Side thrust kick your partner
Today’s class involved a lot of kicks again but this time, we were hitting things, such as our partner holding some pads. There was some kihon and kata also but the kicks were the focal point today. Warm up and get to work We started with similar warm up from last week but Sensei had us add some shifting drills this time. We did shifting across the dojo and then job back a few times to get warm. Next came stances only across the dojo and then stances with a single technique. After that we picked a single block to do across the dojo and after that, the same block with a reverse punch. Kick your partner We started in a horse stance, taking a long step behind with a side thrust kick across the dojo in both directions. Next, we got a partner and some pads and started kicking. …