CCHS Karate - Day 2

Osu!

Practice makes perfect...luckily my students are very dedicated and practiced their techniques over the weekend. I was impressed with some of the improvement I saw...even if it had only been 5 days since our last class. I think that I may have to promote some students very soon since their techniques are so crisp. The numbers in class were awesome and we added two seniors to the group. Hopefully we will add new students on a weekly basis.

Here's a group photo...we're missing some students, but there will be more pictures to come.




Osu!

Sensei

Introductory Class

I'm excited to say that last night's introductory class was a huge success! 14 Students participated and I'm sure that a few more will be in class on Tuesday night. Overall, class went very well...obviously we started off with an introduction to karate (translated as "empty hands") and a brief overview of how each class will be structured. After stretching and meditation, the karate club students learned the 4 basic blocks (downward, upward, middle outside, and middle inside), two basic kicks (front & roundhouse), how to form and execute a proper punch, as well as two stances (fighting stance & horse stance). Later we worked on several self defense techniques including a wrist lock. Toward the end of class, I challenged my students to execute their strikes on our stationary shields and each student showed very strong technique and I am very happy to say that there are quite a few extremely talented young martial artists enrolled in the CCHS Karate Club!

Osu!

Sensei