This was followed by transition practise, step through in Zenkutzu Dachi and various uke / tsuki combinations with proper mawatte techniques. This was followed by Kata practice: For me Naihanchi Shodan with a run through of Nidan and Sandan.
After Kata, we went to try Tai Sabaki (body management) - with our Sensei trying to hit with a padded kendo style stick. The trick was to evade, first of all to a lunge by stepping away, followed by a head swipe followed by ducking. After that, we had to evade a leg swipe by jumping, followed by a head / leg swipe combination by ducking then jumping. Finally, we had to evade a lunge by swaying, followed by evading a lunge, head swipe, leg swipe, lunge combination by stepping, ducking, jumping and swaying.
We then worked in pairs to evade forehand and backhand punches by parrying and stepping away to the outside, followed by delivering a return punch from the side. We followed this by trying to evade random forehand or backhand punches. The last part of the lesson was padwork for mawashi geris / punches / 4 punches, followed by front foot mai geri and a spinning kick / uke to random head and leg strikes.
Finally, we did Naihanchi Shodan cool down to end the lesson; plenty of variety and new things to remember. Awesome 😊🙏
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