Class was led by Sensai

Did a drill where we tried using big motions to both block and get outside gyaku-zuki and front/side/roundhouse kicks to illustrate how much hard that is than to use the smaller and tighter moves we’ve been practicing the last two Saturdays.

Especially for mawashi-geri it takes a lot of energy to block this way. It’s much easier to move forward and block using morote-uke.

Comments from Sensai

Kiai

Compare to Tai-chi, which means flowing energy.

Ki  (chi) means energy. Ai means concentration

Kiai occur in places in the kata where it’s advantageous to release focused energy. Should practice kiai just like practicing kata.

Fukyugata Ni

Cover your center before striking with shuto-uke. Can also think of this in terms of hazushi-uke if you were being grabbed from behind by a second attacker.

Pinan Sandan

Through the entire middle Uraken section, make sure to step straight and then turn.  At the end, step forward before turning and sliding back and left to punch over the shoulder.

Wankan

Need to make sure  my down blocks are complete. Seems I’m only blocking 3/4 of the way down