11.14.05 - Practice Out of Class
Met at Phyl’s Home in Raleigh/Wake Forest
We met at Phyl’s place and it was the first time I had ever been there. We all showed up at approximately the same time and we were pleasantly surprised to see Marty come in with Alex. After we got dressed, we piled into the cars and headed over to a nearby park.
It was a little different. We were on a sloping hillside with a light grade that eventually went down to a water line some 70-80 yards away or so. There was a distant street light and a full moon – that was our lighting. The challenges were two-fold: the ground was uneven and we couldn’t see well. It made for some interesting training.
We started out with the basics, as always. Step drags, forward and back, up and down hill. Very interesting. We did step-throughs, blocks and kicks. We even did the Purple belt kicking drill. After while, we started to do technique lines, starting with the Orange belt techniques. This is where things got interesting. On level ground, it is relatively easy to ‘cheat’ a little bit if you want to in your stances and still not dead-leg. When you are standing on uneven ground and kicking up-hill, like with Thunder & Lightning, it is imperative that your knees be bent and that you are in the correct position. If not, down the hill you go.
After we made it through all of the base techniques, it was almost 9:00pm and we had gotten in a good solid 2 hours of working out. I had to be at work before 6:00am this morning and I was feeling it toward the end of our work out. I think I’m going to have to increase my cardio workouts in order to get my stamina back up there again. All in all it was a great workout and I learned a lot about footing on uneven surfaces. I hope it isn’t too cold to work out there again next time.
We met at Phyl’s place and it was the first time I had ever been there. We all showed up at approximately the same time and we were pleasantly surprised to see Marty come in with Alex. After we got dressed, we piled into the cars and headed over to a nearby park.
It was a little different. We were on a sloping hillside with a light grade that eventually went down to a water line some 70-80 yards away or so. There was a distant street light and a full moon – that was our lighting. The challenges were two-fold: the ground was uneven and we couldn’t see well. It made for some interesting training.
We started out with the basics, as always. Step drags, forward and back, up and down hill. Very interesting. We did step-throughs, blocks and kicks. We even did the Purple belt kicking drill. After while, we started to do technique lines, starting with the Orange belt techniques. This is where things got interesting. On level ground, it is relatively easy to ‘cheat’ a little bit if you want to in your stances and still not dead-leg. When you are standing on uneven ground and kicking up-hill, like with Thunder & Lightning, it is imperative that your knees be bent and that you are in the correct position. If not, down the hill you go.
After we made it through all of the base techniques, it was almost 9:00pm and we had gotten in a good solid 2 hours of working out. I had to be at work before 6:00am this morning and I was feeling it toward the end of our work out. I think I’m going to have to increase my cardio workouts in order to get my stamina back up there again. All in all it was a great workout and I learned a lot about footing on uneven surfaces. I hope it isn’t too cold to work out there again next time.
posted by Bonzai at 11/14/2005 11:00:00 PM
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