Tag Archives | Striking

Transitioning to the Clinch Range at Athena Karate (diary entry)

February 20, 2022 | Diary / Training Notes [ssba]

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16.02.2022 I was honoured to be invited back to the wonderful Athena School of Karate to cover a lesson on range transitioning. The head teacher told me that during asymmetrical sparring, students were finding it difficult to access the clinching range. We went through the following exercises to help fill this gap both figuratively and literally: The cover. By building up a robust and mobile cover the students were able to build their confidence when taking strikes. Defence only pad-work. […]

Improving Impact & Friendly Resistance

October 11, 2018 | Diary / Training Notes [ssba]

10.10.18 Today’s first lesson was the second class of my second term at Kingham Hill School. We continued our work on the fence, did some transitioning training and restrictive training. The lesson was all about owning the straight rear hand strike. We began with some simple escape exercises and reaction tests. The class students switched directions whilst running, covered and shadow boxed. They then ran in different directions and worked to escape one another. Then they did some […]

45 Degree Round Kick (diary entry)

January 7, 2016 | Diary / Training Notes [ssba]

30.12.15 The third lesson of my client’s second course in Muay Thai and Kickboxing for martial arts cross-training continued the same side striking theme and also looked at efficient countering to kicks as well as the 45 degree round kick. We warmed up, as we have generally been doing on this particular course, with a one-for-one exchange of kicks. We progressed with checking, blocking and evasions, moving up the body as the hips became looser. After some back combinations, we […]

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