Manny
Senior Master
Well even with a lot of cold and very windy night I went to the Shotokan Dojo, I came early and saw the sensei cleaning the woden floor and while doing this we had a nice chat. The class was kids and some mom's (men will arrive at 9 pm) so I jump in the class either way because the night was so cold and the north wind was increasing and I live in the other side of the city.
The class was very simple, just practicing tachikatas (stances) and desplacements doing several stances, you know forward,backwards, sideways and all trying to maintain the stance using some blocks, there are some japanese comands I already knew but some others not so it was no easy follwing the sensei orders. Then we practice some defenses againt punches and afther two hours the class ended.
One black belts student from sensei came at 9 pm and practiced a beautifull kata, sorry for the name I really don't recall it, but I stared at him and got inside the wooden floor to analyze the movemets, sensei asisted the black belt and do minor adecuations and asked me if I knew the kata and told him no, that I know Taeguks and TKD Poomsae but not any karate kata.
Sensei invited me to be UKE/TORI and invited me to atack his black belt with a punch and using the bunkai of the kata he showed me how to parry/blockm, grab-kick and then finish, the techs were if I recall, go out and diagonally using neko-dashi parrying/blockin the punch, pulling and kicking (mae geri) the ribs and then finish with tensho to the jaw.
Sensei was glad to see I grabed the tech at once and told me nice words. He told me his dojo is my dojo, that I can go anytime I want to, that I must keep doing TKD and teaching the way I know and the way I lyke because my TKD is a good one indeed, that I must focus in my toughts and my believes.
So I have the dojo's door open and will return soon because I really enjoyed it.
Manny
The class was very simple, just practicing tachikatas (stances) and desplacements doing several stances, you know forward,backwards, sideways and all trying to maintain the stance using some blocks, there are some japanese comands I already knew but some others not so it was no easy follwing the sensei orders. Then we practice some defenses againt punches and afther two hours the class ended.
One black belts student from sensei came at 9 pm and practiced a beautifull kata, sorry for the name I really don't recall it, but I stared at him and got inside the wooden floor to analyze the movemets, sensei asisted the black belt and do minor adecuations and asked me if I knew the kata and told him no, that I know Taeguks and TKD Poomsae but not any karate kata.
Sensei invited me to be UKE/TORI and invited me to atack his black belt with a punch and using the bunkai of the kata he showed me how to parry/blockm, grab-kick and then finish, the techs were if I recall, go out and diagonally using neko-dashi parrying/blockin the punch, pulling and kicking (mae geri) the ribs and then finish with tensho to the jaw.
Sensei was glad to see I grabed the tech at once and told me nice words. He told me his dojo is my dojo, that I can go anytime I want to, that I must keep doing TKD and teaching the way I know and the way I lyke because my TKD is a good one indeed, that I must focus in my toughts and my believes.
So I have the dojo's door open and will return soon because I really enjoyed it.
Manny