karate classes

what kind of karate exercises are out there? it's all depends, when you come to karateclasses you could do some calisthenics which could be jumping jacks, push ups, sit ups,squats. another exercise could be kicking the pad and you could also kick in the air.you could also do punches in the air or punches on the pad. you could do punches with a partner,hitting them in the stomach lightly. or even

the kicks concentrating on where you wantto throw the kick. in american kenpo we do what is called a linedrill where you learn a bunch of self defense techniques where you practice with your partnerand you go back and forth with your partner and then the whole class makes a line andeveryone attacks them and you get to do the

self defense drill on a person. if you are doing jiu jitsu or grappling youmay work on take downs with a partner. you may practice them in the air. submissionson a partner, submissions in the air. "this foot bring it all the way around tothis side, and lay back hold it nice and tight. awesome job give her a hand!" so there is a whole bunch of different exercisesyou can do so when you come to class it's not just "ok we come to class and everythingis in the air". there's a whole bunch of different exercisesyou can do, you can do it on a partner, you can do it on a dummy or a kicking bag or ona punching bag. so there's always a variation

of exercises. the best way to find out what exercises arein class is to go to our website and find out the class times.