Sunday, April 4, 2010

Happy Easter everyone! It was a smaller class today, but hope you enjoyed it. I was going to go over the basic Kumite for the exam, but since 2 candidates for this month's exam were missing, I changed the subjects a little.

Kihon (in place):

• Kizami-zuki, Gyaku-zuki in Front Stance
• Mae-geri in Closed Stance
• Yoko-geri Keage in Closed Stance
• Yoko-geri Kekomi in Closed Stance

Kihon (stepping):

• Oi-zuki Jo-dan
• Age-uke
• Oi-zuki Chu-dan
• Gedan-barai

Kata (Heian Shodan, Enpi, Kanku-sho, Nijushiho, Hangetsu)

• Focusing on stance, initiation from the floor, end-support with the floor (back leg)

Kumite:

• Free-style, moving around
• Combination attack with sliding: Kizami-zuki, Gyaku-zuki, Kizami-zuki, Gyaku-zuki (1, 2, 1, 2)
• Combination attack facing the opponent
• Combination attack, with the opponent counter-attacking at last
• Combination attack, focusing on the timing of initiation (move around and find/create a "Kyo")
• Combination attack, focusing on the final "Kime" with firm support/base

Thursday, we'll definitely cover the basic Kumite, so don't miss it!

If you want to take a private lesson with me, it's $30 for 1 hour, $20 for 30 minutes (plus studio rental fee: $11~/hr). If you get together with another person, I can teach 2 at once or can split time and teach 1 person for half the time then another for the other half, for the same price. Generally a group lesson is great because you can interact with other students, but once in awhile you can benefit a lot from receiving a private attention. Let me know if you're interested!