Minesweeper

I know that it comes with practice, but what exactly should you be concentrating on when practicing them to make your punches, etc. intense/sharp? For example, when I'm doing a high block, I turn my fist outwards at the last moment like I'm told to, but it still looks incredibly weak and lame. Same with a sudo block. On the other hand, I've seen 10 year old greenbelts somehow perform these blocks like they have been doing it for years.

I feel like a steel King Kong when moving around the ring. I see some people who are far heavier than me but move around like they are made out of air or something. I also can only bounce for maybe 20-30 seconds before I get too tired and have to stop. For the latter, I'm running and jumping rope to improve endurance. What can I do to become lighter on my feet? Just practice moving around?

The crane pose looks really difficult. I absolutely suck at balance, so I decided to start with the tree position. I started a couple of weeks ago and started doing it after every workout (so 5-6 days a week). When I started, I could barely hold it for 15 seconds, but now I'm able to stand without teetering for 30 seconds. Improving slowly but surely.

I started doing these two weeks ago. I do 10x2 every other day with 40lbs weight. Ok but dont make yourself feel obligated that you only need to do twenty every other day. If you want, spend some time focusing just on the leg press and do some of the other leg exercises, try to work your legs all in one day and then your upper body the next day.. Right now, my strength training regime includes: 1. 10x2 seated leg presses 2. 10x2 squats 3. 10x2 arm presses (I think that's what these are called - where you lie on your back and lift up and down) 4. 10x2 shoulder exercises (where you're sitting up right and lifting an overhead bar down to your chest) 5. 10 assisted lunges (I hold onto something) with each leg 6. 10x2 dumbbell bent-over rows - free weights 7. 10 push ups (this is outside of the 10-20 pushups I do as warm-up for karate 5 days a week) 8. 10 leg raises (lying on your back and lifting your legs straight up and down) 9. 5x2 lower leg pull-ups (not sure what this is called but this is where I'm resting my elbows on pads and raising my legs to my chest/bending my knees). 10. Trying to do pull-ups but suck utterly - can't even manage to push myself up an inch. Even just hanging from the bar feels like the end of the world. 11. 10x2 crunches I know it's better to work with free weights than use the machines, but I have access to a free gym that unfortunately does not include barbells, so I use free weights where I can and machines the rest of the time. Do you guys have any suggestions? Should I modify my workout any?

I started doing these two weeks ago. I do 10x2 every other day with 40lbs weight.

I twisted my ankle when I tried to sidekick somebody who was coming in too fast. Almost four months have passed since the incident, but my ankle is still only 90% - can't do hard round kicks to pads without it hurting like crazy.

Thanks for the suggestions. I just started doing strength training - squats, lunges, etc. Hopefully, I'll be able to hold kicks higher as time goes by. I didn't know about ankle weights. I'll try those, as well.

...my front kick is a LOT lower/worse than my side kick? I am very flexible. When doing bar stretches and the like, I can get my leg up until it's almost 90 degrees. But when I have to do the kicks slowly, they tend to be worse. I can only do side kicks at waist level and my front kicks are extremely low, not even at waist level (parallel to the floor); they're pointed down at maybe a 60 degree angle. How can I improve them? I'm guessing it's a strength issue, but I've been doing slow kicks (5 minutes each leg 4-5 times a week) for months and my front kick has not improved noticeably. Are there any strength-training exercises I can do to improve the height of my kicks?