Denver Colorado Karate Classes Blog

Monday, June 30, 2008

I was off on vacation all last week. Tonight was pad night. Starting off with hand work - front knuckle, back fist (then with opposite hand shuto) then kicks — front ball, , DM 6, DM 7 and spinning back kicks.

Monday, June 16, 2008

After the requisite warmups (did more than usual tonight), we did some 2-3 punch, kick routines while half mooning forward and backward. Pretty much did those exercises OK with minimal fumbles. Then we formed into groups of 5 with 4 people angled at 45 degree angles in relation to the person in the middle. The Sensei would call out an angle with that person punching in at you. The person in the middle had to react and do a quick DM. I stunk at it. I kept wanted to do a kempo and using knees to the gut and face.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

I missed Monday’s class due to being out on business. The class started off with 50 JJ’s, 50, crunches, 50 push-ups, 25 squats, 20 deep knee bends and 20 leg raises, plus some strethching at the end. No apparent problem aerobically. Then we went into two-punch combos while half mooning backwards and forwards. Some ending moves was with a grab and knee to the gut. After that we did out top 10 DM’s in rapid succession. I started off at #12 and ended at #26 for a total of 11. #15 the guy rolled off my knee, spazed on #19 and on #26, I kept wanted to do#21 because they both start off the same way. Then we suited up to do some light sparring. Our left hands were tied to the belt to simulate having to fight with one arm.

When the class ended, I did an hour private lesson working on 10 point blocking, how to apply 10-point and we did Pinan #1-#3 and kata 1 left handed. Kata 1 is a bit rusty but did the others very well.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Missed Monday’s class due to being in DC. Tonight’s class started off (after warm-ups) doing some hand/kick combos for both right and left sides. Then on our backs/side to do some kicks when simulating trying to defend yourself while on the ground. After that we partnered up to do some buddha palm (stage 3 for me and some others). There’s one person in the class with a bit of an ego problem and really tries too hard to look good. In buddha palm, this person was with me and he/she tried real hard and fast to hit me (not hard but break through the defense). I am pretty good at this and basically blocked everything. Then it was my turn to throw some combos and I was at about 3/4’s speed and broke through the persons buddha palm defense. I was open hand and lightly tapped the person on the head, side of head and chest a few times. At the end, the person was clearly frustrated that I penetrated so many times.

After that we did some ground work by partnering up with one person on the ground while trying to repell the other person. Fighting on your back stinks.

The next half hour was the private lessons and we did our kata’s (need to slow down) and defense manuevers. I did them with take downs but with deliberate slowness.