Reverse blocks – 3/31/09 – Tuesday Karate class
Kata warm up…
Sensei Noia has us start with kata from Heian Shodan all the way to Tekki Shodan. After we did those, Sensei had us do one of the Heian katas, except Heian Shodadn, of our choice but the catch was that we had to do it mirror image. I picked Heian Yondan and oddly enough it wasn’t too terrible. It actually felt somewhat natural.
Kihon…
Next, Sensei Noia had us work on some basics. We started in a horse stance and did front punch about 100 times. Next, we moved from a horse stance to a front stance with front punch and then back into a horse stance with front punch. We then did the same foot movements but with sanbon tsuki when we returned to the horse stance.
We also spent some time working on our front snap kicks, along with front punch too.
Reverse blocks…
After about 45 minutes, Sensei had us work on some reverse block movements. The idea was to work our minds after we were all very fatigued. We did moving back and forth, reverse rising, downward, inward and outward blocks.
Simple but good – 3/28/09 – Saturday Karate class
Sensei Gatch gave us a simple class today but it was one of those classes that felt very productive.
Kihon…
Sensei had us start with some simple kihon. We started with left foot forward front stance. From their he had us reach with our front hand and throw a reverse punch without stepping. This was to have us open and close our hips.
Next, we did the did various combination’s of blocks with reverse punch.
Time to spar…
Sensei had us get our pads on for some sparring. We started out with anchorman drills. I am starting to like this drill much more than free sparring. I have found a combination that seems to be working for me. I shift in with a jab, reverse punch and jab. This seems to be working well for me but I just have to make sure not to overuse it.
Next came some sparring matches. Sensei had us get into two groups. We had a group of seven and each of us got to spar for one point. If one group got a point, the other group had to do five pushups.
This class went by really fast and even though it was very simple, it was very good.
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