May 28th, 2009 by doug in Karate Class
Sensei Cieplik helped us prepare for our upcoming exams again.
Let the kick go….
We spent a good amount of time working on our basics. We did moving forward and back with rising block, downward block, inward block and outward block all with reverse punch. We also worked on the old standard, moving forward and back with [...]
May 21st, 2009 by doug in Karate Class
Sensei Cieplik had us work on many of our usual kihon movements for the first half of the class and then we moved into kata.
Everybody was one-step sparring….
Sensei had us get a partner and do one-step sparring. We worked on the normal six attacks. Front punch to jodan and chudan, front snap kick, side thrust [...]
May 20th, 2009 by doug in Karate Class
Sensei DiPasquale gave us a class full of test preparation.
A lot of Kihon….
Sensei often starts us out with simple basic movements and works up from there. We started with some slow motion stationary front punches to make sure that we engage our core. Next came moving forward and back with front punch. After that came [...]
May 19th, 2009 by doug in Karate Class
Sensei Noia had us spend the entire class working on our kihon and Japanese.
Sensei says….
Sensei had us do our kihon in Japanese. He would say a move in Japanese and we would do it, hopefully getting the move correct without having to look at others around us. Sensei called off the moves at a really [...]
May 14th, 2009 by doug in Karate Class
Sensei Cieplik helped us with balance today.
We started with a drill where we moved with a forward front punch then switched our feet and did another front punch. For example, we started in a front stance, we stepped forward and did the front punch, we then stepped back and did the front punch with the [...]
