Camp Kodenkan South, 2010

Aloha Sensei, black belts and alumni campers!

We are yet again at the point of announcing Camp South with pleasure 2010! This year we will be at Camp Fox in the San Diego mountains. We will have exams on Friday and our usual class schedule and events over the full weekend.

I wish this year to extend a welcome to those who have not yet attended camp before or to those with whom it has been some time. We all have so many demands on our time and money these days, we within the AJJF, tend to pick our favorites and miss other wonderful events available to us. I remember the times when a few events a year was all there was! But those days are gone and I for one am very happy with all the possibilities open to us within the AJJF DZR experience.

Nevertheless, we hope for those who have not come might consider this year attend camp. For those who come yearly we thank you and look forward to seeing you this year as well!
Camp offers 6 meals, sleeping quarters and all the classes at one location. This year the fee will be the same as last year, that being: $180.00! This is 6 meals, room and all classes. We also will transport those who come in by plane at the San Diego airport to and fro.

There will be an email coming soon giving all the details about camp and who is teaching, classes, etc. But for now, let me announce the weekend it falls on each year is the first weekend of December. This year that will be Friday the 3rd, Saturday the 4th and Sunday the 5th.

Hope you will consider camp in your choices this year, we know you will enjoy it to the max! I'll write soon with more info but in the meantime feel free to write or call me At;

480-686-6118
RHudson602@aol.com

Regards,

Professor Robert Hudson
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November 1, 2010
Aloha Sensei and black belters


As promised here is the second letter regarding camp this year. As mentioned in my previous email, we will be hosting Camp South December 3,4,5,2010. This year will be at Camp Fox.

The fee this year is the same as last year which includes six meals, 2 nights room and all training. The fee is $180.00. Also, if you need a ride from the airport we can arrange for that. This years theme is Ho Omana...This means to develop and recognize your innate capacity to attain whatever you set your mind and body toward. That the way we train determines the extent of our success. We hope then to offer instructors insights as to how they have attained what they have and what personal methods they have used alongside their DZR training to get there.

Please go to ProfHudson.com to get the application form. It will ask you pertinent questions for us to help you get to camp and take care of any special needs you may have. It will give you location, times and where to send your fees to.

Please do everything you can to get your registration in as soon as possible and if you have any concerns please email me to discuss.

My email address is

Rhudson602@aol.com

Or you can call me at

480-686-6118

Looking forward to seeing you there! Also, I offer my full support and best
wishes for those taking their black belt exams at camp. It will be a great place
and way for you to take such an exam. Best of luck!


Sincerely,

Professor Bob Hudson

Catch A Punch

If you can catch a baseball you can catch a punch.

—Hanshi Willie Adams

Centering

This entry on Centering was created because I realized that when Grand Master Willie Adams used the term he meant something completely different from what I think of when I hear the term Center.

When I talk about center I mean the center of the physical body, the wuji point (click on figure for more information) and connection to the ground. When Hanshi speaks of centering he is speaking of remaining on the center line of attack, not tipping or swaying from side to as you move. The following is what I learned from Hanshi Willie Adams at his seminar down at the dojo last month. (Yes, I wrote things down after the seminar and have been working with the concepts on the mat.) This is my understanding of centering. (The seminar was public and very basic. I can only imagine the significance of centering in Hanshi Adams teachings.)

Centering = Step + Set

1. Weight distributed equally between the two feet. Weight on the balls of the feet.
2. Head stays on the center line, the line of attack, during a step.
3. 10% weight shift during a step.
4. Ball of foot skims the ground, toes up.
5. During circle step the leg movement covers the groin (45° angle.)
6. Weight shifts back to 50/50 before the set (stepping foot plants.)

This circle step with centering is not unlike the Archer Step we do in Yiquan.

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After digesting the principal of centering and incorporating it with another of Hanshi's ideas, "throwing" a punch/kick, I realized that Isshinryu Karate is primarily a linear system. It gets its speed and effectiveness from direct shortest–distance movements.

Direct force—swiftly applied.

Effect of Kiai on Perception

Sinnett S, Kingstone A (2010) A Preliminary Investigation Regarding the Effect of Tennis Grunting: Does White Noise During a Tennis Shot Have a Negative Impact on Shot Perception? PLoS ONE 5(10): e13148. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013148

Tennis Players' Grunts May Slow Opponents' Reactions: Scientific American Podcast. A recent study shows the negative impact that noise can have when one is attempting to predict where a tennis ball will land.

Duh! Kiai effects people and animals.

Tanju Notes

Notes from Professor Lane's class on Tanju No Maki at the 2010 AJJF Black Belt Weekend, Sonora hosted by Mountain Storm Jujitsu.

• Use the one inch punch; fist, elbow and knee. Particularly useful for the Hibara Hazushi above the elbow.
  

• No intent. (Exercise: catch house flies with you hand, they sense your intent.)

• If someone is confronting you in this context they need a lesson, break something.