HarvardKarateClub SenseiJohnSeifertSeminar

On Sunday April 2, 2023, Sensei John Seifert came to teach a Karate seminar fortheHarvardKarateClub.SenseiJohn is a 5th Dan in the JKA, and has trained with Sensei Bob Jacobs. He has competed in Japan and has had a successfulcompetitioncareerinkumite. His class was focused fundamentals, andhowtobeawareofwhereyourhips and head are when moving so that the bodymovesuniformlybothforwardand backward. With these fundamentals, he thentaughtseveralkumitedrillsfocused on covering distance on an opponent and making sure to understand where thebodyneedstobetodelivereffective power. Lastly, he gave students the opportunitytopracticetheircurrentkata andgavefeedbackbasedonthedetails fromthekihonportionofhisclass.

On Sunday April 9, 2023, Lorraine Sin taught a seminar indoors at MIT focused on kata review. With kyu exams coming up for the college and alumstudentsaswellas Danpromotionsoverthe summer, Lorraine did a kata review to help students. Each student focused on their current kata and went through many rounds in the trainingsession.Lorraine gave feedback to each student, and then let students incorporate that feedback before looking at their kata again to give the next stageoffeedback.There were Heian kata, Tekki kata, Sentei kata, and other advanced black belt kata all practiced together in the Karate trainingatMIT.