The Silk Thread of Gorindo - Ottawa - Canada
Issue 24
- Keeping in Line with Your Spine (Part 2)
- Kihon - Practicing One Step - Intro Level
Cover Claudio Iedwab Sensei & Joe Pach Sempai - Photo by ©2012 Roxanne Standefer
Kihon - Practicing One Step - Intro Level
Chudan Uchi-uke (zenkutsu-dachi)
Action: Start in parallel stance and execute middle in-outside block, in front stance, stepping forward. 10 times slow motion, followed by 10 times medium speed. Return to parallel stance after each technique. Repeat on the other side. End with 20 repetitions more but alternating sides in each one of them.
Gedan-barai (zenkutsu-dachi)
Action: Start in parallel stance and execute low block, in front stance, stepping forward. 10 times slow motion, followed by 10 times medium speed. Return to parallel stance after each technique. Repeat on the other side. End with 20 repetitions more but alternating sides in each one of them.
Shodan Age-uke (zenkutsu-dachi)
Action: Start in parallel stance and execute high block, in front stance, stepping forward. 10 times slow motion, followed by 10 times medium speed. Return to parallel stance after each technique. Repeat on the other side. End with 20 repetitions more but alternating sides in each one of them.
Chudan Uchi-uke (kokutsu-dachi)
Action: Start in parallel stance and execute middle in-outside block, in back stance, stepping forward. 10 times slow motion, followed by 10 times medium speed. Return to parallel stance after each technique. Repeat on the other side. End with 20 repetitions more but alternating sides in each one of them.
Chudan Yoko-zuki (kiba-dachi)
Action: Start in parallel stance and execute side middle punch, in horse riding stance, stepping forward. 10 times slow motion, followed by 10 times medium speed. Return to parallel stance after each technique. Repeat on the other side. End with 20 repetitions more but alternating sides in each one of them.
Note: All the exercises and techniques should be practice only under the direct and personal supervision of an authorized Gorindo instructor, they are presented as a form of an online sample guideline for active and registered ‘Intro Level’ Gorindo students.
by Claudio Iedwab & Roxanne Standefer
Originallly published in the Gorindo Student Manual by Claudio Iedwab & Roxanne Standefer
© Illustrations by Claudio Iedwab
- Keeping in Line with Your Spine (Part 2)
- Kihon - Practicing One Step - Intro Level
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