Sensei Price makes an annual visit to The West Coast of Ireland, each year bringing current and new training methods and information from England, Japan and the top elite WKF events worldwide.
There where 4 training sessions across the weekend. Saturday was an intensive 4 hour session which was split into a morning kata session and afternoon kumite drills.
Empi and the rarely taught Chinte where the focal points of our kata session, along with coaching on how to present kata in a confident and relaxed manner.
The advanced kumite session was a technically based session where we ran drills and built up scoring profiles. The floor was open to questions and during a topically based afternoon we explored how to fight various opponents like how taller and heavier fighters can be bested and how to deal with a light agile fighter.
Sunday had three 1 hour sessions where classes where divided by age and grade, with the youngest students from 4 years old.
Children participated in fun filled activities and drills where they developed speed and good karate technique, all in a light hearted environment. Both students and parents praised Sensei Matts training methods and warm personality.
Next years session has already been booked!
