by Gene Crawford | Nov 22, 2016
Just before class Sensei called me out on the floor and paired me up with a Blackbelt and had me work Konku slowly. Working on technique and refining certain parts of the Kata. Pretty cool.
Weapons: We started off with some basic review; bowing. Then we did 2x of each basic kick. Then worked Bo strikes for 20x each. Then did Bo 1 3x times each. Strong class.
I started off the day feeling pretty sickly. I kinda punked out by midday and started thinking about not going to class. But I went anyways. I’m glad I did – even though it’s been a long night and I may pay for it tomorrow.
by Gene Crawford | Nov 8, 2016
Self Defense. Got there about 40 minutes early and Sensei had us start working early… we did 5x of each for 5 or so rounds each defend & attack of Blasting Elbow and Elbow Form.
Then we started class officially. We began with a Cha Na Gi block drill where one student attacked and we blocked 20x each time. Then split into groups.
In our groups we did the 5x each attack & defend drills for 5 or so rounds each of; Elbow Form, Two Arm Grab and Side Snake. We worked staying cool and “subdued” but with strength.
Very good solid night. I quite enjoyed it.
by Gene Crawford | Oct 26, 2016
Fight Club: Ran class with ½ drills and ½ sparring. I like the mix. Oddly the drills were more work than the sparring…
I actually came an hour early to class and ran the first ½ of the 6:00 youth class. Warmed them up with some exercise then some footwork drills. Oversaw some sparring rounds and then had to move out to fight club.
We started off class with a tabata of jump rope for 8 rounds. Then did 3x tabata rounds of footwork drills and sidekick defensive counter drills. We were winded and totally sweaty at that point. Then we broke off and did about 25 rounds of 1:00 sparring matches. We ended class with 5 or so minutes of discussion and I actually like ending that way. Good lessons learned and recapped.
I love running these classes. So fun!
by Gene Crawford | Sep 13, 2016
Self Defense: Started off with some exercise, we did :30, :45 & 1:00 russian twists with 15# med ball, then did a 30 second plank on the med ball.
We then paired off and drilled 5th set of self defense for the remainder of class:
Knife Attack
Ballbat Attack
Elbow Form
Spinning Elbow
Full Nelson
by Gene Crawford | Aug 10, 2016
Fight Club: Had 3 students show up for fight club tonight. We started with 3x rounds of 1:00 fighting – going fairly easy. Then did 10 minutes of drills. Side kick to block & body punch. Then 3x more of 1:00 rounds. Then drilled creating angles and a basic footwork drill. Then 3x more 1:00 rounds. Finished up with 2x rounds of point sparring. 1 point for punch and 2 points for kicks, first to 5 wins.
