Last night's training: focus was primarily on preparing kyu ranks for an upcoming belt testing, which is fine, and gave me time to focus on certain aspects of my own training. During kihon, I worked on working my body through the center line in all techniques. Making my elbows and knees come together at the mid point of ever step, and for every turn.
Later I worked on applying this same type of idea to kata, specifically with Empi and Sochin. Two very differing kata, but with attributes that I've always loved. Empi was my tokui-kata for years, and still holds a special place for me. It's one of the few kata that just feels right all the time. Sochin is fast becoming my knew tokui-kata. It's a short kata, but very difficult to perform correctly. The fudo-dachi alone is challenging on the legs due to the angles and direction of stress that you place on the quads and the knees. Furthermore, the stance is as low as zenkutsu-dachi, but places more stress on both legs rather than the typical 70%-30% that you usually see. Sochin is one of those kata, that no matter how well I perform it, it just never feels right; so, I work harder at it. I'm having a difficult time deciding between Sochin and Kanku-Sho for tokui-kata...but who says I can't have two, right?
During the kumite section of the class, we worked on jiyu-ippon kumite, the only thing standardized was the attack by tori (10 times oi-zuki jodan, and 10 times oi-zuki chudan). Uke applied any defense technique or combination. I was working on two ideas; taking the angle and using body rotation (kaiten-waza) to create defensive technique. The angles are a bit easier, but the hard part is using your body movement for defense and not worrying too much about uke-waza. The spinning techniques are much harder, they require significantly more coordination, and depending on how fast and strong tori is attacking...well let's just say they can make it very difficult for uke when standing in an awkward position.
This is a visual of the kind of technique I was attempting to make work.
Unfortunately, after a fantastic training session, I didn't get any studying done. My girlfriend came over and we grabbed some dinner with Sensei after training, which was fun, but she ended up staying so late that I was too tired to stay awake. Well lesson learned, either get work done ahead of time, or plan on not worrying about it that night!
Probably head to the gym today, time for another swim workout I'm thinking...we shall see.
Wish me luck!
Later I worked on applying this same type of idea to kata, specifically with Empi and Sochin. Two very differing kata, but with attributes that I've always loved. Empi was my tokui-kata for years, and still holds a special place for me. It's one of the few kata that just feels right all the time. Sochin is fast becoming my knew tokui-kata. It's a short kata, but very difficult to perform correctly. The fudo-dachi alone is challenging on the legs due to the angles and direction of stress that you place on the quads and the knees. Furthermore, the stance is as low as zenkutsu-dachi, but places more stress on both legs rather than the typical 70%-30% that you usually see. Sochin is one of those kata, that no matter how well I perform it, it just never feels right; so, I work harder at it. I'm having a difficult time deciding between Sochin and Kanku-Sho for tokui-kata...but who says I can't have two, right?
During the kumite section of the class, we worked on jiyu-ippon kumite, the only thing standardized was the attack by tori (10 times oi-zuki jodan, and 10 times oi-zuki chudan). Uke applied any defense technique or combination. I was working on two ideas; taking the angle and using body rotation (kaiten-waza) to create defensive technique. The angles are a bit easier, but the hard part is using your body movement for defense and not worrying too much about uke-waza. The spinning techniques are much harder, they require significantly more coordination, and depending on how fast and strong tori is attacking...well let's just say they can make it very difficult for uke when standing in an awkward position.
This is a visual of the kind of technique I was attempting to make work.
Unfortunately, after a fantastic training session, I didn't get any studying done. My girlfriend came over and we grabbed some dinner with Sensei after training, which was fun, but she ended up staying so late that I was too tired to stay awake. Well lesson learned, either get work done ahead of time, or plan on not worrying about it that night!
Probably head to the gym today, time for another swim workout I'm thinking...we shall see.
Wish me luck!
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