Neuroplasticity. Probably not a word that you hear in conjunction with Kyokushin, but that is what last night’s lesson was. The class was focused on kicks and knees, with the counter block and strike. Beginning with partner pad drills up and down the Contact Kicks dojo floor, culminating with partner work. In the partner drills, without pads, one person delivers …
Train the Mind Train the Body
I love Friday night classes, as they are usually geared towards sparring and kumite. My major weakness. We started with body conditioning and moved to focus pad drills. The emphases last night was on knee strikes. Fogarasi Sensei spoke to us about not only the importance of knee strikes, but the proper applications and distancing, both for competition and self-defense …
Onore igai wa mina shinari – “Besides yourself, everything else is a teacher” – Musashi
Last night’s class was an awesome learning experience! The class was very structured, disciplined, and intense. I loved it. We went over so much kihon, driving all the basics of martial technique over and over. I really enjoyed this.