CheekyMusician Posted August 2, 2003 Author Share Posted August 2, 2003 But had you been taught to actually visualize the target a couple inches inside/behind the target? I'd never been taught to do that in actual karate class, but I knew about it because I'd read it in a few books and on a few websites. Smile. It makes people wonder what you've been up to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirves Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 Yeah, but your karate instructor should've told you that. Especially when he sees you kick or punch a pad without enough power. Or maybe he even can't see the difference or doesn't know about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheekyMusician Posted August 2, 2003 Author Share Posted August 2, 2003 Yeah, but your karate instructor should've told you that. Especially when he sees you kick or punch a pad without enough power. Or maybe he even can't see the difference or doesn't know about it? Well maybe he tells other people that, I don't know, but I've had a pretty strong kick and punch from the start because of practicing with my dad and my dad makes me repeat a technique over and over again until I'm hitting as hard as I can, and we've been doing this ever since the second week of my karate training, I think, so when I hit pads I don't usually have too much of a problem with power. There's always room for improvement, of course, but I don't think my karate instructor would really expect much more power from me considering the length of time I've been training, the fact I'm female etc. so he's never had the need to teach me to hit with more power. Its speed that's usually more of a problem with me. Smile. It makes people wonder what you've been up to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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