Sensei Cieplik is really giving us a lot of kicking drills. I really need them and am more than happy to get as much kicking in as possible.
Kicks….
We started with stationary knee strike and front snap kick. Then double front snap kick. then front snap kick with front punch.
Next, we did shuffle up, front leg roundhouse, then shuffle back and do a rear leg roundhouse kick.
Kihon….
We moved forward and did a rising block, inward block, downward block and then reverse punch all with only one step forward. We did the same moving backward.
Next, we did back stance, knife hand block and then did the same with the added front snap kick and finally we added the reverse spear hand strike.
Next came, Sensei’s favorite move to watch, inward block, horse stance with elbow strike and back fist. Sensei said to make sure that each stance looks like it should, being that the horse stance needs to be a horse stance and the front stance needs to be a front stance. Also, Sensei suggested that we insert a cat stance between the different stances.
Take em down….
Next, we worked on some partner drills. We started with inward block, elbow strike and back fist but we stepped behind and threw our partner, over our knee and down to the ground. When in the horse stance behind them, use the hand that did the back fist to throw them over your leg behind them.
We finished up class with kata. Heian 1 through Heian 5, Tekki Shodan, Jion and Bassai Dai.
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