Today was another crowded Kangeiko morning. I began my driving duties this morning, we arrived around 15 minutes early, which is just about perfect. Class got off to the normal start of warmups, this is the point in the week where things begin aching or tightening up entirely on their own.  Basics consisted of a […]

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This morning’s Kangeiko workout went very well.  It was warmups, followed by basics.  Sensei Yaguchi focused on elbow strikes; our basic combination consisted of sliding in with an upward elbow strike with the lead arm, following by a chest level elbow strike with the rear hand.  From there, we stepped forward drawing the arm across […]

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This morning I awoke at 5:00 am to get ready for Kangeiko, Day 2.  I was downstairs around 5:15 am, expecting my buddy Paul to pick me up around 5:20 am.  By the time 5:30 rolled around, I was wondering why he was running late.  I texted him, and about ten minutes later I called […]

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Today was the first workout of our Kangeiko spirit training week.  Morning came for me at 4:30 am, and after a relatively uneventful drive to the dojo the workout began.  It was packed in there, probably around 50 people in a room not much bigger than the Pekin dojo.  Everything is made logistically more difficult […]

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Tomorrow morning begins the annual Kangeiko (spirit training) at the Denver dojo.  This event consists of early morning training (traditionally in the dead of winter) to rededicate one to a year of strong karate, and let me tell you: I NEED IT.  The training comes on the backside of a truly hellish few weeks at […]

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Last night’s workout was very difficult for me.  It never is as apparent that you’ve been living on practically no sleep and working flat-out for days as it is when you’re in the middle of a karate workout. Sensei Tarrant devises these combinations that we do (usually 4-8 techniques) and has us to them on […]

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Tonight was the first workout of the new year!  Most everyone was stretching and complaining about being too lazy over the holiday before class, luckily I didn’t feel all that bad once class began. The focus of tonight’s class was basic technique, examining hip action and stance.  We started with some basic body rotation and […]

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Liz and I went to visit Sensei Yaguchi tonight and had a very good, hard workout.  Many corrections were made on both of us, and it was a small class environment.  I am working tonight, so I can’t type up all my thoughts now but Part 2 will come soon with all the relevant details.  […]

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Liz is visiting from Illinois and we went straight to the dojo in Arvada so she could train with Sensei Tarrant.  The workout was comprised of basics, which evolved into combinations (both punching and kicking) and then moved to partner drills.  The class was wrapped up with kata (Gankaku, Sochin, and a few random Heians).  […]

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Tonight I finally made it back to the dojo, after weeks of work getting in the way.  We did a large amount of basics and combinations and then moved on to partner drills and kata to wrap up the workout. The bulk of the training tonight was on body shifting, moving across the floor and […]

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