2010 Workout #19: Kumite at Paul B’s house…

This afternoon Paul B and I got together for another sparring workout.  This time we worked more on ironing out some of his stylistic differences in preparation for his cross-rank exam for Shodan.  He tends toward having a high, boxing style sparring guard which leaves him somewhat open to lower counterattacks.  He also tends to like to spring in and finish with a jodan downfist strike, which place him at a relatively dangerous distance for the good ol’ fashioned Shotokan reverse punch.

So we went back to some basic sparring drills, three-time attack, three-to-five time attack, and some semi-free sparring.  After the kumite was done, we did a few Tekki Shodan kata to finish up the workout.  It was a good time!  More tomorrow!