Wednesday, January 26, 2011 Did a 1/2 hour private tonight. The one hour adult karate class started off working on our DM’s at 50-75% speed and also some drills on blocking.
Monday, January 17, 2011 We did an unusual warm-up exercise tonight. Start off doing one push-up, then go flat on your back to do a crunch and then back into doing a push-up, crunch, etc… Had to do 20 push-ups and 20 crunches. It seems easy but around the 15th set, it’s starts to get [...]
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 After warm-ups, we partnered up to first work on our top 10 DM’s left handed. After that, we worked on some right/left hand blocks starting at the wrist, then down to the elbow/bicep area and then to the chest/shoulder area in a 1-2-3 rapid manner. Then we worked on this by [...]
Monday, January 10, 2011 Tonight’s martial arts karate class in the Denver metro area was focused on wrist holds and other assorted grabs to the body that an attacker use. After doing some numerous grab and counter-attack techniques, the Sensei grouped us in groups of 5 with one person standing in the middle. I volunteered [...]
Monday, January 3, 2011 I’ve been pleased with my progress during 2010. Some techniques seem to flow out more naturally now but some still pose a challenge when trying to get the right tempo/coordination. Tonight’s karate class is a good example of doing a technique that seems to flow out more naturally without having to [...]
