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In an effort to promote healthy interaction among members of the Martial Arts community at MIT, and to better appreciate the strengths and essences of the diverse styles represented here, the Martial Arts clubs at MIT are holding a series of joint seminars and activities. Each club will take turns to "educate" the other clubs with respect to its style's techniques, emphasis, and philosophy. Representatives of all Martial Arts are welcome, as are members of all MA clubs (over thirteen of them here at MIT) and of course all newcomers looking for an excellent introduction to a Martial Art. We hope to share insights into our respective arts while simultaneously developing a spirit of cooperation and healthy respect between schools. At the same time, we would like to learn something for ourselves during sparring exercises with random people of unknown styles. In the longer term, our aim is to make our clubs better known inside the community and throughout MIT as well as to increase visibility of the Martial Arts at MIT in general. |
The Shotokan Karate Club is pleased to invite the MIT Martial Arts community to an open seminar held by Sensei Kazumi Tabata. Sensei Tabata is an 8th degree black belt and in direct line from the founder of Shotokan Karate, Funakoshi Gichin, through Master Isao Obata. He is the head of the North American Karate Federation as well as the New England Collegiate Karate Conference of which the MIT Shotokan club is a member. The purpose of this seminar is to give an insight into Shotokan Karate for Martial Arts practitioners at MIT and an introduction for interested newcomers. Instructors and students of all levels are welcome to attend. Sensei Tabata will take us through a warm up as well as an introduction to Shotokan techniques. There will be a series of exercises that show the offensive and defensive applications of the techniques. We will practice the techniques in limited sparring rounds. Sensei will also review the philosophy of Shotokan Karate as it pertains to the martial arts as a whole. Finally, we will do some Kobo exercises. This is a rare opportunity to participate in a seminar with one of the few great Japanese Karate masters currently residing in the United States. We hope this event will be the first of many in which clubs at MIT share with us and the community their spiritual path and techniques. We have confidently called it the Premiere of the Open Workout Series! Participants should wear gear they are comfortable in. For newcomers that means dress to sweat, you are going to move a lot. Everybody else should wear their habitual uniforms. A note on sparring and protective gear. We emphasise control!!!! Generally we wear little protective gear during practice. We hold the seminar in the wrestling room to minimize the risk of any injury. Most of the sparring drills will be in the form of restricted or prearranged drills. There *may* be supervised free sparring among advanced students but it will not be a critical part of the program, and definitely, no one will be expected to continue sparring beyond a level of intensity they are comfortable with. We don't impose any limits on the techniques you can use. However, we ask you to only use techniques you can execute with sufficent control to avoid injury in your sparring partner. As a general rule, don't make more than light contact with the head and avoid sensitive body zones. Feel free to bring sparring gear, such as pads and guards. (No swords or armour, though, and we don't wear helmets). Please take the opportunity to come and join us Sunday at MIT Dupont Gym. The seminar is free of charge. |
The MIT Judo Club invites you to an Open Workout introduction to grappling. This seminar is geared toward martial artists accustomed to kicking, punching, or slicing, rather than grappling. Newcomers to martial arts are also welcome. We encourage anyone with an interest in close combat to participate. Evolved from Jujitsu late in the 19th century, Judo takes its techniques from the Japanese tradition of grappling. In this energetic art, you learn to use your opponent's momentum to your advantage with throws, sweeps, and pins, as well as other techniques. Inherent in practicing this art, students must actively learn the principles of "maximum efficiency with minimum effort" and "mutual welfare and benefit." Judo was the first martial art to enter Olympic competition. Schedule: 10:00-11:30 Basic falling (ukemi): back fall, side fall, and tumbling fall 11:30-12:30 Stances, stepping, offbalancing, and basic throwing techniques: ogoshi, osotogari, and tai-otoshi 12:30-1:30 Basic mat work: pins (kesa gatame, kami shiho gatame, and tate shiho gatame) and perhaps a choke or arm bar. Before any instruction in Judo can start, students need to know instinctively how to take a proper fall. The first part of the seminar will include discussion, instruction, and practice in this essential aspect of safety. These skills will help you in any martial art you practice, and they come in handy when you slip and fall in the street. At 11:30, discussion and practice of Judo will begin with standing techniques and continue with ground techniques. If students of other grappling arts wish to join the seminar at this point, they are welcome; however, they must warm up and stretch on their own, and they must possess an innate sense of proper falling. For safety reasons, new members of the Judo Club do not start free sparring in class in their first month, and we encourage new judoka to start competing only after several months of dedicated training. With a room full of players inexperienced in grappling safety at the Open Workout seminar, we will not perform any free sparring with throwing techniques that day; however, we will leave some time before the end of the seminar for free play in mat work. Attire and equipment: Please wear sturdy workout clothing that can withstand a little tugging. Long sleeves and long pants are a must. Women should wear t-shirts under their gis or dobaks because uniforms follow the law of entropy quickly and dramatically in this art. Judo involves no striking, so elbow and shin pads will not be necessary. For safety, no metallic or inflexible objects should be brought to practice: no jewelry, watches, or barrettes can be worn; men should not use hard cups and women should opt for athletic bras rather than underwire. If you normally use a ponytail elastic, may we suggest bringing two? Please neatly cut all fingernails and toenails. Instructor: Shodan Anne Dunning will lead the seminar. With 7.5 years experience in the martial arts, she has trained primarily in Atlanta under 7th dan Master and world champion Nakjun Kim, then in South Korea under 8th dan Grand Master and Montreal bronze medalist Jea Ki Cho; she currently trains at Tohoku Judo Club in Somerville under 5th dan Clark Edson. In addition to Judo, she has spent some time learning the basics of Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido. In competition, she has earned a silver medal for Judo in this year's Bay State Games and five gold medals in Judo and Tae Kwon Do competition in previous years' Georgia State Games. She has headed the MIT Judo Club for a little over a year. Future Judo Seminars: We hope to hold an Open Workout on Judo For Grapplers in the Spring Term. This more advanced seminar will assume participants have a trained instinct for proper falling and grappling safety. The session will cover more complex standing techniques, sacrifice throws, and ground work, as well as basic rules of competition Judo. Participants will engage in combination techniques, counter attacks, and continuous play. We will offer this seminar free of charge. In the latter half of the Spring semester, we also anticipate bringing Master Nakjun Kim to Cambridge for a more specialized session. Master Kim has earned 7th dan in Judo, 6th dan in Tae Kwon Do, and 1st dan in Kendo. He competed at the Olympic level and won the Master's division world championship in 1989. Master Kim will conduct a seminar including strategy and advanced techniques. This seminar will fall outside of the purview of the Open Workout series and will involve a $20 fee to cover costs; we will welcome people with a background in grappling arts who want to participate. |
I would like to invite you all to the Boston Wing Tsun Club's first open seminar with Sifu Jeff Webb . Sifu Jeff is a 3rd Level Technician of Wing Tsun and a direct student of Grand Master Leung Ting. The open portion of the seminar will have the following layout and prices: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Demonstration and Explanation of WingTsun (free) 3:00pm - 5:00pm Portion of the seminar for non-WT folks ($50) The demonstration will outline the principle theories and tactics of Wing Tsun. Since Wing Tsun is very different from most martial arts, I am sure you will all find it very interesting. People who attend the next portion of the seminar will get a more hands on picture of Wing Tsun with drills, techniques, and forms. If you think there's any chance you'll stay for this portion, bring workout clothes (sweats and t-shirt for example). For additional information, contact Justin Weir. |
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