Today was my first time taking Friday class with Sensei Brien. The dojo was really cold so Sensei made sure that we were well warmed up.
Warm up…
Sensei had us start out with some punches while standing in a horse stance. Next, we did a lot of stationary front snap kicks. We continued to warm but with shifting drills, first with jabs and then reverse punches. One shifting drill that stood out was shift in with rising block and reverse punch then shift back with downward block and reverse punch.
Kick your partner….
Next, Sensei had us get a partner. We started in a horse stance doing block punch, block punch drills. After that, we worked on kicks. We alternated both front leg and back leg roundhouse kicks with both feet in front. After that, we worked on side thrust kicks and some hook kicks too.
Take the angle….
We finished up working on some shifting drills.  We stood across from our partner and starting shifting. From there, whenever Sensei counted, we shifted on an angle but still staying in front of our partner while moving in a clockwise and then counter clockwise motion. After that, we did the drill on our own with one partner leading and the other following.
We finished up class with some cool down stretching which felt good after all those kicks.
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