EXERCISE: punching drills

when striking with forward punch, let hand sink into pad.
nonstrking hand is extended forward. step straight, bend knee, weight forward, body square to pad, back straight, nonstrking hand touches pad and rechambers as hip turns to power punch

it's important to keep wrist straight and in a line (like cari's)
and hit with two first knuckles

need to be careful and not turn shoulders too much

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another drill was to do two punches and foot sweep. it's important to turn hips as second hip turn apparently is helpful in setting up foot sweep when legs are brought together

* on the extension roll - it is not so much throwing arms forward as it is tied to hips and more graceful

* smaller vs taller with gearoid - i forgot how the drill began, but i think it went like: uke went for lapel grab, you catch from inside and step back, and then you wrap your blocking hand over top of attacking hand and direct straight down, your other hand grabs it and leads forward, you step back in, shoulder into armpit (or in my case gearoids gut) and lead uke into roll.
i remember had to grab gearoids hand bring it immediately to the floor