Karate Class
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Hop and kick – 3/2/10 – Tuesday Karate class - 02 Mar 2010
Very hard class today. Sensei Noia pushed us really hard with a lot of basics.
Get hopping….
After a really tough warm up with squat jumps and other really painful movements, Sensei had us do a drill that I don’t remember ever doing in the past. We did a front snap kick, side thrust kick and a [...]
Good kihon makes good Karate – 2/26/10 – Friday Karate class - 26 Feb 2010
Sensei Brien, along with Sensei Cieplik, often say good kihon make good Karate. If your want good kata or good kumite, your kihon needs to be good. Sensei has mentioned before that without good kihon, your kata will never be much more than memorized movements much like a dance. He often said that he could [...]
Read Full Post »Make kata out of movements – 2/25/10 – Thursday Karate class - 25 Feb 2010
Sensei Cieplik had us work on many details today. He also made the point about making our own kata out of groups of kihon movements like we did below.
Clean kihon….
After the warm up, we did front snap kick with front punch but slowly. We did the kick, held out knee up after the kick, balance, [...]
Use your lats not your shoulders – 2/23/10 – Tuesday Karate class - 23 Feb 2010
Sensei Noia tired me out with the warm up. He had start by jogging back and forth across the dojo. After I cannot remember how many times we jogged back and forth, Sensei had us do kicks across the dojo. We could do any kicks we wanted to do but with three kicks for each [...]
Read Full Post »Lots of stances – 2/16/10 – Tuesday Karate class - 16 Feb 2010
Sensei Noia had us work on our stances tonight. Not just some stances, all stances.
Do those stances the correct way or not at all….
After a really hard warm we got right into the stance training. We started with a hips forward stance and moved forward and backward across the dojo. Next, we open the hips, [...]
