DarthPenguin

It is a position that is useful for passing guard. As a quick description opponent is on their back, i am 'sitting' on their right leg with it folded up (kinda like a chambered mae geri position. Balanced weight so dont get shifted forwards or backwards and have plenty of passing options from there. Probably not the best description but i hope it makes sense!

Monday 20 April Karate Session Warm ups then we split out and did some kihon. Lots of focus on both the hip rotation from angled to square for certain combinations, plus on remaining rooted in your stance. We then worked a little on kicks, focusing on the 'snap back' and also on making sure everyones toes were properly retracted for mae geri. After this we worked on kata : running through Heian Yondan, Heian Godan, Tekki Shodan and then Bassai Dai

Saturday 18 April BJJ Session This session was all about passing from the headquarters position. Was a really good class. We worked either a smash pass to the right, if your opponent stopped that then a knee slide to the left or if feeling fast a backstep variant. Really good session and a lot of good concepts that i will attempt to keep using!

That decision in the olympic final when the ko'd fighter got the gold pretty much did it for olympic karate tbh. Most people watching olympic sports have a passing interest in the sport they are watching, and for most of those people to see someone get knocked out and be presented with the winners medal just looked wrong. If they want it to succeed then they either need to move towards a full contact rule set or at the least the more old fashioned shobu ippon rules i think. You can't have someone getting hit and winning if they want to stay in it. I must admit i was surprised to see flag football in the games though - it is hardly the biggest sport! BJJ gets rejected for the games even though it has a huge participation base now since the talent is basically split across USA and Brazil and they dont like that for olympic sports. While i like the NFL, Gridiron football is only played in the USA with a variant in Canada. That isn't really enough for Olympic inclusion i think, plus flag football isn't a big name anywhere!

McGregor has ballooned up in weight (but it doesn't all look like fat) so will be pretty tough to shift. Doubt he could handle it in with the bigger name guys at the bigger weights so i doubt he will be back now tbh

Wednesday 15 April Lifting Session Squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 70kg x 1 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 74kg x 5 74kg x 5 74kg x 5 Deadlift (conventional) 96kg x 5 96kg x 5 96kg x 5 Sumo stance KB squat 14kg x 5 14kg x 5 14kg x 5 Thought i would see what this felt like and it wasn't too bad - in karate a while ago they had been having us do some squats in shiko dachi and i thought that it might be good to strengthen my hip area - though i would see what it felt like to do them adding some load with a kb and it was actually ok

thanks for the reminder - i have (once again) been remiss in updating my log on here (though i do have it all logged on my phone!). Have got up to now though

Monday 13 April Lifting Session Squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 70kg x 1 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 74kg x 5 74kg x 5 74kg x 5 Pull ups (assisted( -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5

Saturday 11 April BJJ Session First one i have been able to make it to in ages due to work and the kids. Really good class. Started by working on some standing grip fighting drills to warm up and then fitting in hips for throws. Then went to the meet of the class which was foot locks. Worked standard footlock and also from an inside butterfly hook. Added in Tripod sweep and then tripod sweep transitioning to footlock. Did a couple of rounds of rolling at the end to finish

Friday 10 April Lifting Session Squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 70kg x 1 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 74kg x 5 74kg x 5 74kg x 5 Pull ups (assisted( -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5

Thursday 9 April Conditioning Indoor cycle 11.7km in 27min 30sec

Wednesday 8 April Lifting Session Squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 77kg x 5 77kg x 5 77kg x 5 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 65kg x 5 65kg x 5 65kg x 5 Deadlift (conventional) 87kg x 5 87kg x 5 87kg x 5

Saturday 4 April Lifting Session Squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 77kg x 5 77kg x 5 77kg x 5 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 65kg x 5 65kg x 5 65kg x 5 Pull ups (assisted( -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 Neck flexion cable 5kg x 20 5kg x 20 5kg x 20 Neck extension cable 5kg x 20 5kg x 20 5kg x 20

Thursday 2 April Lifting Session Squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 77kg x 5 77kg x 5 77kg x 5 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 65kg x 5 65kg x 5 65kg x 5 Pull ups (assisted( -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5

Monday 30th March Karate session Warm up and then we worked a variety of partner drills on ura mawashi geri (hook kick) and then ushiro ura mawashi geri (spinning hook kick / wheel kick). Really good drills and really brought home home poor my hip mobility is currently which i need to fix! Then did a couple of rounds of a tag type sparring to work on speed of movement (had to reach out and tag your opponents shoulder or hip on either side). Then few rounds of jiyu kumite which were good. First kumite at new club and i enjoyed it Second class was warm up then kata practice. We ran through Tekki Shodan then Your grade required kata. For me it was Bassai Dai and got a really useful pointer from the instructor about not extending the punches so far in the kami tsuki part. We then ran through Chinte a few times and i was pleased i remembered it!