Karate Tampa: The USA Goju Federation - classes

Group photo from Oakstead

Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:49:14 -0400

Some of the kids from first class along with our visitors from South Florida on August 13th, 2005. Thanks to everyone for making the trip.

Exercise program adherence, tenacity, and the never say die spirit.

Mon, 07 Mar 2005 22:14:40 -0500

I often find the classes I dread the most turn out to be the best. Perhaps I've had a bad day, and would like nothing more than to take the day off. Lately, I've been at the computer too much, (ah, the travesty of having a real job, too), and don't want to stress my joints too much. Almost invariably, I find the class to be good. My joints put themselves back in the right places. Class goes smoothly, or it will even be a breakthrough.

Being a "sparring" dojo

Sat, 19 Feb 2005 18:21:21 -0500

I've always been a kata-type of karateka. Kata comes first, and kata comes last. No matter where I am, I can do kata, even if I can't move, I can still do kata. But sparring brings people to the dojo.

Kids and Bunkai (Saturday 11/13)

Sun, 14 Nov 2004 12:01:31 -0500

Kata can be difficult to get kids into. I used the recent Halloween to get the class thinking about being in character. This worked pretty well and you could actually see them looking at their imaginary attackers, though of course they were a bit silly at times. We went from this into bunkai. The group was sufficient to do a "three attacker" scenario. The silliness reached a new level here at times, but I think it solidified the imaginary concept. We'll see next week...