OUTDOOR TRAINING
(March 2007-Plaine Champagne)
It has become a traditional act to perform the outdoor training of kyokushin karate every year assembling the members of different dojos of Mauritius Branch. This year’s (2007) outdoor training was held on Sunday the 11th of March at Plaine Champagne. Activities started at 9 a.m. and end up by 12.15. The members present were mostly from Goomanee, Honbu, Camp Yoloff and Vallee Pitot dojos (Port Louis), Rose Hill, Goodlands and Phoenix Dojo. Members included seniors, juniors as well as newcomers and they were in all approximately 100.
The heat session was the first activity of the day and it was an event of long distance running of about 3 km. The members departed and paced back in group, in a sprint at the last few meters. Once back, heat sessions continued, followed with Kihon These are the basic movements of kyokushin karate consisting of punches, stances, kicks etc. Sensei Aslam led the session. Series of push ups and jumping squats were practiced and all the activities was performed in a peremptory discipline.
Then, the group was broken down into 4 smaller groups, consisting of approximately 10 to 30 members in each group. This was done in accordance to the grades of the members while girls were regrouped in one particular group irrespective of their grades, as it constituted of white, orange, green belts and was led by Farzana Fathamahomed (brown belt). Another group assembled newcomers, and white belt, led by Sempai Hossen and Sensei Maharoo. The trainers practiced Ido Geiko and some fighting techniques. The other two groups were formed after that they have altogether trained. Their training consisted of rounds of sprints, kumite techniques, Ido Geiko etc. The group constituted at first of members of different grades including orange up to black belts. They were trained by Sensei Aslam and Sempai Moobeen. Then, the group was split into 2 to form one specific group performing superior kata led by Sempai Moobeen Jeewa. This group consisted of black and brown belts. While the others trained with Sempai Ajeet and Sempai Hayat, practicing Kumite techniques among others, and it assembled orange to green belts and some brown belts.
Before ending the day,Kihon was practiced again and the day ended with a marvelous gathereing of all the dojos at about 12.30.