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Doug W posted a blog entry

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:42:10 -0800

Work those stances – 11/10/09 – Tuesday Karate class
Sensei Noia has been working to get us ready for our exams and todays class was good example. Work those stances…. We...
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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:30:46 -0800

Punch forward and down – 11/5/09 – Thursday Karate class
There have been some classes where Sensei Cieplik has us do certain movements that might not be understood until you have some...
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:16:40 -0800

Stance, stance, stance, stance – 11/3/09 – Tuesday Karate class
This class was torture for me for some reason. I couldn’t turn my hips to save my life and my stances just didn’t...
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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:55:52 -0800

Kicks and kata – 11/2/09 – Monday Karate class
I don’t remember doing this many kicks in one class in a long time. Get a partner… We started out in a horse stance...
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Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:34:08 -0700

Go-no-sen, tai-sen and de-ai – 10/29/09 – Thursday Karate class
Great class again! Working on those basics kicks…. Sensei Cieplik had us start our kihon with three each, forward and...
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Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:01:48 -0700

Work those stances – 10/27/09 – Tuesday Karate class
Sensei Noia has been helping us prepare for our upcoming rank examinations and tonight was almost exclusive stance training. ...
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Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:22:35 -0700

Crescent kicks, I like them – 10/24/09 – Saturday Karate class
Sensei Plocharczyk really worked us today. I don’t remember doing this many kicks in a long time. Focus mitt, partner...
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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:35:16 -0700

Do your Karate paperwork – 10/22/09 – Thursday Karate class
Sensei Cieplik has been spending a lot of time sharing the little details that make good Karate even better. For at least a...
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Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:34:13 -0700

Karate the old school way – 10/20/09 – Tuesday Karate class
Sensei Noia has been taking a different approach with the advanced class for that last few months and tonight was another good...
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Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:22:07 -0700

Kick for Cures 2009
Sorry about not having any class updates since Tuesday. I caught some type of stomach virus and wasn’t able to take...
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Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:05:24 -0700

Great partners make for great Karate classes – 10/13/09 – Tuesday Karate class
I keep saying that Sensei Noia’s classes keep getting harder and harder but tonight was the hardest yet. It may have...
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Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:23:05 -0700

Escalate your intensity in your kata – 10/12/09 – Monday Karate class
Sensei Brien took us through a tough class today. Sensei said that someone felt that we do not do enough conditioning in our...
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Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:13:43 -0700

ASKC Karate tournament – 10/11/09
Today was the American Shotokan Karate Championship held by my club, the ISKC, at Harper college. It was a good tournament...
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Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:45:06 -0700

Learn the technique first, then make it better.
Just yesterday, I had a really great Karate class. This was a class where I learned to do something the correct way after...
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Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:50:34 -0700

Tuck your tailbone under – 9/8/09 – Thursday Karate class
If there is one thing that I can say about every class that I have had with Sensei Cieplik, it is that I learn something in...
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