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KARATE KOMMENTS 1) Sitting in a chair, execute a front thrust kick, striking with the ball of the foot.
Try to keep the kick below your own face level. 25 kicks with each leg. Another
version is a groin kick. This is done in an upward motion striking with either the
top of the foot or the shin. Twenty-five reps with each leg.
By Jim Riddell, 2) Instep kick; turn your right foot clockwise (little toe side down) and practice
kicking with the inside of the foot. This kick should be knee height or lower on
Seaway Karate Club the shin. Twenty-five kicks with each leg.
3) Side/stomp kick; turn the right foot counterclockwise (little toe up,) and
practice what is now a seated version of a sidekick or stomp kick. Keep kicks
he sporting world has been a busy place so far this summer. As expected, knee high or lower. Twenty-five kicks with each leg.
TConnor Bedard was chosen first overall by the Chicago Black Hawks in 4) Use it at an angle; use the right leg to practice the kick on a 45-degree angle
the NHL entry draft. Free Agency opened up on July 1st and once again NHL to the right, the left leg for a 45 to your left side. Twenty-five kicks to each side.
teams have shelled out millions of dollars to hopefully improve their chances at 5) You may as well stand up and make use of that chair to practice (and improve)
winning the Stanley Cup. your kicks by working on your knee chamber. Stand close enough to the chair
The FIFA Woman’s World Cup is now underway in Australia and New Zealand, that the kick requires the knee to be lifted into a high chamber. Slowly practice a
and closer to home, CFL teams are now well into their eighteen-game season. front kick, kicking over the seat of the chair. Fifteen on each side.
It’s summer and many martial artists have reduced their training somewhat for 6) Side kick; standing beside the chair, execute a sidekick over the seat of the
a month or two, taking time to enjoy a few other things. For those who would chair. Fifteen with the right leg, turn facing the in the opposite direction and do
like to slip in a little bit of quick training, there are dozens of ways to incorporate fifteen kicks with the left leg.
our environment into a quick one-minute training drill. Let’s take a look at a 7) Crescent kick; standing behind the chair, execute an inside crescent kick
few kicking drills that can be done from a seated position. These are certainly over the back of the chair. Now return to your original position using an outside
not something that you practice regularly so you will get a feel for distance and crescent kick. Fifteen repetitions with each leg.
heights as well as limitations. When kicking from a seated position you don’t 8) Roundhouse kick; standing close enough to the chair to force a tight chamber,
have the same ability to incorporate your upper body into the kick, which will throw a roundhouse over the back of the chair. Fifteen reps with each leg.
put additional stress on the upper thigh and hip. As with all self-defence drills, Karate Quote: It’s not the natural athlete that excels in karate, it’s the one who is
the kicks will be kept low.
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