Dec 21st, 2009 by doug in Karate Class
Being that this was the last Monday class of 2009, Sensei Brien gave us something fun to work on today.
Mirror image kata…
I never spent much time thinking about doing kata in mirror image even though I often do Heian Shodan and Heian Nidan that way when I help out with the various classes each week.
All [...]
Dec 17th, 2009 by doug in Karate Class
This is that last class of 2009 with Sensei Cieplik. He pulled out some really good drills for us to work on today.
Homework….
We spent a lot of time doing knee strikes with front snap kick. Sensei gave me a homework drill to work on. I need to bring my foot up from the floor, like [...]
Dec 15th, 2009 by doug in Karate Class
After exams are over, most of my Sensei’s have us work on some different drills or other fun stuff that we don’t often work on. Today Sensei Noia had us work on one of my favorite classes were we hit stuff hard!
Get a willing partner and pad….
We got one or two foam pads and started [...]
Dec 14th, 2009 by doug in Karate Class
Sensei Brien had us work on preparing for our rank exams but as of yesterday all exams are over for this session. With that said, Sensei said the best time to start to prepare for our exams is now. Don’t wait for three, four or five months to start preparing, start preparing now.
Getting to the [...]
Dec 10th, 2009 by doug in Karate Class
Now that exams are over for most of us, Sensei Cieplik had us working on some things that he wants us to correct for future exams.
Working the bugs out…
After our warm up, we moved into knee strike with front snap kick. Then came moving forward and back with rising block, downward block, inward block and [...]
