Today we practiced lots of basic techniques required for your grading. We practiced them primarily on the spot today, trying to ensure correct form and technique. We practiced
Arm Techniques
Choku Zuki
The fist starts to turn as the elbow leaves the body
Practice your hip flick and using the floor to generate a powerful punch
Age Uke
The fist goes diagonally in a straight line - the block deflects, as the arm is not going straight upwards
Soto Uke
The feeling of the block is going forwards, again the block is a deflection forwards not going directly across
Uchi Uke
The block starts from the opposite hip. The elbow does not move as you move the forearm across your body.
Kicks
For all kicks, the first move is to raise your leg, keeping your foot tight and close to your body and ankle tight. For snap kicks, focus on pulling back (hiki ashi).
Mae Geri
Kick to the front, with the ball of the foot
Yoko Geri Keage
Kick to the side with sokuto, the edge of the foot
The foot rises in an arc, and with the hip twist at the end, the edge of the foot should be parallel to the floor
Kumite
After practicing our blocks on the spot, we also practiced punching to the correct target and then blocking each others attacks on the spot.
Kata
We finished practicing our grading kata ranging from kihon to tekki shodan.
End
We also finished with mokusou and the dojo kun. This time in both Japanese and English. We will continue with this.
