Allan Gamble - Day 4 and 5

360 Kicks Day 4
360 Kicks Day 5

Eye for detail help from Sifu Brinker, Sifu Freitag, Sifu Hayes, Sifu Rybak, and Sihing Weibe.  A good day with confidence and self esteem building in my pride of "power".  Technique is top of mind.

Have a great day1

Sihing Gamble

Day 4 - kicks

I attempted to time my own kicks this morning and it was more challenging than I figured it would be. In retrospect, I should have put my watch on a one minute count down and then I wouldn't have to try looking at it. Anyways, I am already seeing a difference in my kicks with just a few days of attention to detail, they seem stronger and more accurate. I think that I need to push the speed a bit and see what happens. That's a drill for tomorrow.
Sihing Kichko

Allan Gamble - Day 3 Kicks

360 kicks completed

Working mostly on the spinning back kick.  I think I have a bit of an issue with the pivot foot position on the kick delivery.  Will seek some advice in class.

Allan Gamble

Day Two - kicks

I mostly played with technique today, changing my stance has actually made my round house faster and the technique feels more sound. I need to continue to work on transferring the power in my side heel thrust and my spinning back kicks. I am sure that they will improve with practice and attention.
Sihing Kichko

Allan Gamble - Day 2

Day two went much better than day one.  My body is recovering physically and mentally from the weekend, and I am being mindful of a knee injury which is coming along.

360 kicks completed

Eye for detail provided by Sifu Harrigan and Sihing Kitchko.  From this I have switched my roundhouse kicks from a horse stance to a combative bow stance.  The numbers are slightly lower but the technique and power and significantly better.

Have a good day!

Sihing Gamble

Allan Gamble - Day 1 kicks

360 kicks completed

I used a fence post in the field last night as a target and this worked very well for accuracy, push back resistance, and placing my heel on the target for side heel thrusts.  I made great improvement in one day.  I worked on the kicks by myself and Wednesday I will be in class and will have others input and eye for detail on my kicks.  Have a great day!  We will get better every day we do this!

Sihing  Gamble

Day 1 - kicks

Front Thrust - 50 each leg
Side Heel Thrust - 50 each leg
Round House - 50 each leg
Spinning Back - 50 each leg
All but the front thrust are from a horse stance, I am going to time them tomorrow and maybe switch to a bow stance on day 4 and compare the times. I really tried to open up my shoulders and hips on the spinning back and push my power through my heel into the bag. I focused on my three point position with the round house and really tried to pull my knee back to line up with my hip before throwing the kick. In the side heel and front thrust, I focused on my crane stance and getting my knee up higher. Tomorrow I will record how long it takes me to do 50 kicks and try to improve that time, every other day.
Sihing Kichko