Feb 28th, 2009 by doug in Karate Class
Both Sensei Plocharczyk and Sensei Gatch spent time with our class today.
Kata but slower…
Sensei Gatch had us work on Bassai Dai but in slow motion. He counted our each move for us and gave us corrections to little details that many (I) of us were missing. For example, in the first move, most of us [...]
Feb 26th, 2009 by doug in Karate Class
This class was a little smaller than most because of some bad weather but what we learned was certainly bigger.
One-inch punch…
After our warm up, Sensei Cieplik had us get a partner. We stood in front of them, and did a double one-inch double punch. We stood with our hands open and relaxed, touching our partners [...]
Feb 24th, 2009 by doug in Karate Class
Class tonight started with one of the tougher warm ups that we have had in a while. Sensei Noia had us get a partner, one of us stood in the middle of the gym in a side thrust kick while the other ran to the end of the gym and back. Our partner ran back [...]
Feb 22nd, 2009 by doug in Special Events
Today was the annual Jennifer Malloy Karate Tournament.
This event is always a good tournament since many competitors show up from all over the country. This year, the tournament hosted the US team trials for kumite. Many of the best kumite athletes in the country were present and competing today. Since I was a judge [...]
Feb 19th, 2009 by doug in Karate Class
This was a really helpful class. Sensei Cieplik shared some things with us that I never really understood until now.
Close your eyes…
After our warm up, Sensei had us work on some extra kicking drills. We did front snap kick, back kick and roundhouse kick. The new twist was to do those movements with our eyes [...]
