2022-11-28

Teaching my regular classes at the Ross Farnsworth - East Valley YMCA.

Last night I introduced my students to mawashi geri. It’s beyond where they need to be in my curriculum, but I figured why not treat them to something different?

I started with two counts. Beginning in heiko-dachi with the right foot just barely off the ground, count number one had them rotate 90° to the left on the ball of the left foot. Count number two had them rotate back to the front. After practicing that for a while, and stressing the importance of keeping the supporting leg bent, we combined them into a single count - rotating and then immediately rotating back. Next we went to three counts by repeating the two-count drill, but inserting a low kick with the right leg in between the two rotations. After that, we combined counts one and two so the initial rotation and the kick were simultaneous. Finally, we did it all in one count: Rotate, kick, and rotate back.