Thursday, June 23, 2011

Would you like to donate some to our new dojo?

$$$ is on the top of our wish list, but we're also looking for some other stuff to furnish the place. I heard someone is donating a dryer; does anyone have a working washer you don't need?? We also want a BBQ grill outside; why don't you donate your current one and buy yourself a new one (or you can simply buy us one, if that's more convenient...!)? Some other things we could use: PC, printer, stereo, TV/DVD, trash cans, cleaning supplies, etc... Any small bit of donations, items or monetary, would help our dojo to be the greatest dojo in the neighborhood! I'm thinking, if we end up collecting things that we don't need, we might throw a garage sale (after all, our dojo WAS a garage before) to sell them and make some money. Is anyone interested?

We will start the classes there this Friday (jiu-jitsu) and Saturday (karate). And we will plan a big Grand Opening event on July 23rd. For now, I'm thinking of having a special class (inviting other dojos), followed by a short demonstrations, followed by BBQ party. Any other ideas on how to draw potential students and/or to make this event fun/better/exciting/memorable?

Warm-up:

Kata

Kihon:

Stances (Zenkutsu, Kokutsu, Kiba)

Kata:

Floor, Stance, Body action, Floor pressure

Free-style:

Uke-waza

Kumite:

Uke-waza

Cool-down (well, not really):

Kicks (Mae-geri, Mawashi-geri, Ushiro-geri)

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The new dojo is looking better day by day... We will still need a lot of help; come over on weekends if you're willing to WORK, not just to TALK!

Warm-up:

Yori-ashi fwd/bwd

Free-style:

Kizami-zuki ~ Gyaku-zuki

Mae-geri

Kumite:

Single attack (distance/target training)

Sen

Go-no-sen

Cool-down:

Kata

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

We're missing Wednesday the 15th, Thursday the 16th and Sunday the 19th entries. I guess someone has been lazy... No, he has been working hard on the new dojo and doesn't have any time to post on the blog. We forgive you, Jon!

Kata:

Body action, intention, course of action

Body snap

Floor pressur

Free-style:

Yori-ashi bwd/fwd

Yori-ashi fwd~fwd

Kumite:

Uke-waza

Counter Uke-waza (quick combination - 1st attack to let him block, then follow up with 2nd attack)

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Warm-up:

Kata

Kizami Mae-geri ~ Mae-geri

Kizami Mawashi-geri ~ Mawashi-geri

Kihon:

Age-uke ~ Gyaku-zuki

Soto-uke ~ Gyaku-zuki

Kumite:

Jo-dan Uke-waza

Ge-dan (against Mae-geri) Uke-waza

...Sorry that I had to abruptly end the class without spending time for a cool-down. I totally forgot about another group coming in right after us. But hey, we only need to worry about something like this for another couple more weeks! I rally can't wait!!!

Thursday, June 9, 2011

So we're planning to add some classes once we move in to a new dojo. Any requests on which day/time you want us to add? Let us know and we'll take it into a consideration.

Warm-up:

Kata

Yori-ashi bwd/fwd, fwd x2, bwd x2

Kihon:

Kokutsu-dachi Shuto-uke

Free-style:

Jo-dan Uke ~ Gyaku-zuki

Cu-dan Uke ~ Gyaku-zuki

Kumite:

Uke-waza against face punch

Uke-waza against stomach punch

Keep "Sen" timing image

Keep chasing the opponent's hands and move in to stop it, rather than waiting for an attack

Cool-down:

Kata

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Once my co-worker told me, "Your second job must be a lot easier because you don't have to document what you did (as we have to document everything we did during a physical therapy treatment session on the medical records)." You're wrong! I am documenting everything I do in a class... I believe this is a great record of what we do, but I have to admit that it is a pain in the gluts especially when I'm busy...

Warm-up:

Yori-ashi bwd/fwd

Kihon:

Gedan-barai ~ Gyaku-zuki

Free-style:

Yori-ashi Kizami-zuki

Yori-ashi Gyaku-zuki

Mae-geri

Gedan-barai ~ Gyaku-zuki

Kumite:

Gedan-barai against a stomach punch

Gedan-barai ~ Gyaku-zuki

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

I'm sorry that I'm so late to post these... again.

Warm-up:

Yori-ashi fwd x2

Free-style:

Kizami-zuki ~ Gyaku-zuki

Jodan uke ~ Gyaku-zuki

Kumite:

Jodan uke ~ Gyaku-zuki

Chudan uke ~ Gyaku-zuki

Uke against Mae-geri ~ Gyaku-zuki

Cool-down

Kata

As you guessed it, the current topic in my classes is "blocking (Uke-waza)"! We'll continue for 1-2 more weeks.

Sunday June 5th!

Wow!
A refreshing Sunday class - good attendance and I didn't even have to say "there will be a camera there." We had a new person - Cesar - come to class today. He said he enjoyed it so I hope he decides to join us.

We all did our own kata and a light stretch
We did some very basic drills to start

Then you all know how much I like to partner people up!
We did sen practice. Then to practice our zanshin I had the 1/2 attackers attack twice - mixing up the rhythms.

We then broke out the pads and did our best to hit the targets.

offense/defense

Finishing with kata and stretching

Thursday, June 2, 2011

We decided to announce "Video shoot tonight; everybody must come!" for every class so that many will show up! ;-)

Warm-up:

Kata

Heian Sandan

Kihon:

Choku-zuki

Uchi-uke ~ Gyaku-zuki

Shuto-uke

Kumite:

Uke-waza Jo-dan

Uke-waza Chu-dan

Uke-waza against a kick

Free-style:

Uke-waza ~ counter attack, reacting to a signal

Cool-down:

Kata

As requested, we are working on Uke-waza (blocking), but the person who requested has not been in class... Oh well, you're missing it!

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

It's June already. Less than 3 months till the next exam! Many of you are slacking off a bit (or are simply busy). I don't blame you for whatever the reasons may be, but try to get your training time in before it gets too hot or you take off for a summer vacation! We don't know how cool/hot the new dojo will be (...well, we don't even know if we will have a new dojo or not yet, sadly...).

A lucky winner got his long private lesson today. Yes, there was only one person. This is making Jon very nervous. I'm worried, too, because I really don't want to teach just one person in that huge new dojo. I really hope the attendance will pick up again.

He and I worked on his Kata (Heian 5) a lot, and some pads drills, timing (Sen, Go-no-sen, Combinations) and free sparring.

I have not been training much lately (look who's talking? :-)), and the national championship is only about 2 weeks away. I should get my engine going!

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Warm-up:

• Kata

Kihon:

• Mae-geri ~ Ushiro-geri
• Mae-geri ~ Ushiro-geri ~ Mawashi-geri
• Gedan-barai ~ Gyaku-zuki
• Soto-uke ~ Gyaku-zuki

Kumite:

• Uke-waza against a stationary target (“body snap”)
• Uke-waza ~ counter punch
• Uke-waza ~ counter punch against a punch
• Uke-waza ~ counter punch against a Mae-geri

Free-style:

• Uke-waza ~ counter punch, responding to a signal

Cool-down:

• Kata