Combination 64 resembles a dragon technique, complete with the requisite spin move. There is a double kick at the end, which is interesting, but I don’t like turning my back on my opponent unnecessarily. Overall, it’s fun and fairly easy to do.
Combination 101
This one had me stumped for a bit, as I was having trouble with the takedown. It had two versions that matched pretty well and both referenced a crescent and an inner reap. Somehow, I missed the fact that it was for uke’s left leg. We went around and around with mixed results, until a rereading set us straight. It’s a fun one. There are some good concepts in there, but the spin move seems like it adds unnecessary complexity.
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Combination 50
This one’s not in the highest echelon, but we didn’t have a left hand attack video for it. Steve Castelli did a version off a right hand punch, but it didn’t really match what we had. I still don’t know why 45-50 are usually taught off of a left handed attack, but that’s been my experience. I did have one high ranking person suggest that many of the higher combinations may have been ‘outsourced’, and that the person assigned these was left handed.
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