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Solid advice here, along with all of the advice given by others (Sensei8 in particular up there). Conversely, I have found many a student don't rotate enough and are trying to generate speed with only the leg instead of the full hip rotation, causing hyperextension at the knee and pelvis. This also causes a loss of power as they cannot generate the linear force that this kick needs to be devastating. EDIT - this can also often be a case of low flexibility too. To counteract both under and over turning of the hips, I like to explain this as visualising the finishing position (where the kick is executed with the leg fully extended) as being in between two walls. The entire body, in particular hips and spine, should be in line with the supporting leg. This tends to promote alignment from which speed and power can be developed.

16 April 2015. -Pre class warm up. -60 min Kyokushin fight training class. Comprised of lots and lots of heavy bagwork at high intensity and bare knuckle, strong focus on roundhouse kicks for technique and power simultaneously. Distancing and combinations. -Drilled uchi mata and sweep takedowns from clinch with partner, 10min. -Pushups to exhaustion, 3min rest, pushups to exhaustion.

This was great! Thanks for the laugh

15 April 2015. -5min quick warm up. -Abs routine, long, 20min. -Stretch down, kyokushin style. -Kicking drills, 10min.

12 April 2015 -Beach training, only got in about 30min of actual training before reverting to swimming and lounging around, but still some none the less! 13 April 2015 -30min low to med intensity cardio. -15min sled push-pulls, med intensity. -5x 1min rounds on precision hanging bag. 14 April 2015 -40min med intensity cardio. -Pushups to exhaustion. -Kettlebell training (10x 3sets @ 25kg): Shoulder press : Swings : Leg pass : Clean and press : Bent over rows. -10min flexibility training for kicks.

Precisely! Applications like this make doing the kata more fun, as there is logical reasoning behind it.

19 Jan2015. -Quick heavybag sesh - prob 20-25min. 20 Jan 215. -Kihon drill, 20min. -Arm fatigue drills 10min (pushups, kihon techniques, pushups etc etc etc). -Fighting rills (unpartnered) 15min. -Stretch to warm down, 10min. 21 Jan 2015. -90min Kyokushin class.

Agreed, for instance the gedan barai in a form/kata could be interpreted as a downward block or an arm lock. Or a takedown, or a throw depending on which kata you are interpreting and what stance/hip movement is going with it

15 Jan 2015. -60min Kyokushin class. -Abs, 10min. Ill edit this evening if I can get more in

Welcome 15love! I know this is a little late, but I also know you will love this community. Its a great place to share your journey with others on the same path. Its been great reading your posts to date BTW. Reminds me a lot of what I have gone through in training, and even when going back to training after a long break

13 Jan 2015. -30min arnis, double stick combination training and partner work. -30min freestyle nunchaku training. 14 Jan 2015. Circuit (very high / 100% intensity), 30sec on 15sec rest, whole way through then repeat: -Starjumps. -Half Burpees. -Spiderman pushups. -Squat jumps. -Jodan Hiza Geri. -Cross leg situps. Padwork, 10x each side: Jab/Cross - Jab/cross/hook - Jab/Upper - Jab/cross/jab/knee. Heavy Bag Technique 20reps for speed: Chudan Mae Geri - Switch Jodan Hiza Geri - Switch Chudan Mae Geri. 100 Tsuki with black resistance bands. 50 Squat Mae Geri. 50 Mountain Climbers. Kettlebell circuit: -Two handed swings x20. -Switch one handed swings x20. -Curls 10/8/6/4/2/1. Abs: -Supinated situps on gym ball. -Crunches. -Reverse crunches on gym ball. -Plank. -Reverse plank. 10min stretch to warm down.

8 Jan 2015. -60min Kyokushin class. 10 Jan 2015. -30min light cardio. Wanted to fit in a swim at the beach too, but didn't get it into my day... 11 Jan 2015. -30min Arnis and nunchaku patterns. -15min 3 section staff freestyle training. 12 Jan 2015 (aim to get mu muscles fatigued as quickly as possible and push past that barrier wile maintaining good form and sped in techniques). -5min Stretch to warm up. -25min med to high intensity cardio and bodyweight circuit. -40min kihon, -------holding deep zenkutsu dachi same arm, alternate and repeat - jodan uke, soto uke, ichi uke, sedan barai and gyaku tsuki. -------pushups to exhaustion, 30reps shita tsuki in kiba dachi, pushups to exhaustion, 30reps hiji ate in kiba dachi, pushups, hiji age ate, pushups, ushiro hiji ate, etc, etc, etc..... -------Kicking from zenkutsu dachi. -------Moving in Moro Ashi Dachi: Mae Keage, Hiza Ganmen Geri, Jodan Mae Geri. ------Moving from Moro Ashi: Inside thigh kick, Oi tsuki, Gyaku tsuki, Chudan Mae Geri. ------Drilled Jodan Mawashi. -Kettlebell circuit (3 times total, 1min rest between sets): holding two kettle bells - Pushups on bells, Squats with bells racked at shoulders, modified alternating row, shoulder press. Rest and dinner.... -20min freestyle weapons training.

