Class Log March 15, 2007

We worked on turning back kicks down the floor, we also worked on attack counter attacks. We worked on jumping in preparation for the new jump kicks. We worked on our old advanced kicks: jumping half moon, front whip, crescent kick. We worked on the new form.

Class Log March 8th, 2007

Katie Taught. We worked on attack counter attacks:
* side-kick attack to round-house/double knifehand attack
* roundhouse attack to jumping-side-kick/elbow strike
* jumping-side-kick to step to side+(front kick/front whip/reverse punch)
We went over the form, and are all remembering the steps.

Class Log March 1, 2007

We worked at the MIT A center, and worked mainly on jumping back wheels and jumping back whips. We did turning back sidekicks to target up and down the floor. We worked some one attack-counterattack (discussed the use of elbow attack as a counter attack), and also refreshed ourselves on some self-defense techniques (such as when you are grabbed from behind or someone grabs your belt).

Class Log Feb. 22nd, 2007

Angela taught. We worked on the back wheel and back whip kicks. We worked on jumping.

Class Log Feb. 15th, 2007

Katie taught. Stretches. We worked on back wheel kicks, jumping for jumping back wheels, jumping back whips. We worked on Palgue Chil Jang. We discussed some of the strategies for attack counter attacks.

Katie discovered a good thing about jumping back kicks. If we make sure to get a lot of height (jump straight up and down as much as we can), our balance is a lot better. So jumping like a frog is a good idea.

Class Log Feb. 8th, 2007

Angela Taught. Counting in Korean. We worked on kicking combinations, and also targeting turning back kicks up and down the floor. We ran around the room and did some exercises to jump-start our heart rates. We worked on the new form.

Class Log Feb. 1st, 2007

Eric taught. We worked on back wheels, did a series of turning back kicks down the floor. We ran around the room and jumped over obstacles to increase our heart rate. We worked on attack counter-attacks for twist-kick, side-kick and round-house attack. We worked on jumping 360 for the jumping back wheel and jumping back whips.

Class Log Jan. 25th, 2007

Angela Taught. We worked on extra stretching before the back wheels to increase flexibility. Some of us were sore from various other activities (Katie has been practiciing for a stair challenge at work, Eric was back from skiing the weekend before). We worked on targeting to turning back kicks. We worked on combination kicks down the floor. We worked on jumping 360 for the jumping back wheels and jumping back whips.

Class Log Jan. 18th, 2007

Today Eric taught. Worked on 30 punches.
For kicking combos, today we did
o side kick, turning side kick, round house down the center of the room
o crescent kick, swan-side-kick, turning-back knifehand, front whip kick down the center of the room
We worked on jumping 360 degrees to work on our new jumping kicks. We did around 10 or so on each side.
We worked on Palgue Chil Jang. Getting faster at remembering all the moves. Need to work on the last few steps after the half mountain pose.
Worked on back wheel and back whip kicks to target.
We worked on turning-side kicks to targets while moving across the room. Determined to target/distance yourself first then kick.
We worked on the distances in attack-counter-attack with
o side kick attack to round house, then
o sidekick attack to twist kick.
Next class, we'll count in Korean.

Class Log Jan 11, 2006

Congratulations to everyone for doing well on the 3rd Gup Exam. We all broke our boards within the first 2 tries and those four broken boards make good trophies. We'll be working hard on that triple board turning-back sidekick break for the next exam.
Today Angela taught. We worked on stretching out our sore muscles and doing flexibility stretches against the wall. We went over the new form a few times, just practicing the steps. We did some practice jumping in preparation for doing jumping-backwheels and jumping-backwhips. We practiced 360 degree jumps, keeping our stance a little narrower than regular fighting stance.
We discussed things we learned during the exam:
o upper knifehand block
o mountain pose
o half-mountain pose
Also remember the free fighting techniques we learned: using combinations, not getting interrupted, and starting thinking about using multiple opponents against each other.

Class Log Nov. 21, 2006

Katie Led class. We practiced in a classroom at MIT. We went over pre-emptive and regular Attack-CounterAttacks. one of the main things we worked on was the timing for the Attack counter attacks, and we all got more comfortable with performing them. We worked on Back wheel kicks.

Class Log Nov. 16th, 2006

Angela Led class. We did the 25 punches, and then did kicking combinations across the room. The kicking combination this week was roundhouse-turning back kick-front whip. We worked on all of the one steps and 3 steps. We went over 1/2 of the regular attack-counterattacks. We worked on getting up our endurance by having a period of sustained running-jumping sidekicks for 3.5 minutes (the time we need to free-fight on).

Class Log Nov. 9th, 2006

Katie Taught, class was held at MIT due to Green Street having an event. We worked on all the Forms, and all of the kicks. We worked on the 25 punches. We also worked on some stretching exercises, some medicine ball, and getting up our heart-rates with jump rope.

Class Log Nov. 2, 2006

Eric Taught. We did combination kicks (side kick, turning side kick, front kick) across the floor. We worked on all of the one steps (its been a long time). We also worked on Back Wheel Kicks.

Class Log Oct. 26, 2006

Eric taught. Today we practiced all the forms in random order and backwheel kicks. we also did stretches against the wall, and used kicking combinations across the floor (front kick, turning side kick, roundhouse kick).

Class Log Oct. 19, 2006

Angela Taught. we worked on all the forms and the new kicks.

Class Log Oct. 12, 2006

Katie Taught. We went through forms and attack counter-attack. We also practiced Running-Jumping Side Kicks.

