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Five parts of the moving forward front punch.

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My Sensei often told me that there are five moves to the moving forward front punch and only two of them are related to the upper body.

First is the punch, next is the elbow strike, then comes the shin clash, next is driving from the back leg (or guarded back leg) and then finally the knee sweep.  The knee sweep is where you have your front foot outside the opponents front foot and you use your knee as a lever to twist their leg and take them down.

1: Guarded back leg
2: Knee sweep
3: Shin clash
4: Punch
5: Elbow strike

Thursday Karate and weight workout.

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One each of Heian Shodan, Heian Nidan, Heian Sandan, Heian Yondan, Heian Godan and Tekki Shodan. (6 total)

Weights:

15 minutes (superset)

Leg press toe raise -  12 x 360 x 5
Dumbbell wrist curl – 12 x 20 x 5

Crunch – 10 x 5
Stiffleg dumbbell deadlift – 10 x 45 x 5

No Karate class today.  My right hip is very sore, maybe from the rain and humid weather here, and my wife is not feeling well so we did not make class today.

Wednesday weight workout.

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Good workout tonight.

The gym was very warm and it felt good to workout in the higher temperature.  I had to be near 80 degrees but there was a lot of air movement.   The EDT workout is hard but feels good.  Racing the clock really helps me keep my mind off the pain from the exercises.

15 minutes – superset:

Dumbbell curl – 14 x 30 x 5
Dumbbell triceps extension – 14 x 50 x 5

15 minutes – superset:

Side dumbbell raise – 13 x 15 x 5
Dumbbell shrug – 13 x 60 x 5

I need to increase the weight next time since I did more than 12 sets.