http://boakes.org nice of you to drop by. tea? Fri, 16 May 2008 07:16:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6-bleeding en http://boakes.org/some-new-stances/ http://boakes.org/some-new-stances/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2005 13:16:09 +0000 Rich gkr karate gkrkarate stances http://boakes.org/?p=487 http://boakes.org/some-new-stances/feed/ http://boakes.org/junior-sensei/ http://boakes.org/junior-sensei/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:03:08 +0000 Rich hops knee kicking practice kicking gkr karate leg strength http://boakes.org/?p=466 http://boakes.org/junior-sensei/feed/ http://boakes.org/improving-stance/ http://boakes.org/improving-stance/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:38:16 +0000 Rich kata stances handed seconds woudl managing deviation narrower http://boakes.org/?p=462 Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2005/gkr/feet' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
This week’s first session was again primarily focused on fitness, and again that part of the session wasn’t particularly difficult for us. After the group warmup, 30 seconds of running, and a couple (literally only a couple) of pressups, we went into the now familiar 180 and 90 degree turns (to left and to right). [...]]]> http://boakes.org/improving-stance/feed/ http://boakes.org/upping-the-exercise-level/ http://boakes.org/upping-the-exercise-level/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2005 22:17:40 +0000 Rich strikes throgh blocks admit hand fitness weekly knife http://boakes.org/?p=449 http://boakes.org/upping-the-exercise-level/feed/ http://boakes.org/9th-kyu/ http://boakes.org/9th-kyu/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2005 22:07:08 +0000 Em gkr karate combos stances kata kick strike block 9th kyu dachi uchi yellow belt kata http://boakes.org/another-sensei http://boakes.org/9th-kyu/feed/ http://boakes.org/kata-variations/ http://boakes.org/kata-variations/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:17:50 +0000 Em gkr karate kata kiai variations mokuso eyes sensei movement correct http://boakes.org/?p=438 http://boakes.org/kata-variations/feed/ http://boakes.org/kicking-practice-with-chairs/ http://boakes.org/kicking-practice-with-chairs/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2005 22:01:56 +0000 Em gkr karate chair geri nursery chairs kick yoko kicking ushiro http://boakes.org/kicking-practice-with-chairs Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2005/gkr/chair' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
To extend last week’s golden nugget that “the preparation is as important as the strike”, this week it was highlighted that the return from the strike is just as important: this was achieved with the help of some nursery school sized chairs. By day, our dojo is a nursery school, so thankfully there’s no shortage of [...]]]> http://boakes.org/kicking-practice-with-chairs/feed/ http://boakes.org/open-hand/ http://boakes.org/open-hand/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:23:52 +0000 Em gkr karate tsuki canvas cotton ushiro exercise sensei http://boakes.org/?p=360 http://boakes.org/open-hand/feed/