Weapons: Today I was to teach class, I did and also took part in stuff to since class was small. I had everyone warm up using a heavy kettle bell. We did walk out pushups; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 then 3x rounds of 10x KB swings and 5x squats.
Then we drilled 20x each bo strikes and down blocks. Then did Bo 1 & Bo 2. Then we did Tonfa strikes and Tonfa kata, then Sai strikes. All strikes 20x each. My arms are burning… 🙂
Good class.
Weapons: Taught class tonight. I had them do 5x rounds of an alternate “cindy” type workout. 5x push ups, 10x squats and 15x KB swings. They were getting tired at that point. Then we did Bo strike drills and then did Bo1 2x and Bo2 2x. Then we moved on to Tonfa strikes and then did Tonfa1 2x. Dismissed class after a little talking and called it a night. Pretty good class, everyone worked so hard and were so good. Makes me very humbled to be leading class with these quality Karate students.
Brown & Blackbelt class: We drilled strikes again. 30x each with Kia on 10, 20 and 30. Tonfa strikes, all sets then Sai strikes all sets. My hands were barely working when we finished that.
Then we broke off into a small Brown Belt group. And worked on Saiunchin. Learning 3 more moves, the low “dragon” stances… #pain
I worked hard tonight and am pretty spent. That was a good 2 hours of back to back classes and all in all, in the end about 50 strikes of each type of weapon…
Weapons: We drilled strikes. Tonfa, we drilled 20x for each type of strike. Then We did Bo 1 and Bo 2 back to back. After that we broke off into smaller groups and my group did Sai 1 over and over. I got in about 6-8 reps on Sai 1.
Weapons/KataClass Level: Adult
Date: Wednesday, July 27th
Time: 6:45pm Class
Line up & bow in the class Exercise/Warm Up:
For 3x rounds; 5x pushups, 10x air squats, 10x Kettlebell Sumo Deadlifts
Go through each basic kick 3x times each
Front Kick, ½ Round Kick, Full Round Kick, Side Kick, Back Kick
Switch & Repeat
Weapons/Kata:
We will try to work through the Kata each student knows at least once:
Taigo 1
Taigo 2
Taigo 3
Pinan 1
Naihanchin
Bo 1
Bo 2
10, 20, 30, 40 Bo Strikes
End Class:
Everyone line back up, bow, thank everyone and dismiss class