I like to kick – 10/25/08 – Saturday Karate class
Sensei Plocharczyk had us do an excellent warm up that I always like. We started doing Kata from Heian Shodan all the way to our own belt kata, Bassai Dai for me. And once we got to our own kata, we just kept doing it until everyone else finished.
Kicking is fun when you can do it…
The stretches that Sensei Noia gave me to work on have really helped my kicks improve in a short time. Sensei Plocharczyk had us get a partner, we then stood side by side in opposite directions and held hands. When then alternated a side thrust kick under our partners arm. Then we did the same with side snap kick.
Next we worked on side thrust kick with roundhouse kick. Then we worked on roundhouse kick but with a downward motion for our self defense drills.
Between each drill, Sensei had us do our kata. I really like when get a lot of kata in during our classes. I need all I can get before my upcoming exam.
Go No Sen – 10/24/08 – Friday Karate class
Sensei Noia had us start with a bunch of suicides back and forth across the gym. Next came a bunch of low walks and then low walks with a shuffle up and knee raise to get us all warmed up.
Shifting and go no sen…
Sensei had us shift across the gym a few times. Next we had to single shift backwards across the gym and when Sensei said go, we shifted forward, blocked and threw a reverse punch. We spent a good amount of time working on this drill.
We then worked with a partner on go no sen. We stood in a front stance and our partner threw a single attack and we would block and counter, before they were able to shift out of the way. We spent the rest of the class working on this one technique and I glad we did because I need it.
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