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Brown & Blackbelt class. 2nd class was Kata and we worked on continuing Konku. I drilled and drilled and got to what we were told is about half way through the Kata. Jeeze, this is a long, difficult Kata to learn. But i’m getting there.
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Noon class today was Kata. Warmed up with basic kicks, then started right in on Kata. To begin we did footwork only of Taigo 1, Taigo 3, Pinan 1 and Naihanchin. Naihanchin completely blew my mind without the hands portion to it. *whew* Taigo 3 actually helped me improve my Kata there. It’s amazing how much I used my hands/arms to show power and for balance. Doing just the feet only really makes you focus on driving power through your hips. Very smart. We then did all the Kata with hands and feet kind of back to back. Ending on Empi. Very good class today!
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Youth Kata/Weapons class. Taught class again, it was the White Belt Blue & Green Stripes. We warmed up by running a few laps, then went through basic kicks, up to Side Kick (they haven’t learned Back Kick yet.) Then we drilled Taigo 1 footwork only. One kid only learned it up to the first Kia, so we just drilled it and drilled it. I flubbed the pivot after the first Kia a bit… Just gotta learn my lesson here and move on.
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I taught class today. 12:15 adult class was Kata. Orange Belt requirments; Taigo 1, 2, 3 & Pinan 1. I had everyone warm up and then did basic kicks.
We then drilled Kata for about 30 minutes straight. We went through all of them, did did a single person demo and then a team drill, where once the person who starts gets to a certain point in the Kata the other person starts and on down the line until everyone has gone. Good stuff, I think they liked working on their Kata like this.
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Teaching class today. It’s Kata: Taigo 1, 3, Too San and Giin.
Going to have them warm up with a modified Cindy then basic kicks. We’ll do two teams of Kata and then end with a prowler pull-push challenge.
Should be a good class. Looking forward to leading it today.