Class led by Brad. Brief stretch and then we worked on Kanku for a while, then finished with some ipon kumite with a focus on kibidachi zuki and alternate kibidachi-based reception of an incoming attack.
Tag: karate
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Special non-weapons training for Jesse B. and Ryan. Provided them an introduction to Shotokan Karate with an emphasis on how it may be applied in a sword fighting centric scenario. Covered front stance, lunge punch, front snap and thrust kick, side thrust kick, outside/hammerfist block and rising block. Also reviewed the sword disarming technique and my move Kodiak (not for their official list of moves, though).
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Class led by Brad. Stretch followed by lots of bag kicking (40 with back leg, 20 with front leg for each of: front, round, side thrust, and cresent). We then did Tekki Sandan approximately 10 – 12 times, and finished with four rounds/partners of slow-motion jiyu kumite.
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Special outdoor practice at Dan’s property today. We started at 8am with class stretch, then Brad had us doing kihon up and down the vineyard rows. After a break, we did some kibidachi oi tsuki, then a 30 minutes kibidachi. After another break, we finished with some self defense kumite, working first with group attacks, then with armed attackers (knives, bats, etc).
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Class led by Brad.
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Class led by Brad. Stretch. Slow sanpon kumite focusing on straight back evasion and good distance. Ended with Empi.
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Class led by Brad. Stretch including a number of back, front and side lunges (think Bulgarian squats) and 20 pushups. Then we did some kumite gyaku zuki and mai te review, focusing on light, fast technique. We paired off and worked on blocking the mai te while making a gyaku zuki same time, then got bags and worked on front leg yoko gerri kokome. We finished with taking a look at moving in on a mwashagerri to catch it and sweep or throw the opponent.
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Class led by Brad. Oi Zuki kihon along with some combinations (mae gerri/mai te, mae gerri/oi zuki, mawashi gerri/yoko gerri kokome, mawashi gerri/spinning back kick). Followed with mah practice using these combos.
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Class led by Brad. We started with an in depth analysis of our oi zuki, using partners with bags to push into our static form, then doing slow chudan mai te and then full oi zuki into the bags. Next we worked with partners on maintaining a close mah as they attack (sanpon kumite style), and at the end of class we did a similar drill where we put our palms just shy of our opponents’ and moved forward and back maintaining a constant distance.
Additionally, we practiced Taikyoko Shodan several times through and Heian Shodan a couple times, with the admonishment to go slow and have the same feeling as when we were working with our partners on the oi zuki focus. -
Class led by Brad. Focus on oi zuki. Worked with the bags, then on footwork, and then with partners. Finished with Taikioko Shodan.
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Class led by Brad. Stretch followed by some kihon. Gedan barai, age uke, ude uke, and tetsui uke all with gyaku zuki and finally shuto uke nukite. We then continued with partners, practicing combinations involving gyaku zuki with other techniques. We finished with several times through on Heian Shodan.
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Class led by Brad, with only him, Dan and I. Usual stretch, followed by focus work on oi tsuki including with the bags. We worked a little on micro hip movement to generate force, and then finished with some light jyu kumite.
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Only Brad and I showed up for karate, so we went through kata Gion several times, then did some light kumite, and finished with several throwing techniques.
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Class led by Brad. Stretch and then warm up with a couple movement/footwork drills, first solo, then working with a partner to apply some of the ideas. Finished with some light kumite.
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Class led by Brad. Stretch followed by progressive katas, Taikyoko Shodan, Heian Shodan through Godan. Finished with some add-on like drills.
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Class led by Brad. Stretch and then a hip warm up, followed by kata jyu-te, then heian godan (including mirrored), and finished with some sanbon kumite trying applying some of the blocks in jyu-te.
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I had the opportunity to travel to the SKA headquarters dojo between Santa Barbara and Ventura to train with Shihan Oshima Sensei. There were two classes, first a morning Brown Belt practice lead specifically by Oshima Sensei, then an afternoon all-ranks session lead by Mori Sensei with a lot of input from Oshima Sensei.
During the Brown Belt practice, we did some kihon and reviewed the kata Basai. In the later session we did some more kihon, sanbon kumite, and my rank group worked on Heian Nidan. Notably, he corrected my initial Heian Nidan block, adjusting my upper (horizontal) arm to be a little lower in order to be much more effective. The principle difference that I felt internally was a transferring of the power from the the upper shoulder muscles to more of a core muscles focus. Some other key points were the importance of rounding the shoulders, focusing the strength forward, not backwards out the shoulder blades, and of placing the center of balance in the correct location in front and back stance to avoid sweep susceptibility and ensure smooth movement. -
Class led by Brad. Stretch, then kihon warm up. Focused on Heian Sandan several times through, then finished with sanbon kumite. After class, I reviewed all of my kata.
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Class led by Brad. Stretch, then kihon in the form of Taikyoko Shodan several times through using the various basic blocks, then went through all the Heian katas, Tekki and Basai a couple or few times each.
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Class led by Brad. Stretch and kihon warm up, then practiced Basai for a while going quarter-speed or slower. Finished with ippon kumite. Also at half to quarter speed.
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Class led by Brad. Stretch, then ippon kumite rotating through several opponents. Finished with focused training on Heian Nidan.
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Class led by Brad. Stretch and then partner drills working on good mah awareness and use, with a focus on jiyu kumite application.
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Class led by Brad. Stretch, then focus drills on the “standing leg” principle. Finished with a few times through on taikioko shodan.
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Class led by Brad. Stretch followed by a focus class on application of escapes as seen in a few of the kata (Heian Shodan, Heian Sandon, couple others).
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Class led by Brad. Stretch and kihon (tendo kata?). Several times through Tekki Shodan. Finished with some ippon kumite.