10.17.05 - Practice Out of Class
Met at My House in Raleigh
This week was my first time hosting our little group and I was pretty excited to have the guys over. Walt called earlier in the day and let me know that he wouldn’t be here as he had a family function that was calling him away. Alex and Phyl arrived around 6:15 or so and we got started shortly after that.
We started out with some basic warm-ups and stretches, like usual. Then we started with the basics – literally from the ground up. We took advantage of the space in the back yard and did some step-drag maneuvers, followed by some push-drags. We did 20 up and 20 back, and it didn’t take long for the legs to start burning! We did the same thing with step-throughs as well before we moved on.
We did 20 ball kicks with step-through down and back, then the same drill with roundhouse kicks. We stopped for a water break pretty early on with all this activity. I was really surprised at how quickly I was winded and how much my legs were feeling the stress. It’s never this bad in class!
We did some pivots, and then we moved on to blocks. We did them all, including one that I hadn’t been exposed to before. It’s sort of a short little extended block to the side. Following he blocks, we did some lunge punches and backfists.
When we finished up doing the basics, we started practicing with Orange belt techniques. I had asked them if they had any tips about ‘flow’ with the Orange belt form. We went through it and showed me how the basic form was somewhat rigid in structure because of what it was, but you can still flow from move to move. We practiced for a few minutes before moving on to techniques.
Phyl and Alex basically devoted our practice session to the orange belt techniques and allowed me to practice them almost exclusively. I told them that I really expected to be helping them out as well and they stated over and over again that this was good for them as well as me. This was a huge benefit to me and I know it. I hope I can help them out as much at some point.
As for pointers, they basically showed me where I can refine my movements and positioning in each technique. I would go through the movements with one and the other would stand to the side and yell “stop!” right in the middle of a technique. I would then be adjusted into a proper position and it would be explained to me what I was doing or what I could do to correct it. Overall, it was very helpful and informative for me, probably more so than it was for Alex and Phyl.
We wrapped up with some fresh cupcakes complements of Maria and Duncan before they went on their way for the evening.
This week was my first time hosting our little group and I was pretty excited to have the guys over. Walt called earlier in the day and let me know that he wouldn’t be here as he had a family function that was calling him away. Alex and Phyl arrived around 6:15 or so and we got started shortly after that.
We started out with some basic warm-ups and stretches, like usual. Then we started with the basics – literally from the ground up. We took advantage of the space in the back yard and did some step-drag maneuvers, followed by some push-drags. We did 20 up and 20 back, and it didn’t take long for the legs to start burning! We did the same thing with step-throughs as well before we moved on.
We did 20 ball kicks with step-through down and back, then the same drill with roundhouse kicks. We stopped for a water break pretty early on with all this activity. I was really surprised at how quickly I was winded and how much my legs were feeling the stress. It’s never this bad in class!
We did some pivots, and then we moved on to blocks. We did them all, including one that I hadn’t been exposed to before. It’s sort of a short little extended block to the side. Following he blocks, we did some lunge punches and backfists.
When we finished up doing the basics, we started practicing with Orange belt techniques. I had asked them if they had any tips about ‘flow’ with the Orange belt form. We went through it and showed me how the basic form was somewhat rigid in structure because of what it was, but you can still flow from move to move. We practiced for a few minutes before moving on to techniques.
Phyl and Alex basically devoted our practice session to the orange belt techniques and allowed me to practice them almost exclusively. I told them that I really expected to be helping them out as well and they stated over and over again that this was good for them as well as me. This was a huge benefit to me and I know it. I hope I can help them out as much at some point.
As for pointers, they basically showed me where I can refine my movements and positioning in each technique. I would go through the movements with one and the other would stand to the side and yell “stop!” right in the middle of a technique. I would then be adjusted into a proper position and it would be explained to me what I was doing or what I could do to correct it. Overall, it was very helpful and informative for me, probably more so than it was for Alex and Phyl.
We wrapped up with some fresh cupcakes complements of Maria and Duncan before they went on their way for the evening.
posted by Bonzai at 10/17/2005 10:00:00 PM
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