This is a log of my journey to Shotokan Karate Shodan and beyond.
Strong workout today. The weights felt fairly light and the barbell presses and incline dumbbell presses were very easy.
Barbell Press – 120 x 4, 120 x 4, 100 x 7, 80 x 12
Lat Pulldown – 150 x 4, 150 x 4, 120 x 12
Dumbbell Incline Bench Press – 70 x 4, 70 x 4, 50 x 12
Low Cable Row – 170 x 4, 170 x 4, 130 x 12
Leg Raise – 2 x 10
Because my hips are so inflexible, the squats and quarter squats were tough. The weight didn’t feel too heavy but getting down low enough is very hard for me. I did notice that with each set I was able get a lower.
Squats – 250 x 4, 250 x 4, 250 x4, 195 x 12
Quarter Squats – 3 x 315 x 3
Good Morning – 2 x 70 x 10
Leg Curl – 2 x 40 x 10
Roman Chair – 2 x 10
Good class again.
We spent a great deal of time working on our back stance with knife hand block moves. We would move in to a back stance with knife hand block but on an angle toward the corner behind us and then move forward into a back stance knife hand block. We did a lot of drills with those moves then we started adding more moves like a front stance with front punch.
We also did a lot of pushups and crunches between many of the drills.
We ended with kata. I am having some issues remembering Tekki Shodan for some reason. I had done so many of them in the past, for some odd reason, I am forgetting the order the moves. I guess it’s time for me to start daily kata work again.