January 26
Good karate class tonight. First class split the kids up. I took the yellow and orange belts and we worked on kata and an introduction to basic step sparring. Sensei …
January 23
Sensei Martin taught the kids class tonight. She did fantastic as always. The new class is very attentive and very well behaved. I taught the adult class. We started by working on …
February 15
Tonight was the last kids for free class for the session. Looks like we rolled about 7-9 kids into the regular program. That will really help the numbers. Kids seemed …
February 9
Pretty basic class tonight. Did Fukyugata 1,2,3, Pinan 1,2,3,4,5, Naihanchi 1,2,3 five times each for a total of 55 kata for the night.
February 8
Tonight’s class was more thoughtful. Sensei Walker had us looking closely at why we do what we do in kata. Not for right or wrong. And not to change it …
January 28
Thursday night’s karate class was a rehash of the rest of the week. Lots of cardio, some pushups and ab work, and all the kyu level kata. We did throw …
January 26
Another rough class last night. Started with 30 mins of cardio. Then we worked on kicking: front kick, side kick, back kick, round kick. Then we worked on jab/reverse punch/front …
January 25
I’m beat. Worked it good at karate tonight. Started out with 30 mins of cardio (working on the couch to 5k plan). Then taught the kids class. Had them run …
December 9
Started karate tonight with some bo drills. Very basic. Just learning the footwork. Then we put away the bo and practiced the same footwork with inward blocks. After that, we …
December 2
Karate tonight was pretty good. Started out doing Fukyugata 1, 2, and 3 and Pinan 1 and 2. Then we worked on basics focusing on full relaxation to full tension …