Archive for March, 2009
Footwork for Kumite Class
The focus for the Kumite class tomorrow night will be on footwork. We will be doing plenty of footwork drills to improve your reaction time, balance, forward and backward movement, and of course side to side.
Having great footwork is essential in being a great exponent of kumite. It also translates into self-defense as well. Case [...]
World’s Greatest Shave
We had our first World’s Greatest Shave BBQ and, well, shave on Saturday at the dojo. Both Ted Turnour and myself had our locks shorn, not fully shorn but pretty close to it! Louise McMahon did the shaving, and quite enjoyed designing different hair designs. There were some beauties, and some shockers.
The important part was [...]
Kicks for kumite tonight
The focus on tonight’s kumite class is going to be kicking – which kicks to use, and when. There are lots of different kicks we can use in kumite, and we’ll go through one’s that work, and one’s that don’t. We may do a few fancy one’s as well, so if you are looking for [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Benefits of kumite (sparring)
In a karate forum recently, someone mentioned that the kumite that we practise is play fighting, and has no real bearing on ‘real-life’ fighting. I disagreed and this is what I posted (edited).
“If I may speak frank, you say this because you have never been taught or understood the principles of “controlled contact” sparring. In [...]
Footbrawl
I stumbled upon this little nugget through youtube, and thought it looked interesting, and a little scary!
Basically it is a game, a hybrid of soccer, rugby, hockey, and martial arts (lends more to taekwondo). There are two teams with 5 players each, and the object is to get the ball into the opponents goal. Sounds [...]
