Kumite

10 Drills for Kumite Ebook

Posted on September 22, 2009. Filed under: Kumite | Tags: , , , , |

Hi all,
Well I have finally written my first ebook – 10 Drills for Kumite.
It’s a book for students who wish to improve their kumite, and will give instructors drills and ideas for their classes.
You can check out the website here – www.kumite-tips.com
This will be the first in a series of ebooks that I will be [...]

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Kumite – Fake it baby!

Posted on August 30, 2009. Filed under: Kumite |

I have competed in hundreds of competitions, represented my state and country many times, and have won numerous state, national, and international titles. Here are a few random thoughts about kumite from my experience.
In the Kumite class on Wednesday night I was telling students how I love to fake it….
How to sell a fake [...]

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Good v Bad Kumite

Posted on April 8, 2009. Filed under: Kumite |

In the kumite class I said I would post some good kumite v bad kumite.
Good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPZbrtvQT-U
Bad

So, there is some real garbage out there (mainly in the US). Check out some of those uniforms. Yuck.
Cheyne McMahon
Senior Instructor
Australian Karate Academy
Phone: 0403 350 339
Email: cheyne@aka.com.au
Website: www.aka.com.au

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Footwork for Kumite Class

Posted on March 24, 2009. Filed under: Kumite |

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 [...]

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Kicks for kumite tonight

Posted on March 11, 2009. Filed under: Kumite |

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 [...]

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