This blog is very late due to work and other issues 😟 However, I still want to keep on blogging, so here goes. Week 10 of lockdown was challenging to say the least, there was a big down after the good ending to the previous week, with the Kata with family call that I did.
Kata with family
Work was starting to ramp up up with preparations for offices I cover region wide making preparations for re-opening, and the tensions within a family of 4 being cooped up together for 10 weeks bubbling along, there was not as much quality time for training.
Monday kata after the lesson
That said, formal training is an absolute lifeline. With the extra kobudo lesson my dojo are now doing, plus a free lesson on the Sunday by Brian Bates, that I was invited to by my Sensei, I managed over four hours of training that way, best ever ☺☺☺ Because I have been keeping up my training, my physical health hasn't been too bad despite the lockdown, however it has taken a toll mentally.
Practice 1905
The worry for me about what will happen when the lockdown ends is starting to kick in. I have been lucky enough to get mental health support, unlike some members of my family, and this has been really helpful for me at least. If we don't try facing up to our problems, they become even harder to deal with 😟😟
Two things that have become clear to me with time are that:
1) You can only be responsible for your own feelings and behaviour, not those of other people
2) Whatever the mistakes of the past, you can only deal with what is here and now
Going down the route of what if and if only is the route to complete bitterness and confusion 😟
For me, without family, a job and karate, I would be lost.
1805
Kata - Naihanchi Shodan, Nidan (Sandan)
Kicks
Front leg Mai geri, back leg Mai geri, both sides
Front leg Mawashi geri, back leg Mawashi geri both sides
Front leg Yoku geri, back leg Yoku geri both sides
Spinning back kick, both sides
Balancing, knee up, front leg Mai geri, Mawashi geri, Yoku geri, rotate 45 deg then back kick without kicking leg touching the ground, both sides.
Shadow sparring, first practising jab, cross, upper cut,
and jumping front kick then free form.
Naihanchi Shodan
Naihanchi 2105
2105
Flowing Naihanchi - continuous smooth
Hands only Naihanchmovementsi
Then interpretations of Naihanchi
Pre-emptive strike (2 palm strikes), crash, two knees
Elbow strikes to arm, eyes closed,
Back slap, elbow, pull in, two knees
Front hand hook and forearm strike, back hand hook
Developing into Front hand hook, forearm strike and pull, two back hand hooks
Imagine someone holding clothing. Back hand strike down (onto holding harm), back fist
(Open hand slap to face) Back hand strike down (onto arm), back fist, strike down (onto arm), front hand punch, back fist
As Drill: Back hand - open palm strike, strike down, backfist, Naihanchi double block (front hand up and outside, back hand down, front hand back fist
Then equivalent kata movements in fighting stance as drill, back hand block, double block, front hand back fist
Back fist, front leg stomping heel kick (to knee) forearm strike (to side of neck)
Back foot stomping kick, back hand pulling (arm), front arm chudan uke. (represents pulling opponents arm out straight and rolling over nerve point with other arm then hyper-extending)
Step out with front leg, double arm sweep (represents step behind, back arm clears opponent's arm, front arm pushes opponent over leg)
Flowing Naihanchi - continuous smooth
A bit of a workout
2305
Kata
Kihon gata
Bo lesson
Shushi no kon
2405
Pad work
Palm, elbow, elbow, knee (groin) , drag down, stomp (first four going forward)
Crash, forearm strike, clinch head into shoulder, knee, drag down, stomp
Crash, forearm strike, clinch head into shoulder, elbow, elbow , knee, drag down, stomp
<you are in a clinch> eye gouge, (bite, head butt), elbow, elbow, knee. dragdown, stomp
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