Master Martin welcomed and thanked
everyone for coming. He noted the attendance was once again not real
high and asked where all the I Dan’s were. He introduced Mr.
Ostrander a IV Dan who transferred from Huron, SD. Being from a different
martial art he is now a student with Master Martin.
Mr. Nelson did a quick warm-up
before Master Martin led us into a great class and even better workout.
We worked on the update for the
hooking kick-the footsword is no longer parallel to the floor. We
practiced the difference in application between sparring versus patterns
on the following: sweep kick, pressing kick, back snap kick, checking
kick. On the crescent kick we practiced with a straight leg, in order
to turn your opponents back to you, versus a bent leg used to drop
your opponent’s fist downward.
We then moved on to hand applications,
sparring versus pattern application. We started with upset punch and
upward punch. How intermediate hand position was vital for the best
effect because the target is at different angles. We covered downward
strike, inward strike with reverse knife hand, back fist, spinning
back fist, downward block with the forearm and upward block.
To put all that we had learned
into effect we did our patterns a couple of times and then put on
our sparring gear and lined up in two lines with one side rotating
after each round.

crescent kick |
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reverse knife hand |

Mr. Nelson helped the red belts |
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Black Belt patterns |

and more patterns |
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Mr Ostrander - welcome! |

Mr McDill showing foot position |
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way to keep your hands up! |

the Red Belts taking lessons from... |
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...the Black Belts |

Mr. Geise and Mr. Cunningham |
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Mrs. Rosenof and Mrs. Eckert |
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