Hello everyone & welcome back to my blog. I just wanted to thank everyone for participating in my blog and commenting often. I really appreciate it and I've also considered your questions and tips and hopefully everything is clear and I leave out no details. So anyways, last week I got to teach a Saturday morning adult class. There were a lot of high-school kids there and one adult.
In the beginning of the class, I began by working people out. I made them run 20 laps, and the I got out jump ropes and we jumped for about 5 minutes. After that I got out medicine balls and had everyone get partners and throw the ball high in the air towards the other person and then the other person would catch it and hold it above their head while doing a squat. Then we did 65 curl ups, 50 knuckle push-ups, and jumping jacks. Working out before class is very important because it loosens your muscles up before you do such focused movements.
We've been doing a lot of different stuff in karate and its been really exciting. We've all been getting ready for the tournament still and we've been learning some new weapons. I was working on my staff set and have been pretty much going over the same movements, but when I get more down I'll explain more about it. But we started doing escrima stick fighting, and its really fun. I've learned it a couple times but we haven't done it in a long time.
We were learning the first couple moves and the counters for it. When something is coming at you over head, you hold the stick diagonally above your head so the other weapon slides down off it.
The counter is to grab their hand and turn it until their arm is twisted and they can't let go of their weapon while you hit them once on the nose and on each temple and then take the weapon and attack. I can't wait to learn more about it soon.
I hope I'm making some of you interested in taking self defense classes. Because knowing how to defend yourself from anything at anytime makes you feel a lot more confident. Karate is a great art to learn because you get to learn how to do so much, no matter how old you are. When I first learned how to disable a gun from someone in 7 seconds, I was 7. When I first learned how to do the back breaker I was 11.
Karate is good for exercise, because you never stop working out. Its also good because you learn how to find ways to focus on things, like getting your head in the game. Karate teaches you breathing techniques as well. It teaches you how to slow down your breath and learn how to control it. When your wind gets knocked out you just kiai until its back. Another reason why karate is good is because it teaches you that sometimes its okay to fail.
When my brother Nic and I fight he takes me down a lot and proves to me that I really do need to keep my hands up, that I really need to find different ways to move around...and its making me a lot better, which means its gonna continue to do that. And sometimes not winning in tournaments is a downer but you know that there a plenty more. So that's why I think you guys should try some sort of self-defense. Though, I highly recommend karate. So that's it everyone, I hope you enjoyed.
