Class led by Hiroko tonight. We had a couple new students and covered some basics. Hiroko is off to Special Training this coming weekend so we did kibidachi for a while, then we went through kihon. Hiroko then introduced a couple books she had found on tapping into your chi.
Tag: karate
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Attended class tonight. There were approximately 10 other students and the class was led by Brad. We did some partner drills working on maintaining a good mah, and some passing techniques to keep us close and ultimately behind our opponent. The later part of class we worked on Tekki Shodan and ended with a drill to practice good stance and movement, whereby a partner holds a belt about your waist like reins and you attempt to move away from them in the designated stance (tonight it was kibidachi (side), zenkutsodachi (front) and kokutsodachi (back)).
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I attended karate class tonight. Primary focus was on kumite technique with Sanbon drills.
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Nice sweaty class tonight led by Rick. Focus on kihone, lots of careful focus on good stance, good hip movement, good support. Finished with partner bag work for kicks and gyakuzuki (reverse punch).
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Attended class tonight. We worked on Taikioko Shodan, Nidan (jodan instead of chudan) and Sandon (inside block in back stance, jodan oi-tsuke down center). We then did ippon kumite followed by jiyu kumite.
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Attended class tonight, led by Hiroko. Kihone, kata and ippon kumite.
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Large class tonight led by Brad. We did kihon, followed by group kata by rank (or individual in some cases), then a fair amount of ippon kumite and finished with sanbon kumite. Due to space limitations, Brad asked that I step out and assit him with monitoring and helping the other students for sanbon kumite.
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I led class today for Yana, Garrett and Kelli. We stretched and went through kihon, then focused on Taikyoko Shodan and Heian Shodan as these are new to Kelli and what Garrett needs to know for his testing. Yana and I also performed our favorite and required katas. For the last fifteen minutes, we practiced ippon kumite.
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Class lead by Brad. Long warm up followed by kata practice, then kumite drills focused on good ma and counter-response. Ended with some light jyu kumite.
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Class led by Brad. Kihon followed by ippon and sanbon kumite drills.
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Evening class, several kids were invited from the younger class to experience training with the older students. Focus was on kihon and kata.
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I attended the Saturday practice led by Mori Sensei. Primarily basics and kata in preparation for upcoming testing.
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Kihon and kata.
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Attended class by Brad.
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kihon, etc including a focus on the rear heel again
Heian Nidan
tsuki in kibidachi -
kihon, etc, including a focus on keeping the hind heel down during advancing techniques
ippon kumite and light jiyu kumite -
kihon, etc
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Tonights class was visited by Dallas Sensei and a student or two of his. We again focused primarily on what would be tested on Saturday. Kihon, ippon kumite, iai, and katas Heian Shodan and Heian Godan.
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Small class tonight. We primarily focused on what the people testing this coming weekend would need to know. Kihon, Taikioko Shodan, ippon and sanbon kumite, and Heian Needan were all covered.
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Kihon, Taikioko Shodan, Heian Needan, ippon kumite and some jiyu ippon kumite drills.
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Kihon, kata Taikioko Shodan through Basai, ippon and sanbon kumite, ending with ippon “machine gun” drilling.
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Kihon with partners, then sanbon kumite, ending with machinegun ippon kumite.
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Brad led class tonight, though he had me lead warm-ups. We paired off and worked on mai te, mai geri, and combo mai geri mai te, with the uke always just trying to maintain a good mah. We then worked on Heian Sandan, teaching it to some of the newer students, including a short break-out session where we paired up to practice the escape and counter after the nukite.
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Class led by Chuck tonight. There were some beginners in class, so we did all the standard kihon, heian shodan, and did some partner practice one step below ippon kumite, then stepped it up to regular ippon kumite with specific blocks dictated.
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Mori Sensei, Lindsay and myself arrived in Stanford at the SKA Winter Special Training on Friday shortly after 6pm. We signed in and got changed for the first practice which was scheduled for 7:30pm.
The details of the practices I will not log, but there was a lot of training to be had.
Final practice ended Sunday afternoon around 1:30pm. We gathered ourselves, said our goodbyes, and went back to the house the women had been staying at for showers and final packing, then headed homeward.
It was a full weekend of training, distinctly different from PCKD special practices. It was an interesting experience, but not one that I expect to repeat unless necessary (to obtain 1st rank black belt with SKA, you must attend one special training, I believe). My primary source of dissatisfaction comes from the way some of the practice session are held and how some of the other attendees act and interact. I do not take favorably to the “drill sargent” approach at all, and it was a distinct presence. All in all, I do not regret going, and I am pleased to have surpassed this requirement.