03.27.06 - Practice out of Class
Met at Walt’s house in Raleigh
Walt, Alex, Phyl, Elliott and I met at Walt’s place to work out this week. I arrived a little after 7:00pm and the others were already warming up. I got stretched out a little bit and then joined in with the warm ups.
We did most of the usual stuff (ball kicks, roundhouse kicks, blocks, lunge punches, etc.) and then started with some other drills that we haven’t done in a while. Walt and I paired off and we did a “right-left-duck” drill alternating from side to side, similar to boxing warm ups. We then did some “yes-no-yes” drills and some back knuckle-lunge punches.
Then came the techniques. We started off with the Orange belt techniques and work up through Purple. Starting with Beheading the Dragon, we worked through them in order and ended with Thunder and Lightning before moving on to the Purple belt techniques. The only caveat to this workout that was different from workouts past was that the guys were sure that I covered out after each technique. A little awkward, but I need the practice.
Stopping the Storm was the first Purple belt technique that I learned tonight. Phyl stated that the primary difference between the techniques I learned at Orange belt and the ones I’ll be learning for Purple is that I will now be stepping into my attacker instead of moving away. This was immediately apparent with Stopping the Storm as the first series of moves consists of stepping to about 1:00 on your opponent during a parry/grab that ultimately pulls the attacker into your fist, before moving on with the rest of the technique. I’ll save the descriptions for the Technique Journal but it was cool to be learning new moves.
The guys proceeded to take me through the rest of the techniques as well. In order, they were Hidden Wing, Circling Serpent, Hooking Thunder, Captured Wing, Clapping Tiger, and Raking Hammer. As they showed me the basic moves, I felt like I did when I first started Kenpo; it sort of felt like I was starting all over again. But it was a good feeling. The biggest difference between learning the first set and this set is that I was surprised at how quickly I was able to start doing the core movements of the techniques this time around. For some reason the moves just made more sense and I felt like I could pick them up quicker. I don’t know if it is because I have been dummying for these guys from nearly the beginning or if it is because I’m building on a comfortable base. I realize that it is probably both and more but it was a little strange to ponder.
Walt, Alex, Phyl, Elliott and I met at Walt’s place to work out this week. I arrived a little after 7:00pm and the others were already warming up. I got stretched out a little bit and then joined in with the warm ups.
We did most of the usual stuff (ball kicks, roundhouse kicks, blocks, lunge punches, etc.) and then started with some other drills that we haven’t done in a while. Walt and I paired off and we did a “right-left-duck” drill alternating from side to side, similar to boxing warm ups. We then did some “yes-no-yes” drills and some back knuckle-lunge punches.
Then came the techniques. We started off with the Orange belt techniques and work up through Purple. Starting with Beheading the Dragon, we worked through them in order and ended with Thunder and Lightning before moving on to the Purple belt techniques. The only caveat to this workout that was different from workouts past was that the guys were sure that I covered out after each technique. A little awkward, but I need the practice.
Stopping the Storm was the first Purple belt technique that I learned tonight. Phyl stated that the primary difference between the techniques I learned at Orange belt and the ones I’ll be learning for Purple is that I will now be stepping into my attacker instead of moving away. This was immediately apparent with Stopping the Storm as the first series of moves consists of stepping to about 1:00 on your opponent during a parry/grab that ultimately pulls the attacker into your fist, before moving on with the rest of the technique. I’ll save the descriptions for the Technique Journal but it was cool to be learning new moves.
The guys proceeded to take me through the rest of the techniques as well. In order, they were Hidden Wing, Circling Serpent, Hooking Thunder, Captured Wing, Clapping Tiger, and Raking Hammer. As they showed me the basic moves, I felt like I did when I first started Kenpo; it sort of felt like I was starting all over again. But it was a good feeling. The biggest difference between learning the first set and this set is that I was surprised at how quickly I was able to start doing the core movements of the techniques this time around. For some reason the moves just made more sense and I felt like I could pick them up quicker. I don’t know if it is because I have been dummying for these guys from nearly the beginning or if it is because I’m building on a comfortable base. I realize that it is probably both and more but it was a little strange to ponder.
posted by Bonzai at 3/27/2006 11:00:00 PM
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