Karate Workouts
This category is where I talk about my Karate, weightlifting and stretching workouts.
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Are you going to block any time soon – 7/3/09 – Friday Karate class - 03 Jul 2009
Sensei Plocharczyk had us work on sparring drills along with some conditioning drills.
Three person Kumite…
Sensei had us start with two partners and by chance, he was one of my partners tonight. I have seen few people move like him and for every attack of his that I could block, he would have four, five or [...]
The results are in, Karate exam results that is – 6/17/09 - 17 Jun 2009
Testing has come to and end and I am satisfied with the results.
My wife was the first to test and she did an excellent job. She cleared her keri and is now a full 1st kyu. My son also did an awesome job by getting four stripes and is now a 1st kyu also. I [...]
Reverse blocks – 3/31/09 – Tuesday Karate class - 31 Mar 2009
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 [...]
Point with the back hand – 3/12/09 – Thursday Karate class - 12 Mar 2009
I had to take the last week off from classes because of a nasty cold but today was my first day back at it and it felt pretty good.
Have I mentioned how much I like working on Kihon before? I am sure that I have and tonight was exceptionally likable.
Kihon…
Sensei Cieplik had us work on [...]
Pad drills, hitting stuff is good – 1/31/09 – Saturday Karate class - 31 Jan 2009
Sensei Plocharczyk had us work on some contact drills.
Hit the pad…
I have always felt that we do not hit thing enough and Sensei Plocharczyk felt the same way today. We spent the entire class hitting pads with a partner.
We started with simple drills like reverse punch. Next we worked on using the outside edge of [...]
