A few karate moves
Yeah, I'm going to teach you two things. One is going to be a self-defense move
and one is going to be a traditional karate game, okay? And I also want to introduce you
This is Sensei Gerard Noonan, who has been nice enough to help out today
Sorry to interrupt. Since he's a sensei, am I supposed to bow? Absolutely
Am I supposed to do this or just bow? Eyes up. Eyes up, always
Eyes up. I'm already getting in trouble. There you go. All right, I need to do it again
She hit me in the head. That's how you learn. All right. Very good
First thing I'm going to show you uses what's called a gross motor movement
These are movements that are ergonomically very easy for anybody to do
The things that we do almost every day. So I'm going to teach you an elbow strength, okay
That sounds awesome. It's highly effective. It's very easy. and if it's done correctly, it's devastating
and it doesn't matter whether you're a 6'5 guy or a woman your size, okay
So any guy, I can just knock him down. If you hit him correctly, absolutely
Here's the reason why. Punching involves your wrist, right? Okay? And your elbow is a lot stronger than your wrist
Your elbow is also a great weapon Most people if you ask them how many weapons do you have in your body what would you say Four Well that what most people say No five Five
Right. Well, you've actually got nine. You've got one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine
And if you bite, you've got ten. Wow, there you go, ten. All right? I'm already a machine
So I just want you to get in a stance like this. Now, you notice this isn't a karate stance
This is a stance that you might be in, you know, normally just standing around
If you find yourself in a situation of self-defense, you always want to keep your hands right here
This is not intimidating, right? From right here, you can attack, okay
Okay. You can attack very quickly, okay? Or, you know, you put your hands here and you're pushing someone back, lean in
So I'm going to show you how you do it, and then you're going to do it, okay? Okay, all right
I'll step out. So I thought it'd be kind of fun if we did it with some boards
So, okay. So right here, right here, and when you hit, it's going to be right there with a point of your elbow
and you're going to follow through. So can you show me again? Yep. Okay
Whoa, you scared me. That's the idea. That's called a kia. It's to bring up your adrenaline and to intimidate your opponent
I think you've done that already. You're going to do it now. So look, you're going to come straight across and make contact right there with the point of your elbow and follow through
When you do this, I want you to concentrate not on hitting here, but hitting behind the board
Follow through, okay? So watch. Pinch here. Just go ahead and turn your shoulder into it
Right there. I'm going to take this like this, bring it through. Right And like this This is stance right Like this Shift your body weight a little bit from the back So I like this Yeah and this hand doesn stay down here It up here protecting yourself
Up here, okay. Elbow in. Elbow in, okay. Okay. Oh my gosh, no
You got it! Outstanding
I did it, thank you! You did it! That was super fun. I've never broken something intentionally before
Very good. So that's a basic, yes, we should bow. Oh. All right
Eyes up. Okay, so the next thing I'm going to teach you is a traditional martial arts kit
Okay, it's called mawashi get, which means round kit. So, want to hold that there
Okay. So, okay. So, look, when you throw it, it's going to hit right on the top of your foot
You're going to bring your knee up, okay? High as you can. Bring my knee up
Okay? As you throw the kick, you're going to turn your foot there
It's going to turn here, okay? You're going to out and back and down
Okay? So, listen. This is the first time you've ever done it. Just to let you know, when I started learning martial arts and I was learning a front kick
I didn't think I was going to be able to ever do it. It took me months to be able to do it
I think I'd rather do that one. No, no, no, no. This one seems really hard
You got this. Okay. All right, so I do this. Right on the target
Okay. And fight. Good. All right. Good job. Should we try one more
I like to enter your cheek out the front kick. Oh, that's a great idea. That why Jerry the sensei The striking portion of your foot is the ball of your foot Okay Like this Okay so what you going to do is it going to come up right in front of you Okay and as fast as it
goes out, it comes back. Okay, so it comes up, kick, back, down. Up, kick, back, down. Okay
and it's going to center line. Okay, you don't even have to do it high like that. Center line right here
This is a self-defense kick. And back. Okay. And back
Wow! Yes! Outstanding. Awesome, thank you. You need to follow up with this. You can do this
I'm definitely going to follow up. I don't think I was fantastic, but I had a lot of fun
You were a cobra in training. Yeah, oh my goodness. Thank you. Such an honor
Thank you. Thank you, Jerry. Excellent. Trying karate with Sean was incredible
I can see why it's such a big part of his life and career
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