Nov 29th, 2008 by doug in Karate Class
Sensei Gatch gave us a good class today. We started with a long jog around the dojo because it was really cold.
My front punch felt just right…
As part of our warm up, Sensei Gatch told us to step forward and backward with front punch across the length of the gym. For the first time, I [...]
Nov 25th, 2008 by doug in Karate Class
Sensei Noia had us work on our basics and kata for most of the class.
There but I wasn’t there…
I don’t have classes like this too often but something just wasn’t right for me. I was extremely tense for some reason and my basics were not what they have been. My shoulders were up when punching [...]
Nov 22nd, 2008 by doug in Karate Class
When Sensei Plocharczyk teaches our classes, he always does so with a self defense related theme.
Kick and return the favor…
Sensei has us work on some kicking drills. We got a partner and then started to exchange kicks back and forth. Front snap kicks, side thrust kicks and roundhouse kicks were out weapons of choice. One [...]
Nov 21st, 2008 by doug in Karate Workouts
Sensei Noia has us work on sparring drills for most of the class.
Shift in, shift out…
We started with a partner and were shifting in, throwing and attack and shifting out. Sensei felt that we were not shifting well enough so he had us pull out the elastic bands. I was having a really hard time [...]
Nov 20th, 2008 by doug in Karate Class
The dojo was really cold today. If it was above 55 degrees, I would be surprised. Because of this, Sensei Cieplik had us do a longer warm up and movements that required less agility than usual.
Time for some one-step sparring…
We worked on some kihon movements but Sensei then had us pair up for some one-step [...]
