First training‏

Morning (evening for you all)

We've just completed our first training with Master Jedut (head coach of the Polish National team and all around technical wizz and motivational legend).

The session involved some very creative games, warm-up exercises and then A LOT of leg control... Things were getting pretty freaky by the time we were doing 6 or 7 kicks off one leg from jumping, spinning to posing without lowering leg... Watching some of the redbelts behind me left me feeling a little wanting with regards to my leg control...Let's just say they didn't seem fazed by pumping out multiple sets of 70 perfect consecutive high turning / side / reverse hooking - turning kicks (as in head height without putting the leg down) without so much as blinking.

Mark was working particularly hard, being up front with his stripes and all he must've been pulled up to demonstrate half of the leg-control exercises / combinations by Master Jedut... Sucker ;) That's why I stayed 1st dan for 7 years matey.

Just for a little background Master Jedut has consistently produced generation after generation of world champions, primarily in patterns and sparring. He is also the coach of Jaroslaw Suska (3 time 4th Dan patterns world champion and something like 14 time European champion) - for those who don't know, just type in "Suska moon moo" to you-tube and you'll see why he is the man :)

So it was a cool experience for Mark (Suska's number one contender) to be coached by the man who helped Suska reach his exceptional standards in patterns. Nice.

After lunch this afternoon we have a competition sparring specific session. Every evening throughout the camp there is a choice of self-defense with a expert in the area or 1 on 1 consultation availiable.

Catch up with ya later this evening (your morning) or possibly tomorrow morning (your evening)...
Until then.

Carlo