Weapons. We drilled Bo 1 & Bo 2 slowly and then full speed a few times. My knees are pretty worn out from the past 24 hours. Then we went a bit farther on Sai 1. I’m liking Sai pretty well so far. Powerful weapon. Lots of sweat in class too, my energy stores are pretty depleted today. Tonight will be a test I think.
Day 4 of mini-camp
Today was WORK. We mixed Karate training with bodyweight exercises.
Warm up + ROM Stretches
Kata
Taigo 1
10 Pushups
Taigo 2
15 Squats
Taigo 3
10 Box Jumps
Pinan 1
10 Pull Ups
Naihanchin
10 Push Ups
Too San
15 Sit Ups
Giin
10 Push Ups
Empi
10 Box Jumps
Seisan
15 Squats
Konku
Weapons
10 Push Ups (Holding Bo in hands)
Bo 1 & Bo 2
10 Push Ups (Holding Bo in hands)
Self Defense
15 Kettle Bell Swings (1pood)
1st Set
15 Kettle Bell Swings (1pood)
2nd Set
15 Kettle Bell Swings (1pood)
3rd Set
15 Kettle Bell Swings (1pood)
4th Set
15 Kettle Bell Swings (1pood)
5th Set
15 Kettle Bell Swings (1pood)
6th Set
Weapons: We drilled basic kicks then went right into weapson. Bo 1 & 2 back to back to back, then with a 4 or 5 move to count version. We then broke off into pairs, with other students I’ve never really worked with much before, to do Tonfa. I learned a good bit just watching and working.
Weapons forms: We drilled Bo 1 Kata and slow, we held each stance for 3-5 seconds after each strike and sometimes in between strikes. Very painful and it wore me out in like 20 seconds. Then drilled Bo 1 some more and then drilled Tonfa for 30 or so minutes. Good drills.
Double class tonight. First 45 minutes was spent on my own reviewing all the forms and self defense. The second 45 tonight was weapons drills, did Bo 1 & 2 and Tonfa 1. Felt good tonight.