Beginners:
Today we did a testing review for the people who are testing. I hopefully answered your questions and concerns. Everyone else worked on the basics. Here is a review sheet for the written portion…

1. What is the name of our School?
2. What is the name of our style of karate?
3. List 2 Characteristics of Shuri System:
4. What are the 2 ways to sit (in Japanese and English)?
5. List 3 Dojo Rules:
6. What is the Japanese translations of the following kata and how many opponents do you fight in each?
H-Form Kata _________________________________ Opponents: ____________
7. What word or words should you scream if someone grabs you or attacks you?
8. There are how many parts to a kick?
9. Hitotsu means …..
10. Karate means “empty hand.” Why do you think that is so?

Advanced:

We worked on creative weapons and how to use things around us to defend yourself. Its all about using your creativity and your brain. It’s more important that you use your head or brain than you use your muscles and technique. Your mind can do wonders for you even if you have a limited bag of techniques. So always look at your advantages, what you can use around you, how you can use them and so on. You also received rulers to help you mark your stretching so continue to bring those and work on the stretch because without that - you cant have great high kicks.

Good job and well done.

Beginner:

Today we worked on some punches with partners facing each other mirror side. This got you to make sure you were doing them correctly punching to the same level, in the correct location, and the proper side. We also worked on some basic self defense and reaction drills. The quicker you react after being attacked the better chance you have to get away. Remember- when being attacked always scream FIRE! instead of help. It makes people look around, be aware of your surroundings and the chances of them helping you are far greater.

Advanced:

Oh boy, some of you were hurting. We worked on splits and the legs today right after we got done doing about 7 rounds of sparring. Working on your fighting techniques is essential, but remember that the basics matter much more. If your fundamentals are off, your whole fighting and sparring is off. Work hard and you will bridge the gaps between your techniques.

We also went over a little work sheet, so review that if you had trouble focusing during the stretching.

Finally we did ippons, kihons, and teuzus backwards.

Beginner:

Today we worked broke up in two groups. We worked on blocks and a basic review for people that have been here for a while. Please study your sheets if you are still learning them as well as your punches. For the other group you went over some basics such as getting up and down, rules, stances, and so forth.

Advanced:

Did some warm ups with kicks, reviewed ippons/kihons/teuzus and went over some more kata things. Hopefully you got to review it a little bit more from last week.

Beginners:

On Thursday I passed out some worksheets for your 6 punch series and 6 block series. You also got the worksheet with Ippon #1. All these worksheets have pictures to help you. So practice and use them! They will be on the web soon to download so check back if you haven’t got one.

We ran over some self defense techniques, basic punches, basic blocks, some kicks, and ippon #1. Practice, practice practice!

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Advanced:

Today was an all day kata day. We went over all the little details from the mudra to hidden movements and so forth. So work on your kata if you missed class.