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Post by Senpai Hiroko on Aug 5, 2014 13:28:37 GMT
Hi, all. Today, we will continue to practice Semi-Free Sparring and light sparring. If there is a request, we can do some kata for the testing. Osu, Hiroko
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Post by Ana (3rd Kyu) on Aug 5, 2014 14:30:20 GMT
Dear Hiroko,
That sounds great. I will only be able to attend BBC tonight as I must be back home a bit earlier than usual. If we have time, can we finish learning Jion (we started with the first part a few classes ago). Also, thank you for the information about the rest of the Summer. After today I will be out West again for the next 2 weeks or so. I will return to class on August 26.
Thank you!!!
Ana
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Post by Senpai Hiroko on Aug 6, 2014 17:47:03 GMT
Hello, all. Thanks for attending our last BBC class this summer. The next BBC will be in September 17th (Tue). If you are testing on Sep 7 (Sunday), I wish you good luck. I won't be at the exam this time. If you are in town and want to prepare for the exam, try to come to my Sunday class. Otherwise, I may be out of dojo until after Kyu Exam. If you have any question, ask me on this Forum, or email me at Your.Hiroko@Gmail.com
Andrey:Thanks for subbing for me. Very pleased to have a competent assistant. Nice try on fixing your ballerina pointed foot. Make it a habit. Be obsessed about your foot shapes. Now, slowly attempt to kick in your regular speed and maintain the shapes of foot. To practice this, you can see your yourself kicking Maegeri in full speed as you gaze your foot in the mirror. Follow only your foot and nothing else. Another point is to make your Maegeri more strong. Did you understand what I was saying about Mae-geri? I wanted to say that many things come together to make Maegeri: first of all, do not slide your supporting foot outward. Ideally heal touched. This foot/heel will be the back bone of your Mae-geri. Your power begins here. Immediately after that, your inner front thigh of the supporting leg will catch the power and thrust forward (as you pick up your kicking foot to your butt). almost at the same time, but immediately after, your knee of kicking leg, coming up, and abdominal pressing forward, and chest area coming forward and slightly down meet in between. The moment that those power meets, just shoot the power straight forward. This collected power and the right timing would give a face into your Mae-geri. Any angle/tilt of upper body will ruin this power. That is why I said that I don't like people kicking Maegeri with upper body tilting back. To avoid tilting sideways (Half face), I said above to imagine to cross and crush your power from your chest of the supporting leg's side and the kicking knee before executing the powerful kick. So, crushing and throwing the power forward. After snapping back, immediately land your kicking leg and return to the ready position. The idea of this that this kick starts from the foot/heel is one of the examples that I talked about "grabbing the floor for the strong techniques".
Ana:I liked your two way kicks of Mae-geri and Yoko-Kekomi. Maegeri and Mawashi-geri during the Kihon were fair, too. I think that you are ready to test. Semi-free sparring looked ok, too. Just remember to "reach with your hip", and leach with long and low stance to counter, if it is far. When you counter attack, emphasize the force and Kime with big kiai. I hope that you remember those points in Bassai Dai that you were corrected many times. I want you to improve that before the exam. I may not be around in dojo on Tuesdays and Thursdays during August (I understand that you are gone for the most of the month, too), but I will be dojo every Sunday regardless. So, when you come back in late August, come to class if you have time for your final prep for the exam.
Dima: Nice work, over all. There are three points for you to think about before the Kyu exam. (Also take a look at my comments to Ana for my availability during this month to prep you). It is very difficult for everybody to use hip during Tekki Kata. At least,when you test, keep your stance very low and solid for the entire kata. Don't let one knee go in or wobble. Hip movement is difficult, but you can at least imagine that you are blocking and attacking (while Kibadachi) with your hip and not the arm. That may help a bit. You often use Mawashi-geri as a counter attack during Kumite, but if you do, make sure to reach and tap the target. Usually you are not reaching or snapping back. Forms in Kumite and Basics are different. Your Mawashi-geri is ok in Kumite, as long as you hit the target, but in Kihon, you need to execute a technique in a certain way. Make sure that your kicking leg travel paralleled to the floor. The last thing that I want to point out is the distance. When defending during Semi-free sparring, you tend not to slide or shift too far, and you end up be too close to the opponent. Thus, your counter is always too close; that means that your counter technique cannot be completed. (Leg not extended in kick/ arm not extended in punch, etc). If you end up substantially close to the opponent after blocking, you have other options like an elbow or fist strikes. So, get the distance right to execute a right counter attack.
Djass: Read my comments for Ana about my availability during August. If you have time Sundays, I can prep you for the test every time you show up. Djass, your kicks are getting much better and have more reach. I want you to put some power into your techniques now. Also, don't forget to raise your knee up before kicking. I see no much movement in your hip, but it is a difficult subject that we all need to work on anyway. But, at least try to feel your power coming from your core/hip when you block, punch, and kick. Especially, your Shuto Uke is all arm movement. Contract and make yourself small, and then expand to execute a Shuto Uke on Kokutsu-dachi with hip and arm. You need to imagine that that Shuto Uke is actually blocking a strong attack and cutting something.
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