Flojo

So another Saturday in the dojo, with the emphasis this time on a flow drill taken from the who Naithanchi Shodan Kata.

Still struggling with my chest, so the warm up - running, running with floor touching and tuck jumps, kami rolls and break falls, press ups, sit ups / stand ups and more, was a little challenging to say the least!

After the formal opening of the lesson, it was into Kata pratice, with each of us asked to cycle through our known Kata, whilst our Sensei spent time with rach of us going over finer points.
My known kata are definitely Naihanchi Shodan and Nidan now, but still a way to go on Sandan.

After that we were on to the biggest part of the lesson, the Naihanchi Flow Drill.   Each part of the kata was broken down into elements, which we practiced with different partners.  There are quite a few elements to go through!  Some elements were taken as end pieces in themselves (knee, elbow strikes, takedowns), but then transitions were put in as if the techniques hadn't worked.

The final part of the lesson was putting it all together.  In pairs, we took turns in putting the whole drill together.  Lower grades like me, just tried in on one side, whilst the higher grades were asked to try it on both sides.  I didn't do badly, but definitely work in progress, I missed a couple of moves towards the end, but not to worry.  ☺☺