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KARATE KOMMENTS

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G R A S C H I A S A I N T
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R E U P H E L P O J A Y S By Jim Riddell,
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A L D A A R I A L A N C E
20 21 22 Seaway Karate Club
C A I R O P R A C T O R
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E X T E N T D E E M O C T
28 29 30 31 Training while Travelling
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S U E R L O C A L E ith the pandemic and the accompanying rules and restrictions now
32 33 34 35 36 37 Wseemingly receding after more than two years, summer travel is once
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38 39 40 41 again (finally) a viable option. For the martial arts practitioners who would
A R E A P A N P I N T like to get a training session in, there is the option of taking your gi and
42 43 44 45 46 47 checking out a club in the location that you are visiting. Most dojo’s have
J E R R Y A T R I C S S K Y an open-door policy and will welcome a tourist. If you happen to belong
48 49 50 to a martial arts organization, all it usually takes is an email or a phone

A N I M A L T R E S call to find a recommended dojo almost anywhere in the world. For those
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 who don’t have the time to commit a whole evening to training there is the
H A L G E M S U L T I M A
59 60 “hotel room workout” which many karate practitioners use when travelling.
T O X I C O L L A G E N There are many variations of this workout, but here are a few that I picked
61 62 63 64 65 up from former world middleweight kickboxing champion Bill “Superfoot”
I N S E T F O O L C L O D Wallace. Checking one of my old World Kobudo passports, it was during a
66 67 68 full two-day training seminar in Ottawa in August of 1995. Bill was telling
Q U I N T F U Z E Y O W S us that he spent about 75% of his time travelling and had developed his
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S E N D A S T E R S O S O own training routine that he would use while staying in a hotel. Like any
workout it’s important to do a little stretching first, and also your choice of
Puzzle by Douglas Taillon Crossword on page 34 body weight exercises, such as push-ups, sit-ups, crunches, planks, squats,
lunges, etc.
1) Bed Front Kicks: Standing close enough to the bed that you will be
required to lift your knee high, execute a slow front kick over the bed,
locking the leg at full extension for one second. Do ten kicks, then repeat
with the other leg.
Photo Submitted channel is required, lift your inside leg and execute a slow sidekick over the
2) Bed Side Kicks: Like the front kick, stand close to the bed so a proper
bed, holding it in place for one second at full extension. Do ten sidekicks,
turn, and repeat with the other leg.
3) Chair roundhouse kicks: Take one of the chairs in the room and do a
roundhouse kick over the chair back. Ten kicks with each leg. If you prefer
low kicks, pick a spot on the edge of the chair, and target that spot, gently
touching it with each kick, 10 with each leg.
4) Hook Kick: Most hotel rooms have a corner where the bathroom is
located, use this corner to practice your hook kick, 10 kicks with one leg,
step around the corner and do 10 kicks with the other. Be careful not to use
any contact, as you don’t want to damage the drywall.
5) Wall reverse punches: Standing in a forward stance (left foot forward,
right shoulder against the wall) execute a reverse punch without touching
the wall with your elbow. This drill helps to train straight punching. 25
reverse punches. Turn and repeat on the other side.
6) Mental imagery / Visualization Kata: This one didn’t come from the Bill
Wallace seminar, but it has been used for many years by athletes in multiple
sports to improve performance. This technique works great for travel, but
can be done anywhere, all that is needed is about two minutes of time. It can
be done while sitting in a chair or lying-in bed before going to sleep. Relax,
close your eyes and mentally “do your kata.” Studies have shown that you
Photo by Robert Lefebvre, icelevel photography
will achieve a minute neuron response, as if you were actually preforming

the punches and kicks. Kata visualization training will help you reproduce
what you have just rehearsed. Visualization can enhance training, whether
it used to polish up for a grading, a tournament, or just to improve, it works.