Catch up

Hey everyone, sorry I haven't responded in like... a week. I'm sort of excited though because after checking my stats, I see that some people are watching my blog so HIII PEOPLE! I went last Wednesday to karate and we mainly worked on ground work... I can't find the notes I took on it but might tell you about it tomorrow or later this week. Tonight we worked on a whole mix of stuff though.

We started out by our "usual" warm-up, no special thing like the other days.We did however work on fudo ken and stomp kicks. Fudo ken is Japanese for firm fist. We practiced first fudo ken then, with the stomp kicks, my school's head teacher took the bags and I got to take a few kicks at him haha.

After Stomp kicks, we started working on kihon waza ichi, or basic technique number one. We started out in seigan no kamae and as the fighter swung with a hook punch, we stepped to the outside and blocked to the outside, then striked with an ura shuto to the side of the neck, making sure to bring the hand up and making the shuto a guard as well as a strike. Out teacher also explained that, for this technique, it is very important to have good timing.
We then changed the technique a little and instead of being in seigan no kamae, changed to ichimonji no kamae. However, unlike in seigan, the focus was less on power and more on precision, striking not with your fist but your knuckles, right to the soft spot of the elbow. Additionally, instead of striking with ura shuto to the neck, we striked with omote shuto to  the arm, knocking their shoulder back, making it impossible for them to  kick without stepping. We did that for a while until our teacher instructed us to stop and added on some more to it. The technique then changed to ko ku, where we added to the technique a kick, from the attacker, and the person moved out of the way and kicking their leg to the side and stepping behind the attacker. They then striked with boshi ken to the soft spot of the person's back.

After that we did the final move Yoku do, or skillfully precise. Yoku do is a move where a person grabs you in kim uchi, and, according to our head instructor, is the most important technique to know. In Yoku do, the person does a hook punch boshi ken to the neck while, at the same time, swinging your leg up in between the attackers. They then did a palm strike up under the chin causing the people to fall down. I enjoyed actually being knocked down because it gave me an excuse to practice my rear shoulder rolls ;).

Well I'll make sure to post more often but I am off. If you would like to ask me questions I would love to answer any. Good bye whoever is out there reading this.