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Excited about Sensei Wicks' clinic

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:03 pm
by majin29
I'm looking forward to attending the clinic on Sept 9th in Brampton (Ontario Canada) given by Sensei Jon Wicks. Has anyone on this forum spent time studying under him? My sensei said to expect learning some advanced waza. I'm only green belt to I'm really excited about broadening my wado knowledge and skills. Currently I'm working on improving spinning back kick. My inner ear isn't the greatest so any quick head turns get me a little off kilter.

Re: Excited about Sensei Wicks' clinic

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 7:30 pm
by shep
Hi David

I've never trained with Sensei John Wicks. Some of my friends from my club have and only say good things about him. I believe he is a fine technician and he was Suzuki's no.2 so that must speak volumes.

shep

Re: Excited about Sensei Wicks' clinic

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:27 pm
by majin29
Cannot wait!

Re: Excited about Sensei Wicks' clinic

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 2:43 pm
by kato
Hi David,

Sensei Jon Wicks is an excellent teacher and a very strong fighter. Wicks has been training Wado every day for more than 40 years, and he used to have private lessons with Dr. Suzuki 3 days a week. He has been a full time instructor for decades, running app. 20 clubs before he became SuzukiĀ“s successor. He is in great shape so you can expect hard training!

I used to think of him primarily as a fighter (he has won all major wado titles) but his traditional wado is fantastic. His timing and control of distance and angle of attack is world class. What I like most about his teaching is that he is able to adjust the technique, timing and rythm of all students in a very short time. I enjoy his kata teaching as well.

I only went to one course with Wicks before I got 6th dan some years ago. His teaching was far better than I expected and now I try to go to as many of his courses as possible. In the past 12 months I have been to his courses in USA, England, Sweden, Norway and Ireland, and I will go to Greece and train with him in september. I have invited him to Norway twice this year. He is arriving in Bergen later today for our summer course.

Jon Wicks is a nice man with a great sense of humour. Inside the dojo he is very hard.

Re: Excited about Sensei Wicks' clinic

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:17 pm
by majin29
Thanks kato! There's one segment of his seminar on YouTube that looks really compelling so I'm really excited about this opportunity.

Re: Excited about Sensei Wicks' clinic

Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:50 am
by WadoAJ
majin29 wrote:Thanks kato! There's one segment of his seminar on YouTube that looks really compelling so I'm really excited about this opportunity.
Majin, you must mean this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQCeMNuQ54M

Re: Excited about Sensei Wicks' clinic

Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 2:11 pm
by majin29
WadoAJ wrote:
majin29 wrote:Thanks kato! There's one segment of his seminar on YouTube that looks really compelling so I'm really excited about this opportunity.
Majin, you must mean this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQCeMNuQ54M
Yes, that's the one.

Re: Excited about Sensei Wicks' clinic

Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 4:53 pm
by AG1
You can also check his tachi dori demo here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=820m9FxqdNY

I concur with Cato's comments. I would only add that Suzuki Sensei groomed him for years to be WIKF's Chief Instructor.

Regards,

Re: Excited about Sensei Wicks' clinic

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:47 pm
by Gary
AG1 wrote:You can also check his tachi dori demo here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=820m9FxqdNY

I concur with Cato's comments. I would only add that Suzuki Sensei groomed him for years to be WIKF's Chief Instructor.

Regards,
I'll be honest... I thought that was dreadful.

Sorry :(

Re: Excited about Sensei Wicks' clinic

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 5:06 am
by Gusei21
Gary,

We know you are involved in koryu now so could you give us the benefit of your insight into what you are seeing?
Education is a good thing and it might help others see more clearly. No sarcasm intended at all. Genuine interest.
Its on youtube and he was doing a demo so i suppose it is fair game.
I personally have never done a Wado tachi tori in my life because It is beyond my abilities. I only do the sword defense from Shindo Yoshin Ryu but that is a different animal and I suck at it.