Beginners:

Today we worked on falls and rolls in class. Remember to tuck your head in when your doing a roll and without rolling on your back side. Roll on your shoulder.

Steps: start with a crouching position close to the floor. Make a big circle with your hands. Then tuck your chin in and put your shoulder to the floor first. Remember it takes time and practice to get it right, but you can do it.

Dont forget to practice the ippons, 6 punch series, 6 block series, and h-form kata.

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Advanced

Worked on counter stepping with the opponent in a circular motion. We also did 1:50 rounds.

We will drop to 1:45 in the weeks to come but try to increase the sets amount and then later decrease the sets but increase the time to 2 mins and work our way back up in sets.

Did ippons, kihons, teuzusm, and kata as always….

Beginners:

The other day we worked on blocks, punches, and kicks as a basic review. The majority of the class we focused on 1 step sparring combinations. There are many techniques that you can mix and match to create some combinations. Some of the techniques we worked on were:

1) Jab - Reverse punch
2) Jab - Jab - Reverse punch
3) Turn with the hook
4) Front kick - jab - reverse punch
5) front leg front kick - rear leg front kick - upper cut
The Jab: Remember that the jab is the front hand. (Front leg - front hand)
The reverse punch: The back hand… (back leg - back hand)
Turn: The turn is done by moving the back foot around. If its the left foot (its counter clockwise) If its the right foot (the foot moves clockwise). Remember to execute the hook off the front hand of whatever stance your in while doing the turn.

Bob-and-weave - The bob and weave or dip is a little drill we went over to get you to use your legs to dip and avoid punches, get in tight to find open areas, and find new angles. Practice this, remember to use your legs and not your back.

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Advanced:

Kicking warm up

Ippons, kihons, teuzus randomized

Kata for 7 mins

The main things after the general review and warm up was the little things about the punches and turns. We worked on using your legs, body, and hips to generate power from the upper cut.

In addition, the turns with the hook we focused on keeping your arm and momentum nice and tight to give you a quick rotation. (Don’t lift your arm up really high. Its better to keep it in tighter than wide open this leaves you more open for getting hit in the kidneys and rib-cage section).

Finally a 3/4 jab - jab - reverse punch combination. The first jab is to blind your opponent basically / find your distance and check their reaction. The second jab is to try and execute it, and the reverse punch is to change it up and do a strong follow up.

Beginners

Today we focused on your kicking through an obstacle course. It helped you become more aware of where you are going, making sure you chamber, know your area, and set in a good foundation.

We ended the class with a basic front fall. Remember when doing the fall keep your hands out in front of you and land on your WHOLE fore-arm NOT the wrist. Turn your head before you hit the ground and lift your body off the floor.

Practice your ippons, punches, and blocks.

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Advanced:

We worked on a quick kick exercise to warm us up. Moved to some shadow boxing and basic fighting drills.

The drills we did were:

Basic hands drill (hands only)
Feet only drill
Close quarters sparring (outside the hulla hoop)
Nice and tight sparring (inside the hulla hoop)

Don’t forget your kata, check this website’s earlier posts, and your short and long term goals.