Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Warm-up:

Kata

Kihon:

Oi-zuki

Age-uke

Shuto-uke

Mae-geri

Yoko Keage

Mawashi-geri

Free-style:

Mae-geri ~ Mawashi-geri ~ Gyaku-zuki

Cool-down:

Kata

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Kata:

Heian Shodan

Heian Nidan

Heidan Godan

Free-style:

Yori-ashi

Tsugi-ashi

Kizami-zuki

Kizami Mae-geri

Combination: Kizami-zuki ~ Gyaku-zuki ~ Tsugi-ashi Kizami-zuki ~ Gyaku-zuki

Thursday, May 12, 2011

What?? I lost a post! I did post this a few days ago but now I checked it and it was gone. Very strange...

So I forgot what I taught / what I wrote. Sorry. I'm sure we did some Kata and kicks, as those are the current topics that we're working on.

And I'm trying to fix this blog so that you can post a comment again. Since this is a free service, there really is no technical support and I'm struggling. I hate technology! ...Not really, but I hate technology that does not work well!!

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Beginners Class. Not many showed up.

Warm-up:

Heian Shodan

Kata:

Heian Shodan, Nidan, Godan

Kihon:

Mae-geri

Mawashi-geri

Kizami Mae-geri ~ Mae-geri

Kizami Mawashi-geri ~ Mawashi-geri

Kumite:

Sen drill using Kizami-geri

Cool-down:

Kata

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Kihon:

Uchi-uke ~ Gyaku-zuki

Gyaku-zuki isometric wall push

Mae-geri in Heisoku-dachi

Mae-geri isometric wall push

Step-in Mae-geri

Kizami Mae-geri

Kizami Mawashi-geri

Kumite:

Keri against a target

Kizami-geri against move-in target

Ashi-barai (foot sweep) with front leg

Cool-down (?):

Nami-gaeshi (snapping foot sweep motion) in Kiba-dachi

Foot sweep is something I rarely use and am not very good at, but is very effective when done correctly. It's not about "power" or "causing pain" but about proper angle/leverage and timing. Since we are working on kickings, we will continue incorporating some sweeps for the next couple of weeks whenever time allows.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

I'm sorry that I have not posted the lesson records for over a week... I was simply lazy. For some reason it was a tiring week and did not have energy to do a small thing like this. My room is a mess, too. :-) But I did not miss to teach a class (of course!), and I did take a note about what we did after each class, so here it is for Cinco de Mayo:

Warm-up:

Kata

Heian Nidan

Kihon:

Mae-geri

Yoko Keage

Mawashi-geri

Kumite:

Keri to the target

Since we just had an exam and many of you are learning a new Kata, I'm spending as much time on each Kata as possible, going over the general forms and the sequence. If you are training regularly, by the end of this month you should be able to perform your new Kata decently, maybe even blind-folded...!?

Sunday - Happy Mother's Day!!!

Only a few came today...but that seems to be how Sundays go.
Today was Mother's Day and even though nobody got my joke the theme of the whole exercise was "MAA" or distance.
It seems that a lot of people don't understand what proper distance is.

We did a few exercises to try and feel the proper distance using sen.
We also did a "double Maa" for kicks. Double Maa is very hard to feel...which is good if you don't feel it. There is no threat making a double maa - this is one of the points.

Catching sen using kicks is very challenging. Kicks are slower than a 1/2 punch. Finding the timing for kicks is very difficult.

Combinations - tricky ones. If you can master tricky ones then the simple ones are easier to navigate. Also - sometimes tricky movements really throw off your opponent. It is good for our brains too.

Kogo -Kumite. We all had a few matches. Judging is the most complex part of a match. A lot of times we miss or are not sure if someone caught a point. It is good practice to judge a match because then you know what to look for.