October 15th – Class Review

This is what we covered in class on October 15th.

In addition to registering online with the Community School, I need a paper registration and activity waiver filled out for each student. If you did not fill one out this week I will have more available to fill out next class.

White Belts – 6:30pm

Tonight, attendance cards were issued. Remember your children are responsible for finding and presenting their own attendance cards, please do not get their attendance cards for them.

We reviewed the material we covered last week.
Positions, Stances, and Basics

In this section when Korean words appear we will be using the commonly accepted phonetic spellings.

• Attention Position – “Cha Ryut”

  Standing straight, no moving, hands at your side, feet together, toes touching, focus straight ahead.

• Ready Position – “Choon Bi” – We didn’t cover this in the first class.

  Left foot moves, feet shoulder width apart, both hands make fists, brought to the sides of your belt, double punches straight down.

• Horse Stance

  Left foot moves, feet twice shoulder width apart, knees bent, toes forward, back straight, hands in fists on the hips.

• How to make a fist

  Roll your fingers, lock your thumbs.

Techniques

• Middle Punch

  In Horse Stance, start with left hand, punch from the hip, aim to the solar plexus.

• Middle Block

  In Horse Stance, start with left hand, “Scoop the ice cream, look at your nails!”

• Front Snap Kick

  In Fighting Stance, Right Leg behind you, “Bend it, kick it, bend it, back!”

We learned three new Blocks.

• High Block

  In Horse Stance, start with left hand, “Scoop the ice cream, show your arm pit!”

• Low Block

  In Horse Stance, start with left hand, “Hand to the shoulder, dust the dirt!”

• Outside to Inside Block

  In Horse Stance, start with left hand, “Hand to the ear, catch the fly!”

Remember to practice 5 minutes every day!

Yellow – Purple Belts – 7:10pm

We reviewed kicking, combinations 1 and 2, and covered the first 8 moves of Basic Form Number 1

Kicking – In Fighting Stance, Right Leg First

• Front Stretch Kick – “Don’t bend your knee!”
• Inside to Outside Kick – “Paint the rainbow!”
• Outside to Inside Kick – “High-Five with your foot!”
• Front Snap Kick – “Bend it, kick it, bend it, back!”
• Round House Kick – “Turn your toes, turn your hips, lift your leg like a dog peeing on a fence.”

Combination 1

1. Jab
2. Reverse Punch
3. Bend it, kick it, bend it, back

Combination 2

1. Bend it, kick it, stomp it
2. Jab
3. Reverse Punch

Basic Form Number One (Kee Cho Hyung Il Boo) – First 8 Moves

1. “Left Hand to Right Shoulder!”
   “Stinky Sock!” – Look away from your hand, over the left shoulder.
   “The Shoulder that I look over is the Foot that I move.” – We are preparing to step with our left foot.
   “Step Low Block” – Step with your Left Foot, turning so that your body faces the left wall, executing a Left Hand Low Block.
2. “Step Middle Punch!” – Step with the Right Foot, execute a Right Hand Middle Punch.
3. “Punch Hand to the Shoulder!” – Bring the Right Punching Hand to your Left Shoulder.
   “Stinky Sock!” – Look over your Right Shoulder.
   “The Shoulder that I look over is the Foot that I move!” – Prepare to move your Right Foot.
   “Turn, Low Block!” – Turning over your Right Shoulder, Moving only your Right Foot, Turn to face the wall behind you, executing a Low Block with your Right Hand.
4. “Step Middle Punch!” – Step with the Left Foot, execute a Left Hand Middle Punch.
5. “Punch Hand to the Shoulder!” – Bring the Left Punching Hand to your Right Shoulder.
   “Stinky Sock!” – Look over your Left Shoulder.
   “The Shoulder that I look over is the Foot that I move!” – Prepare to move your Left Foot.
   “Turn, Low Block!” – Turning over your Left Shoulder, Moving only your Left Foot, Turn to face the center, executing a Low Block with your Left Hand.
6. “Step Middle Punch!” – Step with the Right Foot, execute a Right Hand Middle Punch.
7. “Step Middle Punch!” – Step with the Left Foot, execute a Left Hand Middle Punch.
8. “Step Middle Punch! KIAHP!” – Step with the Right Foot, execute a Right Hand Middle Punch. Yelling loudly with the punch.

Remember to practice 5 – 10 minutes every day!

Blue Belts and Up – 7:50pm

We covered basic kicking and basic forms 1, 2, and 3. With a focus on proper positioning and stances.

We discussed the importance of practice, continually trying to improve and strengthening our leg muscles. To that end, Blue Belts and Up are expected to complete 10 proper and focused Front Snap Kicks without dropping their leg, with each leg, per day; 10 proper and focused Round House Kicks without dropping their leg, with each leg, per day; 10 proper and focused Side Kicks without dropping their leg, with each leg, per day; as part of their at home practice.

We covered Basic Forms 1, 2, and 3. With a focus on proper positioning and stances again. We looked in detail at horse stance and back stance.
We started working on Pyung Ahn Cho Dan and Pyung Ahn Ee Dan.

Remember to practice at least 20 minutes every day!

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