Class Log Oct. 5, 2006

Angela Taught. We worked on all the kicks and attack-counter attack.

Class Log Sept. 28, 2006

Eric Taught. We went through the forms, the side kick, back wheel kick, and rehearsed some attack counter-attack.

Class Log Sept 7th, 2006

We went over kicking preparations for side kick, front kick and round house kick. Worked on back wheel kick and back whip kick. Katie is recoveringd from injury to her shoulder. Eric is recovering from injury to his right side. Angela is recovering from an ankle sprain. None of these injuries were tkd inflicted.

Class log August 31, 2006

Eric was the only one present. He worked on turning back kicks, and all the forms.

Class Log July 27, 2006

We went over the kicks, all of the forms (Chil Jang to Il Jang), and practiced the first 2 one-steps.

Class Log July 13, 2006

I have finally uploaded our Kicking Practice movies. We show our back whips, jumping roundhouses, jumping crescents, and twist kicks.

Class Log. July 20, 2006

We did kicking combinations moving down the floor (e.g.sidekick-roundhouse-halfmoon). We went through all the forms.

Class Log, July 6th 2006

Katie taught. We practiced kicking to the target, Jumping Front Whip, Jumping Half Moon, Back Whip Kick. Then we practiced Palgue Yuk Jang, and refreshed ourselves on the moves of Palgue Chil Jang.

Class Log, June 29th, 2006

Eric taught. We practiced turning-back side kick, and side-kicks moving across the room to a target. We then practiced the first three attack counterattacks, regular and pre-empted. Getting down the timing is pretty key.

Class Log, June 22nd, 2006

Angela taught. We worked on all of the new kicks, jumping roundhouse, jumping front whip, twist kick, back whip, and Palgue Chil Jang. We'll need to do a lot more work onthe jumping front whip, but the twist kick is coming along. The Back whip and Jumping half moon need some work, but are pretty good for all three of us.

Class Log, June 14th

eric led class,
we worked on the new kicks (jumping halfmoon, twist kick),
discussed some of the attack counter-attacks from the last week,
and went through Palgue Chil Jang.

next week we will bring a video camera to record our new kicks.

Class Log June 8, 2006

We practiced all the new kicks and the attack counter attacks. We practiced the Jumping half-moon, jumping front whip kick, back whip kick, and twist kick.

Attack-Counter attacks :: We really only block the side kicks, twist kick (scissors block), round house kick, and reverse middle puches. For the whip, jumping side kick, and wheel kicks we are really supposed to avoid them. Also, we should practice both pre-empting and regular versions of the attack-counter attacks. The person who attacks may not always finish their attack, particularly when pre-empting.

Class log June 1, 2006

Katie Taught. Went over Palgue Yuk Jang. Went over the five new kicks, the new basic movements, and the new one-steps.
Question: What is the turnaround for Spinning Knifehand Attack?
ANSWER:: Just a regular step in with the back leg and turn, nothing fancy.
Question: In the counter attacks, do we block at all, or do we really just avoid the attacks on each side? see next week for answer.

Class log May 25th 2006

Angela taught. We went over Palgwe Chil Jang, and called Master Hariramani. The question we asked was whether there was a step after the reverse middle punches (step 9 and step 15). The answer is no.
The other question we had as on which hand was in front in the X blocks in step 5, 20, and 21? Is it right over left or left over right?

Went over the new kicks: jumping half-moon kick, front whip kick, back whip kick, twist kick.

Class Log, May 11th

Katie taught class today. We discussed last week's performance and were pretty proud of ourselves. Next time we'll aim to be a bit crisper in our execution.
We went over the new kicks (mainly the Twist Kick, Jumping hook kick, jumping front whip). We started going over Palgwe Chil Jang, and we're all going to study the moves form at home over next week.

Class Log, March 30th

Today we worked on all the forms, we also worked on the newer onesteps and backwheels.

Class Log, March 16th

We practiced back wheel kicks, front whip kicks, running jumping side kicks.
We practiced forms 5 and 6.

Class Log Mar. 9, 2006

We practiced and filmed the kicks. View the videos of our backwheel kicks
here.

Class log March 2nd, 2006

We mainly practiced the Backwheel Kick and Back Whip Kick.
We worked on Palgwe Oh Jang a lot.
We talked about the test date, and it looks like it might be April 8th, but we're waiting for confirmation.

Class log Feb. 23, 2006

We practiced all the forms, and the new kicks.
1)We don't remember the twist kick,
2) we are not sure if hte palm strike is open or closed handed.

We also discussed Jet's next trip out. Katie's knee is pretty banged up still, so we would like to move it further down, say either first 2 weekends of April. Angela will be gone the 3rd weekend in April for CHI.

Class Log Feb. 2nd, 2006

We did all 6 forms, and practiced the new kicks.

Class log Jan. 26, 2005

We practiced:
Forms 1-6. Form 6 is a little bit shaky still.
Backwheel kicks.

Jan 19 2005 Class log

Today we practiced Forms, Backwheel kicks, and went over the history of our Tae Kwon Do class.

Some questions we have:
  o Upper Knifehand Block and Palm Strike in Palgwe Yuk Jang -- Is the Palm Strike open or clenched?

  o For the Scissors Block in Basic Movements, which hand starts when which foot leads? What's the turn around?

  o How should we proceed with Push Aways moving forward? What's the turn around?

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At our last practice, we practiced 20 punches, back wheel kicks, and forms.