03.06.06 - Practice Out of Class
Met at my house in Raleigh
Sifu joined us in our out of class training session this week so that he could practice the techniques he will be doing for everyone at the seminar. He worked primarily with Alex, Phyl & Walt while Alexandra and I went through the Orange belt techniques as well as the Orange belt form.
We didn’t do anything earth shattering this session but we did cover the basics. As a group, we started out by coming together in a circle and each person chose a drill that we did as a group. It was completely up to the person choosing the drill to call out the drill and determine the repetitions as well as the speed. We were warmed up pretty good by the time we finished going around the circle. After the warm ups, Alexandra and I split off and the Purple belts worked with Sifu.
Alexandra and I started with Thunder & Lightning and worked our way through all 6 techniques for Orange belt. It was all review for both of us but neither of us has mastered the techniques to perfection yet. I had just reviewed my Orange belt pre-test and was cognizant of the items that I wanted to work on. Specifically, I focused on range and target location for both Beheading the Dragon and Deflecting Thunder. One of the items Sifu mentioned on my critique was that I was out too far on these two techniques, that my assailant was much closer than I was taking into account. Also, on both of these techniques, I have a tendency to more laterally instead of at a real 45 degree angle. I was careful to move in the right directions for the technique.
Another thing that I was mentally focusing on was foot placement. It bothered me to see myself on tape during the forward and backward step-drags. My trailing foot was closer to 90 degrees than 45. The thing is that I picture my feet in the proper position when I’m doing the step drags so when I actually saw my feet at the incorrect angles, it was a little bit surprising. I was careful to pay closer attention and frequently checked their position as I was going through the techniques tonight.
Sifu broke from practicing with the Purple belts for a few minutes and came over to help us. He had us go through each technique twice – once slow and once fast – and then advised us with what he saw. He mentioned the thrust kick in Thrusting Release and walked me through the motions of the thrust kick yet again. I don’t know what it is about this kick but I am having a time getting it correct. Tonight I was raising up on my toes again during the kick. I know better than to do this but I have a feeling that I’m probably correcting for balance. I’m definitely doing something wrong but I can’t pin it down. I’ll keep working on it.
We broke sometime just before 9:00 pm and bowed out. We chatted for just a couple of minutes and then everyone left for home. Another good workout and I’m glad Sifu decided to join us.
Sifu joined us in our out of class training session this week so that he could practice the techniques he will be doing for everyone at the seminar. He worked primarily with Alex, Phyl & Walt while Alexandra and I went through the Orange belt techniques as well as the Orange belt form.
We didn’t do anything earth shattering this session but we did cover the basics. As a group, we started out by coming together in a circle and each person chose a drill that we did as a group. It was completely up to the person choosing the drill to call out the drill and determine the repetitions as well as the speed. We were warmed up pretty good by the time we finished going around the circle. After the warm ups, Alexandra and I split off and the Purple belts worked with Sifu.
Alexandra and I started with Thunder & Lightning and worked our way through all 6 techniques for Orange belt. It was all review for both of us but neither of us has mastered the techniques to perfection yet. I had just reviewed my Orange belt pre-test and was cognizant of the items that I wanted to work on. Specifically, I focused on range and target location for both Beheading the Dragon and Deflecting Thunder. One of the items Sifu mentioned on my critique was that I was out too far on these two techniques, that my assailant was much closer than I was taking into account. Also, on both of these techniques, I have a tendency to more laterally instead of at a real 45 degree angle. I was careful to move in the right directions for the technique.
Another thing that I was mentally focusing on was foot placement. It bothered me to see myself on tape during the forward and backward step-drags. My trailing foot was closer to 90 degrees than 45. The thing is that I picture my feet in the proper position when I’m doing the step drags so when I actually saw my feet at the incorrect angles, it was a little bit surprising. I was careful to pay closer attention and frequently checked their position as I was going through the techniques tonight.
Sifu broke from practicing with the Purple belts for a few minutes and came over to help us. He had us go through each technique twice – once slow and once fast – and then advised us with what he saw. He mentioned the thrust kick in Thrusting Release and walked me through the motions of the thrust kick yet again. I don’t know what it is about this kick but I am having a time getting it correct. Tonight I was raising up on my toes again during the kick. I know better than to do this but I have a feeling that I’m probably correcting for balance. I’m definitely doing something wrong but I can’t pin it down. I’ll keep working on it.
We broke sometime just before 9:00 pm and bowed out. We chatted for just a couple of minutes and then everyone left for home. Another good workout and I’m glad Sifu decided to join us.
posted by Bonzai at 3/06/2006 11:00:00 PM
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