The Banzai Cup - Berlin 2011

 The Banzai Cup proved to be an ideal warm up for those attending the WKF Junior World Championships in Malaysia.  Attendending countries were England, Scotland, Wales, Ukraine, Sweden, Norway, Russia and of course Germany1 (I'm sure I've left a few out lol).  As my role as National coach (and regional coaches)  international coaching is of paramount importance.  In addition to supporting your club athletes we get to see whats going down!!!  Reflect, review and plan new drills and training adaptations.

What did I learn? Mmmmmmmmmmmmm  !! When coaching elite athletes who already have a high level of technique, the emphasis should be placed on tactical awareness and this should be relected to training sessions.

Training with ergonomic aids

Training with ergonomic aids can enhance standard Karate training overtime whether we use them for resistance work or over speed training. Varied training helps to keep sessions interesting and motivates athletes to work hard. It brings fun to training whilst increasing loads will develop strength and bring forward the onset lactic acid. Excellent for lactic threshold and tollerance development!!

Trial and error is a good way to develop specific training drills, heres one which is common to Karate, however we added resistance to the punches to add intensity to the exercise. Then after an alloted time significantly reduce the resistance and continue the exercice.

Take a look!!

Performance day - Speed-Endurance & Masterclass

Another great days training with former World Champ' Willie Thomas and former GB sprinter Graeme Beasley. After an extensive warm up the track session was based on speed endurance with varying distances but all at maximal effort. All gave 100% and paid the price, but will reap the rewards of their efforts. Another session in the bag. ______________________________________________________________________ 

 

After a recovery period we travelled off to the Karate venue which focused on the little things that make a big difference. Focus, staying relaxed to maximise speed, spacial awareness, ring craft and the usual point scoring combinations. Watch this space as next month we focus on plyometrics on the track and explosive power in the Masterclass. video clips to come!!