We had an excellent class today! The karate ka had a great time with 'duck, jump, and move', punch the beach ball, and with the noodle swords.
The white belts are starting off right. They earned their second black stripe for demonstrating their hand strikes. Gold and yellow belts worked hard on pinan one and on sparring techniques - they earned their first blue stripe for a sparring backfist.
Orange belts, green and blue belts worked hard on katas and on sparring techniques. Green and blue belts had their first experience with the chambaras (padded swords). The brown and black belts are doing a fabulous job helping lead the groups.
