Since testing is all done, Sensei Cieplik shared some new Karate “stuff” with us. Basic thinking movements… We started with reverse punch, front leg front snap kick and then jab.  From a stationary front stance we did a reverse punch, from there we...

Testing has come to and end and I am satisfied with the results. My wife was the first to test and she did an excellent job.  She cleared her keri and is now a full 1st kyu.  My son also did an awesome job by getting four stripes and is now a 1st...

Sensei Noia had us hitting stuff and it was good. Simple moves but strong…. We had out partner hold a foam pad and we went to work.  We did front punch, reverse punch, back fist, hammer fist, knife hand and elbow strikes between 10 and 20 times with...

This was my day back with Sensei Brien and it was good to be back. Back to sparring basics… Sensei had us start with some shifting and distance drills.  We got a partner and shifted back and forth across the dojo while keeping the proper distance...

Lots of good advice from Sensei Cieplik today! Don’t drop the knee… We started with the normal warmup doing our kicks and as I was doing the front snap kick, side thrust kick, back kick and roundhouse kick Sensei noticed that my knee was dropping ...