Last night Paul B. and I made our way to the Arvada dojo. We started up with some fun basic drills that involved body shifting. In standing position, we started by shifting to our left (still standing up) and throwing a straight punch with the right hand. The next step was to pivot and bring your left foot back to center, but rotate to face the right while throwing a reverse punch straight ahead. That puts our body facing right, punching forward. From there, we stepped straight forward into front stance and did a reverse punch to finish the combination.
We did this both left and right, then we tried kicking. It was the same pattern, but the first step was a front kick, the second was a side snap kick, and then we finished the combination with a roundhouse kick and reverse punch moving forward. It reminded me a lot of the body shifting drills we do back in Pekin.
The next phase of the class was partner drills, where we did pressing block and punch combinations with a focus on sliding our body in and committing ourselves to the techniques. I wonder where I’ve heard about that before… hmmm…
Before class Paul and I took the opportunity to free spar for a bit. His combination of various styles was a little interesting to face up against, he got a few shots in but had a tendency to telegraph a bit so it helped to anticipate his actions. He’s a lot more circular in style than I’m used to, which made me put outward block to use a little more than normal. It was a good time and we’re going to definitely do that more often.
That’s all for now!
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