Gabe Hamilton - Week 2 - Day 2

Plan:


Day 2
Forms (Bottom to Top)
One-Steps (Add 16 - 20)
Self-Defense (Add Green Belt)


Another productive lesson. Forms have shown much improvement - Gabe is working on them outside of our normal time. We are up to speed on one-steps & only require more practice to have them down. Lastly, self-defense added Green Belt (Lapel grabs).


Forms
1) Chun-Ji
---One run through of this form. No count.

---Looking good.


2) Dan-Gun
---One run through of this form. No count.

---Very good. Some minor stance work but no problems.


3) Do-San
---Two run throughs of this form. No count.

---Some minor catches in the top part of the form. Easily corrected.


4) Won-Hyo
---Two run throughs of this form. No count.

---Looking good. Transition to the front stance - circular block needs some work.


5) Yol-Guk
---Two run throughs of this form. No count.

---In good shape. Some tweaks here & there, but no problems that stand out.


6) Choong-Gun
---Three run throughs of this form. No count.

---Some work needed coming back down the line. Very good in the first 1/2.


7) Toi-Gye
---Two run throughs of this form. No count.

---In some ways, better than Choong-Gun. Some work at the end but good otherwise.


8) Hwa-Rang
---Three run throughs of this form. No count.

---In good shape. Some stance work needed & turns at top need some time.


One-Steps
---Ran through 1 - 15. Minor issues on 12, 13, 14 but still in good shape.

---Introduced 16 - 20. Good so far. 17, 18 need the most work. Time will fix this.


Self-Defense
1) White belt
---Looking strong due to tons of experience with wrist grabs.


2) Yellow belt
---Chokes coming along nicely. No issues.


3) Orange belt
---Hair grabs are solid. No noticeable work needed.


4) Green belt
---Introduced tonight.

---Will need time to memorize but the knowledge/experience is already there.


Training was approximately 1 hour, 15 minutes. Class flow is strong because Gabe is practicing outside of this time & showing improvement on each form & technique with every lesson.

Next class, we will continue on forms; work on 1 - 20 for one-steps & introduce Blue belt for self-defense. I think we can have Gabe do a few forms on his own (without me doing them beside him) by Day 2 of Week 3. Chun-Ji to Do-San are ready for this.