Jul 31st, 2007 by doug in Karate Workouts
Good class again.
We spent a great deal of time working on our back stance with knife hand block moves. We would move in to a back stance with knife hand block but on an angle toward the corner behind us and then move forward into a back stance knife hand block. We did a lot [...]
Jul 30th, 2007 by doug in Weight Workouts
This is my first real weight workout in some time. I just couldn’t get back in to the groove for some reason but I know that I need to get stronger if I want my Karate to improve. I am using the heavier weights and lower reps to try and train my central [...]
Jul 27th, 2007 by doug in Karate Workouts
Lots of kicks and then more kicks. That was the theme for both classes.
We did rep after rep of roundhouse kicks, front snap kicks and side thrust kicks. Our Sensei showed us some self defense moves. One example is bringing the leg up like a front snap kick and from that position [...]
Jul 26th, 2007 by doug in Karate Workouts
We couldn’t make class because my wife was not feeling well so I worked out by myself.
I started with a quick warmup then got right in to it.
Standing slow side thrust kicks – 15 each leg.
While holding a horse stance, 30 front punches, 20 rising blocks, 10 inward blocks, 10 outward blocks, 20 double punches [...]
Jul 24th, 2007 by doug in Karate Class
Very hard class!
I spent a lot of time stretching before class and it seemed that my hips were very loose.
Our Sensei had us work on some serious conditioning. We spent most of the class in a horse stance.
We started in a horse stance and did 30 front punches and 60 double punches. Although [...]
