Yellow Belt

3 Blocking drills

In physical activities, "blocking" or hand movements must align with kinesiological principles, maintaining balance and coordination with the body's posture. Proper alignment minimizes strain and maximizes effectiveness, ensuring optimal performance outcomes and reducing the risk of injury. Attention to these principles is crucial for achieving peak performance while safeguarding physical well-being.

In this lesson you be introduced how to transition from one standing postition to another.

Fukyu Kata is the first formalized kata or that you will learn.  It combines all the movements that you have learned up this point. 

Go Hon Kumite is a five-step sparring or five-point sparring; these predefined sparring routines are designed to teach the student timing and add pressure testing. The student is required to respond to a single punch by either evading it or accepting it, then executing a 'blocking' followed by a strike, all the while stepping.