I've recently seen a video of my net friend with yellow belt doing kata Heian Nidan. For yellow belt kokutsu-dachi is a new stuff and as I watch many advanced karatekas, also a very hard to perform even for advanced. I tried to remind myself having a yellow belt but it was so long time ago that my memory reconstructs only my belt

But to the point.

I had decided to work on my kokutsu dachi, then in the evening I was training Kanku Dai at home: the part with mae geri and manji uke. Kokutsu dachi wasn't the main part of my training but my attention naturally was focused a bit on it because of the earlier decision.

On 20-22 November we played host to Sensei Dario Marchini (6 dan) and Sensei Christina Restelli (6 dan).

Sensei Dario Marchini is famous for his excellent technique, he was also the only person who's got championship in both world karate federation: WUKO (now WKF) and ITKF. Also the coach of italian national team to 2009.
His wife, Sensei Christina Restelli is also a wonderful competitor with many important medals.

First Sensei Dario led training for black belts only and they did Sochin (Friday evening). On Saturday we had all together two training sessions, 2 hours each. First part of training was always conducted by Sensei Marchini and we train together with lower grades. It was special Taikyoku form on Saturday - with changed block and punches (I had a fever so I was absent on the first training, especially I've passed with this fever my exam the day earlier). Then the advanced group did some kumite exercises.

i was wondering if anyone could help name this technique or have practiced it

im gonna tie the question to a kick so bare with me...

you know how we have a staight kick, outside round house and inside round house??

we have a staight punch, outside roundhouse punch, is there an inside roundhouse punch?

kinda like a backfist action with fist but with a punch feeling??

any know if this or am i just playing aroun tomuch with my waza

Due to other committments i find that i use my makiwara very rarely, and having straw rope surface i didnt have the build up of skin and constantly ended up with scabs bruises and blood, even after only 10 minutes or so of practise. As the solid calous' take years of daily training to build up. My discontinual, sporadic training was like going back to stage 1 every time.

personally it didnt bother me but being a student it was frowned upon and it is rather unsightly writing at a desk looking like a gypsy boxer.

so instead of giving up my makiwara practise altogether i have replaced the very abrassive straw rope with A LEATHER BELT. It has worked for me very well as it is nowhere near as abrassive but still fairly unforgiving.

This is my training plan based on Sensei Nishiyama's book and also on Sensei Nakayama's. Maybe it would be useful for somebody else.

First 16 weeks are just basics (without kumite, cause it's an individual plan but you can add kihon ippon here and 30 minutes more). I added here my katas but you can of course modify it.

So here goes the beginners and intermediate block for 6 days a week for 1.5 hour (or 2 hours with kihon ippon kumite). It's rather for 8 kyu and more but lower grades can also modify it for themselves.

1st week
BASICS
1. zuki -> in shizen-tai, in kiba-dachi; focus on lower part of the body, don't hit from your shoulders