Mr. Planas was visiting Hudson Kenpo in New Hampshire this weekend. Mr. Hogan and Mr. Planas discussed topics for the seminar, but didn't land on any one specific thing. So, I think Mr. Planas just started vamping.
There may have been about 45 or 50 attendees at the seminar. The majority of which were Black and brown belts. I noticed, perhaps, a handful of green belts, one purple, and two yellow belts.
The seminar touched on the idea of grafting techniques. We started with Flashing Mace. Mr. Planas shortcuted the technique to eliminate the 'turn your back' portion of the technique. We grafted into Leaping Crane. We grafted into Snapping Twig. We grafted into some wrist locks and take downs. I think there were a couple of other technique grafts in the mix as well.
Mr. Planas hit many of his favorite motives:
- Establish a base.
- Eliminate any extra motion.
- Weak basics, weak techniques. Strong basics, strong techniques.
- Kenpo works because of "Pain, Realistic Position and Reaction".
As usual, Mr. Planas worked the brain much harder than working the body. There were quite a few comments from attendees that they were mentally drained after a couple of hours. I heard the term 'overload' from quite a few people.
I managed to get a private lesson in before the seminar. Mr. Planas and I worked a bit on the Two-Man Set (enough to send me back to the tape for another four viewings). We discussed the Prance of the Tiger/Shield and Mace technique pairing in Form Four. And then quickly ran through Long Form 2. We also ran through the technique 'Taming the Mace'.
Fun, Fun, Fun.
