May 29th, 2008 by doug in Karate Class
Sensei Cieplik started class with an interesting lesson. After we finished in seiza, we always stand up and bow to Sensei. Sensei said that he was going to tell us how to bow like it was explained to him.
First, the back of our neck needs to touch the collar of our gi throughout [...]
May 27th, 2008 by doug in Karate Class
We spent a good amount of time on our warm up:
Jog to each line and back.
Shuffle to each line and back.
Low walk forward and backward across the gym
Shuffle across the gym.
Shift across the gym.
Kick our hands behind us across the gym.
Walking knee raises across the gym.
Walking while doing dynamic leg raises to the front across [...]
May 23rd, 2008 by doug in Karate Class, Karate Notes!
What a great class.
Even before class was excellent. I was able to spend a little time talking to Sensei Plocharczyk about Karate. He gave me some excellent insight.
He made a comment about taking Sensei Cieplik’s class one day. During that class he tried to do his best Karate and Sensei walked up to him and [...]
May 23rd, 2008 by doug in Karate Class
My wife wife and son still weren’t feeling well, so I went to class early to help out. I like to help out since I often warm up the classes and get some extra stretching in. It also helped make my sore shoulder feel a little better.
When time came for my class, Sensei Gatch had [...]
May 22nd, 2008 by doug in Karate Workouts
I am having a problem with my neck or shoulder and didn’t feel well enough to take class. Both my wife and son were under the weather too so we all stayed home.
I ended up doing a simple workout that I started on Monday since I felt a little better as the night went [...]
