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Kata. Went in for noon class and we drilled Kata. Did basic Kata then intermediate. Worked with Brown Belt to help her improve as much as we could.
Taigo 1 2x
Tiago 2
Taigo 3
Pinan 1
Too San
Naihanchin
Giin
Empi
Fight Class 018
Not my best class… I didn’t prepare like I normally do, so there was some confusion and I tried to push through it, instead of stopping and resetting the class.
I had them do a range of movement drills (1, 2, 3, 4 & 5′s) to a group count, then I had them line up and do a reverse punch drill and then a pull kick drill. Then I had them work on intercepting a pump ½ round kick.. this is where it went south on me.
This drill following the direction work, kind of contradicted each other out. I had them work on movement, lateral movement, then this kick drill had them moving straight backwards. Which directly contradicted what I wanted them to do. I was trying to freelance the class and I should have relied on my written plans. Lesson learned on my part for sure.
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Fighting. I lead fight class tonight. We started with some jumping jacks and did some leg work. Then did a push-up plank for about 20 push-ups. Then partnered off and did fight drills, building up to the defensive side kick. Then had volunteers on the floor for dead-man drills for 9, :20 rounds. Did that twice. Then for the last 15 minutes of class, we broke into two groups and did quick sudden death matches. Overall fell like it was a good night.
Fight Class 013
Small class again. We did a quick bit of conditioning work, some new stuff. I think they liked it. Then we did some kick drills and then some mantis pad work. We then worked on specific drills for offense and defense then ended up learning a new thing. The “push off” and strike. A Raymond Daniels special move. 🙂
Fight Class 011
Big class, pretty much everyone came out tonight. We got to work immediately. My goal was to work them out, then drill then 30 minutes of sparring. We were still fairly unfocused most of the class… I gotta get this right.
Worked up to the side kick, backfist bodypunch drill, with the defensive sidekick thrown in.
I think next week i’m going to do a ton of kicks for the workout then we’re going to do more sparring.