Oct 29th, 2009 by doug in Karate Class
Great class again!
Working on those basics kicks….
Sensei Cieplik had us start our kihon with three each, forward and backward, of rising block, downward block, inward block and outward block. After that, we worked on back stance with knife hand block, front snap kick and front stance spear hand.
After that, we worked on knee strike with [...]
Oct 27th, 2009 by doug in Karate Class
Sensei Noia has been helping us prepare for our upcoming rank examinations and tonight was almost exclusive stance training. Sensei started class with a long warm up and stretching routine.
Stance, stance, stance….
We started out in a horse stance with front punch, then double punch, then triple punch and rising block.
After the horse stances, we started [...]
Oct 24th, 2009 by doug in Karate Class
Sensei Plocharczyk really worked us today. I don’t remember doing this many kicks in a long time.
Focus mitt, partner and lots of kicks….
Sensei had us get a partner and our focus mitts. From there we started with a low roundhouse kick. Our partner sat in seiza (kneeling posture) and held the focus mitt about a [...]
Oct 22nd, 2009 by doug in Karate Class
Sensei Cieplik has been spending a lot of time sharing the little details that make good Karate even better. For at least a month, he has been giving us homework and special drills to improve our stances and our movements and tonight was no different.
Paper underfoot…
Sensei gave all of us a piece of paper [...]
Oct 20th, 2009 by doug in Karate Class
Sensei Noia has been taking a different approach with the advanced class for that last few months and tonight was another good example. He had mentioned to me about a month ago that he wanted us to start training again like we used to in the past and like he trained. I am not sure [...]
