2023 CLASS FORMAT

CLASS FORMAT

The Class format has pretty much been standard for the last Decade or so:


Double Stix at Start

which would flow into single stick and knife
any other weapons


"Bit in the middle"

which would include
Unarmed
Kempo, Karate, Koppo
WC and NRG

sometimes we put down mats for TD and Newaza


KB

which would mean pads on and any impact work such as focus mitts and thai pads
partner drills

KB sparring at end


So the format for Double stix at start, KB sparring at the end, with everything else in the middle, evolved naturally in our first couple of years and we have stuck to that



The NEW format which we have been developing:


Double sticks at start

Other weapons


NRG, WC, Trapping


KB Sparring

impact, pads on, sparring


MATS down

Beyond sparring
Kempo and Koppo with TD
JJ and Newaza


The major change in the "New Second" format is the KB bit is in the middle, after we progress from Weapons to Unarmed, THEN we put the mats down


Some of this was influenced by the recent year's GRASS training where there is no "KB bit at the end" so is all Weapons and Unarmed - TDs would depend on if the Grass was dry enough, and Weapons depended on the sunlight, so this was very much Seasonal, with early and late Season seeing Weapons only possible in the first hour


Early and Late Season Grass would often be

Weapons
Unarmed
Close Range

Summer Season could well see us doing Weapons all through the session and would often involve TD and Ground


See if this Year's GRASS goes the same way


The two DOJO formats are of course interchangeable, depending on what we are looking to develop and progress at the time