Sunday February 27th, 2011

Good class today!
The numbers are growing. Hopefully as we get closer to the kyu test we'll have a full house.

I like to break up the class in 3 - Kihon, Kata and Kumite - today I did just that!

Kata - everyone focused on the kata they will be testing with. Eiko did all the kata.

Kihon - we did all the basics in repetition - gedan berai, age-uke, sotu-uke - all with gyaku-zuki
Then Shuto-uke in back stance - green belts and up added nukite.
All Kicks - focus on adjusting stance after each kick

Kumite drills
1. sen - using breath/hip/feet reaction
2. adding any one punch
3. double sen - to test zanshin - done 2 ways - 1/2 technique then another 1/2 technique or 1/2 technique then shuffling backwards.

Then we did offense/defense
1. offense but defense can only make proper distance - no block/no running
2. Add block while making proper distance - just for safety
3. Add counter if you can in between offensive moves