02.13.06 - Practice Out of Class
Met at My house in Raleigh
Phyl, Alex & Alexandra came over for a workout tonight. The living room is a little cramped so we worked out in the garage. Phyl and Alex are coming up on testing for their Blue belts and wanted to spend some time dedicated to techniques.
We started out by going through warm-ups and basics – drill instructor style – with Alex taking the lead in calling out the exercises. It didn’t take long to work up a light sweat even though it was chilly in the garage. We covered all of the blocks, ball kicks, roundhouse kicks, foot maneuvers, and lunge punches. When we finished up with our warm-ups, we started to work techniques.
Instead of starting with the Orange belt techniques and work up, we started with the Blue belt techniques and worked our way back. Doing so ensured we got all of the Phyl and Alex’s stuff in that they wanted to work tonight. We still got through them all, including the Orange belt techniques.
Alex and Phyl helped me with several tweaks, including some with Returning Serpent and Beheading the Dragon. With Returning Serpent, I was executing the back fist so that the trajectory was more at an angle than flat. I hadn’t realized this but in slowing everything down and watching the attack, it was easy to see that I was going to have a harder time reaching my targets launching the strike that way. We practiced with me bringing that strike on a more horizontal trajectory to the temple. After I started doing it correctly, it even felt better. The other item they helped me with was my spacing in Beheading the Dragon. I was having a hard time getting that final strike to the base of the skull… I just felt all crowded in. They showed me how to put some space in there and utilize fully the knee strikes/buckles. When I put it all together that way, it felt better and I was right on target.
We concluded the night’s workout by working forms. We started by all of us working the Orange belt form. Phyl called it out by the numbers and we went through it several times. After about the 5th or 6th time, Alexandra and I stepped aside and Phyl and Alex worked on the Master form. They looked great. No hesitation. They were nice and smooth and seemed very relaxed in doing the form. I think that it was the best I have seen them do the form to date. After a couple of times, we bowed out and called it a night.
Phyl, Alex & Alexandra came over for a workout tonight. The living room is a little cramped so we worked out in the garage. Phyl and Alex are coming up on testing for their Blue belts and wanted to spend some time dedicated to techniques.
We started out by going through warm-ups and basics – drill instructor style – with Alex taking the lead in calling out the exercises. It didn’t take long to work up a light sweat even though it was chilly in the garage. We covered all of the blocks, ball kicks, roundhouse kicks, foot maneuvers, and lunge punches. When we finished up with our warm-ups, we started to work techniques.
Instead of starting with the Orange belt techniques and work up, we started with the Blue belt techniques and worked our way back. Doing so ensured we got all of the Phyl and Alex’s stuff in that they wanted to work tonight. We still got through them all, including the Orange belt techniques.
Alex and Phyl helped me with several tweaks, including some with Returning Serpent and Beheading the Dragon. With Returning Serpent, I was executing the back fist so that the trajectory was more at an angle than flat. I hadn’t realized this but in slowing everything down and watching the attack, it was easy to see that I was going to have a harder time reaching my targets launching the strike that way. We practiced with me bringing that strike on a more horizontal trajectory to the temple. After I started doing it correctly, it even felt better. The other item they helped me with was my spacing in Beheading the Dragon. I was having a hard time getting that final strike to the base of the skull… I just felt all crowded in. They showed me how to put some space in there and utilize fully the knee strikes/buckles. When I put it all together that way, it felt better and I was right on target.
We concluded the night’s workout by working forms. We started by all of us working the Orange belt form. Phyl called it out by the numbers and we went through it several times. After about the 5th or 6th time, Alexandra and I stepped aside and Phyl and Alex worked on the Master form. They looked great. No hesitation. They were nice and smooth and seemed very relaxed in doing the form. I think that it was the best I have seen them do the form to date. After a couple of times, we bowed out and called it a night.
posted by Bonzai at 2/13/2006 10:00:00 PM
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