During a session involving kicks in class, I pointed out to Sensei Koyama that I KNEW that I needed more home training, since the learning curve on kicking techniques is much less steep than that relating to blocks, punches and strikes. He had not prompted me on the point; that was just my own conscience talking.
Sensei surprised me by reminding me that the core exercises were just that. The essential exercises we do in class are those involving hip rotation, which generates the “juice” for all of the other techniques.
So his suggestion to me was that I work on those hip-rotation techniques if I wanted to practice more at home, rather than just kicking the air repeatedly.
He’s usually right, you know. My guess is that he’s right in this context, as well.
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- Dojo Kun on Youtube.com; Sure are a Lotta Different Accents!
- Kicking in Shotokan Karate, and Kicking for Self Defense in General
