I opted for no nap before karate tonight and the workout went pretty well. We did two primary combinations: jab, reverse punch, jab, then step in lunge punch. We then did the same combination with front leg front kick in place of the jab, and rear leg front kicks in place of the other two punches.
We did these combinations with a partner, and then we moved on to more fun partner drills. The attacking side started in standing position, walking in to the attack (like a normal person) with right hand punch followed by stepping in with a reverse punch using the left hand. The defending side blocked the first punch with a high level inward block, and the second with a downward strike (like Jion). They followed up with a backfist strike with the same hand, which the attacker would block by sliding back with a high level outward pressing block. At this point, we were instructed to both race to the reverse punch counterattack.
We did many repetitions of this combination, many times my partner and I collided reverse punches in a rather painful way.
We ended up the class with kata: Heian Godan, Tekki Shodan, Kanku Dai, and our own personal kata. We did these in rather rapid succession so I was winded by the end of the set of katas. It was a good workout and my technique is coming back in line slowly. Always good to work out!
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