Demonstration Ideas

[daks]

I have organized so many fund-raising events for the club - tonnes of sausages sizzles at the university and in the city, and raffles etc..
Sometimes we will do small demonstrations at the events like kirikaeshi, kata and balloon fights (coloured balloon on the men, first to pop it wins) but I really want to do something 'awesome'.

So I was wondering if any of you guys have done demonstrations and what training you use in them ( kirikaeshi, do kirikaeshi, etc..) I need something extra cool for the next one!!

Also for the demo's we usually only have about 5-10 people there.

[tango]

if you really want to do something awesome, choreograph a keiko...

Need to have 2 fights...
1st fight needs to include at least some kind of dou... kaeshi dou .... or hiki gyaku dou if you've got somebody who really knows how to do it well...
2nd fight ought to have one guy using jodan --- and in this exchange, you obviously need to have at least a katate tsuki

I'd stay away from trying to have someone use nito, unless you have a legit nito guy in your club.

I'd also stay away from balloon fights as part of a demo.

we typically do something like....
1. these are valid target areas.
2. this is how you properly strike these target areas.
2.a. questions from the crowd?
3. one example of kirikaeshi
4. one example of kikarigeiko or uchikomigeiko
4.a. questions from the crowd?
5. jigeiko

depending on circumstances and the number of people watching the demo, we've been known to pass around bogu parts to the crowd for them to inspect (and smell, if they want to)...

[Neil Gendzwill]

Here's an old thread with some useful ideas. Since I wrote my reply to that thread, we have been adding an oji-waza section to our demo - I usually stand in the middle surrounded by everyone else, and they all attack me while I defend with various oji-waza. Lots of energy and if I miss a few that's OK - looks flashy for the crowd.

[hl1978]

We have a couple of nito players and also a naginata group. Our biggest demo of the year is at the DC cherry blossom festival so we usually have some isshujiai and nito matches.

[rfoxmich]

Demonstrate the basic ippon, Demonstrate kirikaeshi and say what it's good for. Demonstrate a couple of 'flashy' shikake waza. Demonstrate a couple of flashy oji waza. finish with some jigeiko..that's our normal demo. If we have extra time we'll demonstrate kata first.

[tagonagy]

We've done a few demos at local schools and fairs. Our routine consists of demonstrating the basic strikes (men, kote do...), kirikaeshi, and at least one or two matches. We also demonstrate our sword forms/Iaido.

[Charlie]

Here's an old thread with some useful ideas. Since I wrote my reply to that thread, we have been adding an oji-waza section to our demo - I usually stand in the middle surrounded by everyone else, and they all attack me while I defend with various oji-waza. Lots of energy and if I miss a few that's OK - looks flashy for the crowd.

Oh, wow. Sounds cool. Got any video?

Here's one we did where we had only five minutes to present. So we just had a few lines and then right in:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sOJDXVdmas

I like to show iai, then kata, then shinai stuff to show the evolution.

[Neil Gendzwill]

Oh, wow. Sounds cool. Got any video?

Nope. But it's a fun drill you can try in your dojo. Frankly it's a pretty tough slog for anyone under 3 dan. You can simplify it for 1-2 dan people by saying "only hit men" or "only hit kote". You can further simplify by using two lines of attackers rather than a circle or even one line. Mudansha probably will just get frustrated with any variation of this drill.

There's a competition prep variation where you don't care if you complete the oji-waza, you are only trying to avoid getting hit. This simulates the situation where you are tired and/or outmatched and in a team situation where you don't want to lose but winning is unlikely. I wish I would remember to bring up this drill as an example of the difference between shinsa and shiai in those threads that crop up from time to time.

[tango]

Nope. But it's a fun drill you can try in your dojo. Frankly it's a pretty tough slog for anyone under 3 dan. You can simplify it for 1-2 dan people by saying "only hit men" or "only hit kote". You can further simplify by using two lines of attackers rather than a circle or even one line. Mudansha probably will just get frustrated with any variation of this drill.

There's a competition prep variation where you don't care if you complete the oji-waza, you are only trying to avoid getting hit. This simulates the situation where you are tired and/or outmatched and in a team situation where you don't want to lose but winning is unlikely. I wish I would remember to bring up this drill as an example of the difference between shinsa and shiai in those threads that crop up from time to time.

sooooooo must remember this for our club...