Kenposoldier01 (01-05-2013),kickboxinglover (11-04-2013)
What did you learn during your first class?
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Kenposoldier01 (01-05-2013),kickboxinglover (11-04-2013)
I don't remember....we certainly didn't cover belt tying 101 tho....I figured it out by the time I got to Adv. White tho LOL
Actually, I believe we learned Delayed Sword and Alternating maces. I remember really hamming it up as the attacker when I played Uke with the other n00bs![]()
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I was taught Blocking set 1, short 1, Delayed sword, alternating maces, and sword of destruction. I had 2 private lessons before being in the group class. He wanted everyone to have a little of everything to be able to stay for a 1 hr. beginner class.
I don't remember either. I was about 11 at the time, but I remember wearing these goofy green sweats with yellow stripes down the leg that were just a little too short and I felt like the biggest geek in the world.
I remember standing in a horse stance, (or what passed for a horse stance) feeling incredibly stupid.
Keeping that feeling in mind, I always tell new students: If you feel really stupid in your stance and you're incredibly uncomfortable, then you're probably doing it right.
--Amy
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I learned the horse stance, twist punch, inward lock, front kick, and Salutation. We did many, many reps of each.
Quality outweighs quantity every time.
Star Block, front and roundhouse kick and Obscure WingOriginally Posted by Rob Broad
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I learned horse stance, the different bows, hand positioning, our creed and a little history of Kenpo. All of that after having signed my life away saying I didn't care if I got hurt.
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Delayed Sword.
It's kind of hazy but I think I learned the bow stances (neutral, forward, and reverse) Blocking/Star Set 1, Delayed Sword, Crossed Branches, and Sword of Destruction.
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Since I started off in an off-shoot of Kenpo, I learned a variation of Obscure Wing.
It was hilarious. I was 10 years of age, and in my first class, I was taught to grab, squeeze, and rip the groin....ouch...I thought I was a NINJA after the first class, LOL.
I must have been a slow learner. Front and back stance, punch, front kick, maybe side or round kick.
If I remember correctly:
1) How to tie our belt (which I forgot by the next class & needed help with again LOL!)
2) Training Horse Stance & couple of bow Stances: Neutral & Forward
3) A couple of kicks: front snapping ball kick, maybe knife-edge (?)
4) Dojo etiquette: bowing when going to/from the mat, saluting instructors & NOT calling the Head Instructor by his first name! (LOL) [I, being a total newbie to MA, mentioned in passing "oh yeah, _____ showed me where the dressing rooms were. And no, I never did it again!]
There might I have been more - dont' remember, was too tired & huffing & puffing from the calisthenics...(LOL)
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Do you mean class or intro lesson?
Intro lesson was inward block, punch, block/punch combo., chop, forward snap kick, rear kick, double kick, and club attack.
1st class was review of six blocks, five stances and six kicks.
When I started there wasn't an intro class you just came in and learned beside everyone else.Originally Posted by jdinca
Quality outweighs quantity every time.
I learned that i should never move unless sensei says to.
we had a very traditional, tough class.......i wiped sweat off of my face while in kiba dachi. the rest of the class did 25 or 30 push-ups saying "thank you, shawn" at the top of each one.
so later that night i took a good whoopin' during kumite........i made sure to stay focused after that.....lol
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That'll teach ya! Made you very popular in class, I bet.Originally Posted by Blackcatbonz
It reminds me of the time my sister and I had lunch with two sons of a minister while on vacation.
I made my sandwich, sat down and started eating.
Then I heard a voice say, "Dear Lord. Thank you for the food that Amy just ate."
I guess I'm just relating to the self-consciousness factor.
--Amy
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Mainly the basics really like proper kicks and punches and some other stuff like a couple techs. and part of form one.
First Kempo class? Or first Martial Arts class?
If it is Kempo class, I came from another style (TKD) so the instructor gave me an intro. private lesson showing some techniques with the fast hands-
If it is Martial Arts in general- No idea about much of anything in the TKD class... Except that the instructor moved in with my girlfriend at the time, (after about 1 year of training there) so I left to train elsewhere...![]()
Thank goodness that happened or else I might never have discovered Kempo-
The above is just my opinion.
Dojo etiquette and rules
How to tie your belt
Horse Stance and Neutral Bow
Inward and Extended Outward Block
Inward and Outward Handswords
Front Snapkick
Delayed Sword
I found a picture of me the day I got my first lesson. Wow... such a baby in my crisp white "see through" gi.
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I learned how to smash my hand bones.. and learned the lesson of never doing backfist drills with a 6'5" male partner again![]()
Literally broke my hand first class.. came back with a ruby red cast and never looked back.
That was almost 10 yrs ago and my mind is foggy with what I was actually taught.. it was a Kenpo hybrid so probably a good thing I can't recall![]()
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