Sep 30th, 2008 by doug in Karate Class
I am having a hard time even describing this class. I was lost in space and even though I could move fairly well, my head was somewhere in the clouds.
It was all downhill from the start…
Sensei Noia has us spend most of the class working on sparring distance drills. We got a partner and started [...]
Sep 29th, 2008 by doug in Karate Class
Sensei Brien gave us a little different class. We normally work on kihon and kata but tonight he had us working on some sparring drills.
It’s all in the angles…
For this drill, we got a partner. We both stood in a front stance, we then shifted straight in with reverse punch then shifted out, we then [...]
Sep 27th, 2008 by doug in Karate Class
Sensei Plocharczyk had us working on some different but similar kihon drills.
Kihon, the same but different…
The reason I said the same but different is because we have done these moves many times before but not in this order.
The first drill was right leg front snap kick to front, right leg side thrust kick to right [...]
Sep 26th, 2008 by doug in Karate Class
This class was intense.
Sensei Noia had us warm up with a jog back and fourth across the gym five times.
It’s all about the band…
Next, Sensei Noia had us get a partner and one of us took an elastic band. Our partner held the band around our hips and we shifted across the gym. Shifting with [...]
Sep 25th, 2008 by doug in Karate Class
Sensei Cieplik gave some really good tips in class. Sometimes it is the simple things that enlighten me.
Kicking…
We started with our normal kicking warm up. After Sensei saw us do some back kicks, he gave us some advice. We normally do a front snap kick, side thrust kick, back kick and roundhouse kick. He told [...]
