time. Apparently it continues to gain complexity in the second form, but uses the same pattern.
Here is a nice example of what we learned.
We are a bit more vigorous.
In other news - It's been slightly over a year since I took my Nidan exam. I've got two years to go before my exam. I'm really hoping that the pandemic is managed by then. My classmate Mary-Ann is going for her Yondan which sounds stressful. All wrapped up at the school and possibly get Covid or do it at home via video conference where things are so separate.
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