KyuExamPreparation SeminaratMIT

05/14/2023

On Sunday May 14, 2023, Vazrik Sensei led a seminar in the MIT T-Club Lounge focused on preparing students for the upcoming kyu belt exams for alum students. While many of the college students already had their kyu exams at their respective universities, the time had come for the alum students to test for their new spring 2023 rank. Vazrik Sensei reviewed the kihon requirements at the beginner, intermediate, brown belt, and then also Shodan and Nidan levels for students present who are soon to test for black belt over the summer. From there, everyone reviewed gohon kumite (5-step sparring), kihon ippon kumite (1-step sparring), and jiyu ippon kumite (semi-free sparring) to make sure they knew all of the fundamental attacks, blocks, and how to incorporate tai sabaki (body shifting) at the advancedlevels.

Finally, Vazrik Sensei gave individualized feedback to students for each of their promotion kata. There were students who performed Heian Shodan, Heian Yondan, Heian Godan, Tekki Shodan, Bassai Dai, Kanku Dai, Sochin. With each kata, Vazrik Sensei gave the top 2 or 3 bottlenecks that students needed to focus on in order to make the biggest improvement in theirrespectivekata.WeareexcitedforeveryonetopromotethisupcomingSunday!