Training diary: Saturday, 7/23/05

Mike:
Need to stretch a lot.
Lots of kicking reps
Shadow-box as much as possible.
Not remembering the guard hand.
Sometimes flat-footed on defense.
Drill the defensive front-kick.
Work the straight knee counter to the jab.

Nathan:
Main weakness- chin is almost always up & exposed.

Training Diary 7/16

Participants: Nathan, Mike

Notes:

Basic boxing combinations

Body jab
Remember to move the hand before the feet, and don't punch down. Step in deep with the front foot.

Infighting hands - finding an opening
Work the hooks and feel the openings.

Review knees

Front kick
Types are:
rear-leg, returning the foot to the back
rear-leg, stepping forward
Defensive front-leg
Switch-step (front leg)
Step forward (front leg)

4 rounds of sparring:
R1 Jab only
R2 Front hand only
R3 All hands
R4 All hands

Next week: TDA

Hock Hochheim was one of my favorite instructors at Karate College

Hochheim Main Page

Check it out. I have some tape and techniques to review with you. It'll be fun!

Beautiful rear-hand lead flattens my nose more than usual!

Pretty nice! Just pull the rear hand into a good chamber position.

Evedrything looks great except the rear leg should be straight and heel down.

TSJ: Stand up higher in tiger stance. Rear foot 45-degrees. Stand as if to front kick.

TSJ: Stance too high, twist the rear foot, angle of rising block should be 45-degrees.

TSJ: leaning too much in stance- get lower. Spearhand should be shoulder level.

KCH: look forward on kick, chamber rear hand, torque body into the techique, not away

KCH: I think the stance is reversed, too narrow, blocking position of wrist is off. Good angle on block

Weight distribution should be 70% rear

Remember to bend the arm to 90-degrees on these blocks