Pascal Durchon’s seminar in Warsaw – 7 March 2026

The seminar programme covered basic kumijo kata, including attacks at jodan, chudan and gedan. We revised material from two years ago. As uke, in response to tori's reception of the attack, we worked on both stepping in (irimi) and turning (tenkan). Both allow one to remain in the action until the very end, despite losing one's balance. As tori, we worked on shifting our weight onto the leading leg and stepping off the line of attack. We worked on our timing.