深夜0時30分まで続いた稽古
サマーキャンプ2日目。
この日最後となる3部目の稽古は、なんと23時スタート。
まずはハードなウォーミングアップから始まり、その後は全員で中段廻し蹴り300本。
この時間から300本。
なかなかイカれています（笑）。
そして、それで終わりではありません。
最後はさらにスパーリング40ラウンド。
終了したのは深夜0時30分でした。
振り返ってみると、この日は1部、2部、3部を合わせて合計120ラウンドのスパーリング。
私は撮影などもしていたので半分ほどでしたが、楓はほぼ全て参加していたと思います。
ライトスパーリングとはいえ、素手・素足。
さらに海外の選手は体格の大きな選手も多く、身体の強さや骨格の違いも感じます。
さすがにハードすぎる一日でした。
ただ、これだけ多くの海外選手と拳を交えられる機会もなかなかありません。
身体は疲れていますが、それ以上に得るものがたくさんあります。
サマーキャンプも残すところあと2日。
最後までしっかり楽しみ、たくさん勉強して日本へ帰りたいと思います。
世界の選手との120ラウンドを、日々の指導へ
多くの海外選手と拳を交えて得た感覚や学びを、試合での課題分析や日々の選手指導へつなげています。
Training Continued Until 12:30 a.m.
It was the second day of the summer camp.
The third and final training session of the day began at 11:00 p.m.
We started with a demanding warm-up, followed by 300 middle roundhouse kicks performed by everyone.
Three hundred kicks at that time of night.
It was pretty crazy! (laughs)
And that was not the end of it.
We finished with another 40 rounds of sparring.
The session finally ended at 12:30 a.m.
Looking back, the first, second and third sessions added up to a total of 120 rounds of sparring in a single day.
I was also taking photos and videos, so I completed around half of the rounds. I believe Kaede took part in almost all of them.
Although it was light sparring, we were training with bare fists and bare feet.
Many of the overseas fighters were also physically much larger, and we could feel the differences in their physical strength and body structure.
It was an incredibly demanding day.
At the same time, opportunities to exchange techniques and spar with so many overseas karate practitioners are extremely rare.
Our bodies are tired, but we are gaining even more from the experience.
There are now only two days remaining in the summer camp.
We want to enjoy every moment, continue learning as much as possible, and bring that experience back to Japan.