TMNT!! Donatello was my favourite, and coincidentally, I am now a scientist who practices with a bo staff on a daily basis

6 Jan 2015. -Did Nidan Melbourne's fitness challenge, which was great! Failed in-between 40-50 burpees, had a 30sec apron break, failed again in-between 75-80 had another apron 1 min break and then powered through the remaining. -10min nunchaku spinning, mainly freestyle singles. -10min 3 section staff training. 7 Jan 2015. Afternoon: -10min double nunchaku freestyle. Evening: -30min light cardio. -15min high intensity heavy bag work, focus on four beat combinations with mawashi geri finishers. -20min kihon, 10 reps for technique, 20 with kiai of strikes/blocks/kicks. Weights circuit (1min rest between circuits, repeat 3times): -Dumbbell squat 10/10/12. -Split roman dumbbell deadlift 10/10/12. -Gymball dumbbell press 10/10/10. -Alternating shoulder press 20/20/20. -Dumbbell bent over row 10/10/10. -Dumbbell woodchop 20/20/20. -Side plank for 30 sec each side x3. Resistance bands (black doubles) circuit: -Punches, 20 each arm. -Woodchop, 10 each side. -Iron cross, 10. -Mae Geri, 20 each leg. -Curls, 20 each arm. -Punches, 100 to finish. Kettlebell circuit: -Shoulder press, 5 each arm. -Clean/jerk, 5 each arm. -Swings, 10. -Alternating swings, 20. -Squats (racked at shoulder), 10 each side. -Back passes, 10 each side. -Turkish get-ups to exhaustion. 5min stretch to cool down. Probably look at fitting in a quick nunchaku spin before bedtime

I had been meaning to do this since you posted it, but did not get a chance until tonight. For the first part I was like this is easy... Until I got to 40 burps, and then it got really difficult really quickly! Kudos, a great challenge, and something that I will do again!

These arguments pop up all the time. I'm not saying that they are not valid, but its a skill thing IMO. It is akin to todays extreme kata. Is there any real use for it?... probably not. Does it take a huge amount of skill and body coordination to pull off?... My word it does! I would not use a head height kick if I had to get myself out of an altercation, but there value in being a well rounded and skilful martial artist should not be discounted in my humble opinion. Additionally, they have proven useful in the full contact arena, including Kyokushin, Muay Thai and MMA style fights. They can work if executed properly.

mal103 raised some good points. I think this sounds like a matter of muscle conditioning. I "suffered" from something similar for years, until I made my focus the areas in which I was lacking. I have found the long style stances (Zenkutsu, Kiba and Shiko dachi's) great for building up the strength for kicking as well as stretching the muscles and ligaments to perform high kicks. Active/dynamic stretching will help. Don't expect overnight results, but a long term approach will definitely pay off!

18 Dec 2014. -2hr Kyokushin Class. 20 Dec 2014. -90min low-med intensity cardio. 22 Dec 2014. -60min kickboxing class. 23 Dec 2014. -20min Bo staff. -15 min San Setsu Kon. -20min Nunchaku. -Ab ripper.

16 Dec 2014. -3hr Kyokushin class. Drilled Hihon, moving in stances, Kumite drills and bunkai takedowns/grappling. 17 Dec 2014. -15min HIIT. -15min drilling combinations (kihon) moving in Moro-Ashi-Dashi, Zenkutsu Dachi and Kiba Dachi. -15min abs.

18 Nov 2014. -20min VO2 Max training, high intensity. -Sidekick training, 20min. -20min, drilled combinations on heavy bag. -20min staff training. -10min Saburi (bokken). 19 Nov 2014. -60min Kyokushin class.

Kyokushin is varied really, but lot of time is spent on conditioning, mainly through drilling techniques repeatedly. I double you would meet many Kyokushin Yudansha who have not drilled tsuki and uke techniques 100,000's times. It is generally used as a cardio endurance build while drilling techniques. Also pure conditioning (getting hit), and kumite techniques are practiced regularly. As well as kata and bunkai for self defence. Id say its really an equal mix. EDIT: Thinking about it, at general levels and for Kyu grades its mainly a focus on the technique drills, conditioning and kata/kumite. The bunkai interpretation only really comes out at a senior Kyu or Yudansha grade.

Thanks 17 Nov 2014. -5min stretch. -20min high intensity cardio and bodyweight intervals. -10min active stretching kicks. -15min (head height) kicking drills. 10 each leg of a kick for technique, 10 for speed, then 10-20 full speed and technique. -pushups sets. 3x10 wide arm. 2x 20 knuckles. -10min nunchaku freestyle to "cool down". Its 35 degrees Celsius at 7.30pm, so Im calling it a day.

Hi Bushido, sorry to be a pain, but could you explain this to me? I am interested in the setup of stations, rotations and also what is BL/FL? (I assume back leg and front leg, but just wanted to check )

12 Nov 2014. -5min stretch. -20min cardio and bodyweight circuit. -10x 1.5min rounds high intensity shadowboxing, focus on speed and movement with kick finishers (round, front and axe). 30sec rest between rounds. -Kicking drills (Ido Geiko), 10min. -Arnis drills, 10min. -5min stretch down. 13 Nov 2014. -Calisthenics, basic postures and holds. -Quick abs. -Pushups to exhaustion.

10 Nov 2014. -60min Kyokushin class. -20min kobudo and freestyle arnis weapons training. 11 Nov 2014. -5min stretching warmup. -25min high intensity cardio and bodyweight circuit. -3min rest. -"9 minutes of pain" workout. -3min rest. -10min abs - reverse plank holds, crunches etc. -3min rest. -All Kyokushin kata to Shodan consecutvely. -1x 5min round shadowboxing combinations at full speed/power. -Pushups to exhaustion. -5min stretch to warm down.