Friday, January 21, 2011

Wednesday Jan 19th

Beginner's class with a few non-beginners!
Even though anyone can show up at this class the focus will be on basic techniques.

We worked on stances a lot. Front Stance, Back Stance and Horse Stance. I'm not going to write it in Japanese anymore because Taichiro keeps making fun of my spelling.

We worked on turning directions - planting the back foot and moving the front stance.

Emphasis on pulling/drawing hand.
Emphasis on hips and shoulders - keeping square for punches, turning hips for blocking.

Basics - Up block, down block, reverse punch, lunge punch, sword hand block and "out to in" block, front kick

Sen no sen - timing. Emphasis on breath, hips, foot

Kata - many times - Heian Shodan

1 comment:

  1. I never make fun of your Japanese; I only want you to learn it properly!

    Oh, you misspelled Heian Shodan... Just kidding!

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