Jul 31st, 2008 by doug in Karate Workouts
For some reason, kicking warm up felt different to me today. I was just whiping the leg for front snap kicks and it felt good.
Balance when moving…
Sensei Cieplik had us work on the same drills but different. When moving from front stance to front stance, bring the knees together, then reach first with the front [...]
Jul 29th, 2008 by doug in Karate Workouts
Super warm up…
We started with suicides to each quarter distance line and back. Next came butt kickers across the dojo. Next, shuffle up and kick back and forth. After that, we started slowly moving across the dojo with our knees up with arms up, almost skipping and then Sensei Noia would say “go” and we [...]
Jul 26th, 2008 by doug in Karate Class
Today, Sensei Gatch had the class work on kumite timing drills.
Timing is everything…
We started out with a partner, shifting back and forth trying to time when our partner was going to attack before they attacked. The idea was for each of us to keep pressure on each other and see the attack coming before our [...]
Jul 24th, 2008 by doug in Karate Class, Karate Notes!
Moving forward with reverse punch…
After our warm, Sensei Cieplik had us work on moving forward with reverse punch. Most of us are used to doing moving forward with front punch so this takes a little more mental focus than physical. He had us do the movement slowly at first, then we did four steps slowly, [...]
Jul 22nd, 2008 by doug in Karate Class
A serious warm up…
Sensei Noia had us do a really hard warm up tonight. We ran back and forth across the gym at least 10 times. Next, we did butt kicks, where your run across the gym trying to kick your backside with your feet. Next, we did low walks both forward and back across [...]
