by Gene Crawford | Apr 8, 2016
Kata. We drilled our Kata today and we worked hard. Started off with a bit of a dynamic warm up. The “Matt Chan” style. Then went directly into Taigo 1 & 2. Then we started the drill:
Taigo 1 & 2
Ladder Drills 3x; in-out, icky-shuffle, icky-shuffle backwards
Taigo 3
Ladder Drills 3x in-out, icky-shuffle, icky-shuffle backwards
Pinan 1
5x Box step-off to Box Jumps
Naihanchin
Ladder Drills 3x in-out, icky-shuffle, icky-shuffle backwards + 3 Box step-ff to Box Jumps
Giin
10x each leg – Box High Knee Raises/Jumps
Empi
Ladder Drills 3x in-out, icky-shuffle, icky-shuffle backwards + 3 Box step-ff to Box Jumps
Seisan
by Gene Crawford | Apr 1, 2016
Fight Club + 3 earlier classes. Long afternoon in the Dojo today. Time well spent, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Working with the kids and bonding a bit will make it just that much easier when I take a class for Blackbelt requirements later on. Then had Fight Club, it was us three adults and 3 of the team kids.
Had them do foot work drills and shooting drills, then got in a ton of fights and tried to make them work on footwork. Did some point sparring at the end.
They worked hard.
by Gene Crawford | Mar 10, 2016
Self Defense today. We started off with kicks, drilled them like normal. I felt pretty good with my kicks today, plenty of good energy and I felt pretty spry.
After kicks/warmup we paired off and drilled self defense. We worked primarily on 4th – 6th set and just drilled them over and over. Still have plenty of work to get these really flowing for the videos but it was a big step.
by Gene Crawford | Feb 24, 2016
Fight Club: Started with 5 minutes of stretching, then bag kick drills for 5 minutes and 5 minutes of man-in-the-middle drills. Then sparring for 2 sets of 3x 2:00 rounds. Good class tonight, had some fun.
by Gene Crawford | Feb 16, 2016
Noon class today was Basics. We started off with basic kicks, 3 of each. In between he held plank(s) for 30 & 45 seconds. Then did the other side on kicks, then held plank for 60 seconds. We then did med ball partner tosses in 2, 3 & 4 mat distances. Then went straight into a short then long Basics session, drilling all the basics we know. Good class and I did pretty well.
