Jun 28th, 2008 by doug in Karate Class
Since testing is over for all of us, Sensei Plocharczyk has been showing us more self defense movements. I have memorized the moves for all of my kata’s but I have to admit that I know very little about the bunkai or application of the kata even after four years now.
I am having a [...]
Jun 26th, 2008 by doug in Karate Class
Sensei Cieplik had us start with the normal warm up but today, my front kicks were on. When I was kicking, my gi pants were actually making a popping sound. Sensei was walking past and said good while I was kicking so that set the tone for me for the rest of the [...]
Jun 24th, 2008 by doug in Karate Class
Summertime sparring and lots of it.
We started out with some simple sparring drills. Sensei Noia told us to get a partner and had us work on our kicks first. We shuffled up to our partner and threw a chudan, front leg roundhouse kick and then shuffled out. Next we did the same [...]
Jun 21st, 2008 by doug in Karate Class
Sensei Plocharczyk gave us a very interesting class today. He had us do some things that we never did before both during our warm up and in class.
A very different warm up – Horse stance, shuffle and roundhouse kick.
We ran around the gym for a few laps and then Sensei had us line up on [...]
Jun 19th, 2008 by doug in Karate Class
Today started a new session and there we some new faces in class. A few more black belts and a couple of brown belts. Another one of our friends from our other classes signed up after we told her how much we get out of taking Sensei Cieplik’s class.
A little extra warm [...]
