Tonight was the first session after my sojourn in sunnier climes. We started the session with some stationary blocking and punching drills. These were developed by the higher grades who used three varieties of open hand technique as alternatives to punching: nukite; shuto uchi; and haito. These combinations were then practised advancing and retreating. The exercise proved to be quite a challenge on the co-ordination front!
We then worked on kumite focussing on only one technique: jodan gyacku tsuki. We drilled the attack; then added a standard block and counter punch; then used any block with a counter punch. We then took this into jiyu kumite within groups of three: two fighters; one referee.
Ten members trained in the session: Becky Cassapi; Steve Cassapi; Alex Heather; Harry Heather; Gobe Hobona; Simon Collier; Kerry Lee; Audrius Mikalauskas; Arthur Hall; Rosemary Hall
SOUTH NOTTS KARATE 