Episode 9. Above is a free 5 minute extended clip, but you can watch the full 60 minute commentary video of this session on Vimeo On Demand. Purchase of the video lends support to legends of the ring as Karuhat gets 55% of the net proceeds; patrons get a substantial discount (you can purchase Episode 10 after the trailer below, or look to Episode 9 in the full list):
The previous session was all about Karuhat’s relaxed but flexing, relentless style, and in this session I try to get “on beat”, by which I mean getting into that rhythm where seemingly every step results in a strike or a check on my behalf, and every step down on his behalf results in the same for me. It’s like a continuous conversation of movements in and out, side to side, always conscious of the open side, always guiding toward the power side or to the corners. There’s a lot in this session because being “off beat” in a way shows the contours of the beat. I also call this the trampoline quality of his style, in the sense that each step down has a kind of momentum or propulsion, a flex.
