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Karate Komments
SUMMER TRAINING DRILLS - Part 2
By Jim Riddell,
Seaway Karate Club
he sporting world has been a busy place this past month. The FIFA
TWomen’s World Cup has been won by the US, trades and free
agency have dozens of NHL players presently searching for homes
in their new cities, and the PanAm and ParaPan games are underway
from early July until mid-August. In the last issue of Sports Energy
I shared the summer drills that we send home with the members of
Seaway Karate to work on over the summer. These drills take only
a minute or two to complete, can be done almost anywhere and are
designed to enhance karate training, here is the second part of these
drills.
1) Mountain Climber sidekicks – In a push-up position, bring one
knee towards your chest with your foot on the floor, extending the
other leg straight behind you. Keeping your hands on the floor, your
back straight and your butt low, “jump” up and switch feet so that
your other leg is now bent. Continue jumping and alternating legs as
if sprinting in place. Every 5 leg switches, rise and execute a sidekick.
Alternate kicking leg every 5 climbers.
2) Walking Lunge front kicks – stepping forward with your right
foot, bend both legs so that your right knee is at a 90 degree angle and
your left knee nearly touches the floor. Keeping your abs tight step
forward with the left foot and perform a front kick. Repeat with the
opposite leg, and then continue alternating legs as you step forward.
3) Bicycle self-defence kick – Lying on your back with your feet
flat on the floor and your hands behind your head, raise both legs
until your shins are parallel with the floor. Keeping your abs tight
straighten your left leg and bring your left elbow across your body
to touch your right knee. Then straighten the right leg and draw the
right elbow to the left knee. Alternate back and forth as if pedaling
a bicycle. After five elbow to knee touches, roll onto your left side
(visualizing someone attacking you) and execute a sidekick at shin/
knee height with your right leg. Alternate side/ kicking leg every five
knee touches
4) Wall sit hand technique – This is a variation of the kata wall sit.
Standing with your back against the wall, slide down until you are in
a sitting position with your thighs parallel to the floor. Maintaining
this position perform each of your blocks and strikes with both hands
e.g. – face block, first with the left arm, then the right, Strive for nice
crisp technique.
5) Standing in front of a mirror in a fighting stance with a five pound
dumbbell in your left hand slowly execute a jab. Slowly, and do not
straighten the arm as we do not want any elbow joint injuries. Keep
an eye on the mirror for any flaws in technique. Continue for at least
one minute.
6) Right cross with five lb. dumbbell – in a fighting stance in front
of that same mirror, left hand up protecting your chin, slowly execute
a right cross, again being very careful not to fully extend the punch,
preventing an elbow injury. Keep a close eye on technique, hands up,
elbows in, etc. At least one minute.
Spend a little time on these drills in the upcoming month – then back
to karate class.
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From The Publishers Desk: Normally Sports Energy publishes only sports
related stories, but after driving along Second Street and seeing this magnificent
tribute to our veterans, I was totally impressed by the look this created between
the Cenotaph and the Legion. Congratulation’s and a huge “Sports Energy
High Five” to all the parties that made this tribute to our veterans possible.
Mike Piquette, Publisher
New Banners Celebrate Veterans Walk
ew decorative street banners have
Nbeen erected on Second Street to
commemorate Veterans Walk.
The project was a joint venture between
the City of Cornwall and the Cornwall
Legion Branch 297.
“This is a dream come true – a project 3
years in the making,” says Ken Heagle,
Past President of Branch 297. “We would
like to thank Mayor O’Shaughnessy and
City Council for their support.”
Veterans Walk was created to recognize
our veterans whose sacrifice is honoured
each Remembrance Day at a ceremony
at the Cenotaph. Veterans Walk links the
Cenotaph to nearby Legion Branch 297.
The banner design features the official
poppy image of the Royal Canadian
Legion. During the period leading been installed.
up to Remembrance Day, millions of “Veterans Walk is a small gesture of
Canadians wear a Poppy as a symbol of the community’s respect and gratitude
national pride and respect, a visual pledge for the sacrifi ces of our veterans, and
to never forget the more than 117,000 the ongoing good work of the Royal
Canadians who made the ultimate Canadian Legion,” says Mayor Leslie
sacrifice to protect our freedoms. O’Shaughnessy.
Cornwall City Council approved the In August, Legion Branch 297 will
project earlier this year, and it has been host visitors from France who will be
supported by Cornwall Electric, owners in town to commemorate the Battle of
of the poles on which the banners have Normandy.
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