Missed the first week in November because of the World Series games falling on Monday and Wednesday. Tonight’s class was just a basic workout using pads. We started off with doing a front ball 10 on each leg, then a reverse crescent, then a reverse crescent into a roundhouse. Then a crescent, roundhouse into a spinning hook kick. 10 on each leg. It was just a good workout for endurance, balance and coordination. In my 1/2 private prior to the class, I was working on Swift Tiger and probably up to 95% completing the form.

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We did line drills for warm-ups while doing different punch and kick combinations. Then we partnered up to do back and forth footwork , hand strike and kick combination drills. Then migrated to doing different drills using the entire length of the floor which made for a good workout.

Did a 1/2 private before the 7pm class. Basically reviewed my 3 black belt forms and learned the beginning of southern englise (sic). The adult karate class was partnering up to lots of different kicking combinations that either flowed circular or linear.

Been taking weekly privates during the three week absence. Tonight’s karate class in Highlands Ranch consisted of doing our most recently learned DM’s left handed. Some were difficult to execute and some were pretty easy to transition over to.

After doing a 1/2 hour private, tonight’s class was a real workout after warm-ups. We partnered up to first loosen up doing 20 kicks on each leg, starting with front ball, side blade, crescent, reverse crescent and hook kicks. That’s 200 kicks in total. From there we did some combinations but mainly the class was just a pure workout.

Travels and Labor day interrupted my training but I still did manage to do my weekly privates in 30 to 60 minute sessions the first two weeks in September. Tonight’s adult karate class focused on what to do if getting choked with hands and what to do if in a neck lock. The escape and counters seemed to be practical enough to execute if you had to.

Overall on exercise, I cut back on the weight training but ramped up the cardio mileage by about 200% compared to a year ago. I want to get back into the weights again and round out the exercise with karate, weights and running. Now I am doing two out three and it feels like I am not doing enough. I guess in the big picture of things, most people don’t do anything so doing two exercise regimes is better than one or nothing.

Started off with some basic line drills which then carried over to when we partnered up.

This evening we did some redirect exercises. Partnering up, the person would punch and kick and I had to redirect the attack using the attackers body momentum.

After warm-ups we did a few kata’s such as pinan 1, kata 2, Stature and Han Suki. Then we partnered up to do some basic hand strikes and kicks which progressed to doing 4-6 striking combinations. Overall it was a good workout