Hojo undō for the 21st Century Kyokushin Karate-ka

Sensei Fogarasi has been away for the past couple of weeks visiting Europe and class at Contact Kicks Dojo has been taught by a couple of the Senpai. The classes have been exceptionally grueling.  Last night’s was no exception. Osu! Run by Senpai Alex, who is a brown belt with many years of experience not only in…

Slow Down

Last night’s class at Contact Kicks Dojo was a dizzying experience, in the good way. Most of the evening was concentrating on spinning kicks, like Ushiro Mawashi Geri, Ushiro Ura Mawashi Geri, etc. As I have mentioned before, Fogarasi Sensei‘s attention to detail is impeccable and he was working with us on each movement, from the smallest…

Fight Night

Friday night was fight night and it was awesome! Interestingly, I was contemplating not going to the Dojo, because CPPS was acting up and I wanted my concentration for class, as things happen fast I didn’t want to be injured because I was distracted by pain. I decided to go anyway and it turned out to be my best…