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Kicks. We worked on perfecting our kicks. Did round after round of slow & deliberate kicks. We did 3x of each kick while still in the same chamber position too. Painful!
Then did some fast and strong kicks on the heavy bag. Very much fun!
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Kata class tonight. A good class. One of the first times I felt zero pressure in class. Very good just feeling present and moving and watching and learning from others tonight. Very much enjoyed it.
Worked 3x kicks & striking
Taigo 1 4x times with 10x push-ups in between
Finished with 30x push-ups
Seisan for a few times while others learned it.
Cool part was watching Thomas get to work with Sensei in a large mixed class. I think he’s finally starting to grow into himself a bit and it’s amazing to watch my boy transition into a man. #proud
Really, really fun class.
Fight Class 003
Monday fight class tonight. Had a pretty full class. We warmed up with a ton of good bodyweight work. Once everyone was sweating really good we started with kicks. Side Kick, Pull Side Kick, Hand Check, Hand Check to Body Punch, Fake Kick, added in ½ round kicks, Universal Chamber. Then did some games. Finished with 100 ½ round kicks in 10 minutes.
*whew*
Fight Class 002
Thursday night class. The non-mandatory one. We worked hard, did about 500 kicks tonight. After a short warm up/work out we did a ton of side kick, side pull kick and side kick check drills with side kick fake and side kick body punch drills. Then ended with 100 ½ round kicks. Good night.
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Kicks/Basics: Last class before Blackbelt test. We started off with basic kicks. I was not stretched or ready at all so my kicks were crap… gotta make sure I get ready before kicks and such during the test… 🙁
We did basic strikes from a relaxed stance. Focusing in on ‘snapping’ the strike.
Then we did a couple rounds of basics. I did zero push-ups, so feeling positive about basics going into the test. Though I know it will still be tough as hell.