Today's Karate class has left me with a sore lower back and some stiffness in my knee ligaments.
We arrived a good 30 minutes before class was to start, so I had a nice amount of time before class started for training kata. I warmed up with Heian 1 through 5, did Tekki shodan and was re-learning Tekki Nidan when Sensei came out and started class.
We did a light routine of basics:
standing punch (choku zuki)
straight punch while in Side Stance (choku zuki in kiba dachi)
Stepping front punch (oi zuki)
front punch reverse punch in a stationary front stance (kizame zuki, gyaku zuki in zenkutso dachi)
stepping front kick (mae geri)
stepping roundhouse (mawashi geri)
front kick off front leg, front kick off back leg (mae ashi geri?, mae geri)
roundhouse front leg, roundhouse back leg (mawashi ashi geri?, mawashi geri)
For my own part, I've really noticed my roundhouse kick has gone way down.
Then we started Bassai Dai, which I like very much, and Jutte, which I need some refresher work on. This part of the class was more practice and less theory so I was able to get a bit of a sweat going.
Next class is tomorrow - and I'm going to it as well!
Promoting MyShotokan Locally
Today was one of the first times I spoke about MyShotokan to the other karate students in the class. Perhaps I'll get a few local people to help me pick up my training!
Cheers all, time for a beer.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Shotokan Sr. Kata Workout
Yesterday I attended the first karate class I've been at in this calendar year.
The preparation workouts made a big difference in how well I did during the karate class for sure. The stationary bike, the stair climbing, swimming laps and the weight training gave me better stamina than most of the regulars in the class.
We started with a light warm up then repeated Heian Yondan three times with some tips and corrections. Followed the same routine with Heian Godan, then moved on to the bulk of the class where we repeated and focused on Sochin, Jion and Nijushiho for the remainder of the 90 minute training session.
My karate legs are where I need to focus my training. Mostly it's my flexibility. So I'll be working on strengthening all the core muscles and spending time with the relaxing 30 minute static-active routines suggested for increasing flexibility at the end of a workout.
Until next class...
The preparation workouts made a big difference in how well I did during the karate class for sure. The stationary bike, the stair climbing, swimming laps and the weight training gave me better stamina than most of the regulars in the class.
We started with a light warm up then repeated Heian Yondan three times with some tips and corrections. Followed the same routine with Heian Godan, then moved on to the bulk of the class where we repeated and focused on Sochin, Jion and Nijushiho for the remainder of the 90 minute training session.
My karate legs are where I need to focus my training. Mostly it's my flexibility. So I'll be working on strengthening all the core muscles and spending time with the relaxing 30 minute static-active routines suggested for increasing flexibility at the end of a workout.
Until next class...
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