ADULT SEMINAR DAY 2019
On Saturday, February 9, 2019, the American Martial Arts Institute held its annual Adult Seminar Day at its main location in New Hartford, New York.
The Adult seminar provides our students ages 18 and older with a unique day of training. The seminar is taught by Grandmaster Crandall, Master Stalloch and the Master Instructors with assistance from our certified black belt instructors. This year 21 students and 18 instructors participated. The seminar began at 9 am with a class on Standing Waza, a series of techniques which compliment the Seiza Waza. These techniques are part of the American Eagle Style and required as part of rank testings.
At 10 am, the students were split into four groups to focus on handgun and long gun self defense techniques. Each group focused on a different assault scenario, and all groups rotated to learn responses to all four scenarios. At 11 am, we held our annual weapon's competition, which is part of the seminar. The purpose of the competition is to allow our students to experience tournament competition in a safe and traditional format. The katas were judged by the Master Instructors. After the awards were given, the seminar broke for a brief lunch.
