bushido_man96

Maybe this will start off the Universal Monsterverse?

No matter how bad one of the other is, the Chiefs/Raiders game always seems to be a tough one. Hopefully KC does the job this week and puts them away, but it could be a close one.

This doesn't make sense to me. There's supposed to be a cap on what rookies make based on where they're drafted. Unless they extended him already?

Martial Arts Cross-Training Seminar Day 1: 9:00 - 11:30 am. Taekwondo. The school owner did started this segment off doing some of our basics but in different stances with the goal of working on power generation from these stances. For the second half of the time I taught my Choong Moo flying side kick class. It went over pretty well I thought: 1:00 - 3:30 pm. Aikido. Did lots of connection exercises, one person leading and the other following/reacting, then smoothly working techniques in. Started by strong two-handed grab, and using movements like squatting to get body position and circle to weak points. This led to the connection/leading drill, to blending more. After a break sense discussed the "do" aspect of harmonizing with others and our religious outlooks with that. We finished with transitioning from armbar to nikkyo to sankyo. 3:30 - 6:00 pm. Shorin-Ryu. We did kihon the way they would approach them in their classes. They had some nuances that I liked. We did blocking drills with partners. Then we learned the first part of Pinan Shodan and experimented with different bunkai. We finished with kaki drills, I which I had recalled doing with @sensei8 years ago. It was a great first day!

The association covers schools in multiple states. There are no regional HQs.

Ok, got to make a correction here. I'm 6th kyu, not 5th. I'm working material for the 5th kyu testing, and that confused me on the numbers. I'm actually 6th kyu, working 5th kyu material.

10/9/2025 Aikido: 8:45 - 9:45 am. Loosening movements and aikitaisos, along with front kicks and their basic strikes. My balance was off while kicking. Katatetori sankyo omote: 5th kyu technique, same side wrist grab. Taisabaki just like ikkyo, and we actually get to ikkyo to start the technique, then transition. It felt really smooth; cleaned up transition on footwork, and taking slack out of the sankyo lock. To do this, I need to start the lock low, then manipulate through the elbow. We added the cut down, to the takedown, to the pin. We finished with 5 minutes of seated breathing working on posture. Sat on some pillows to help get the proper pelvic tilt. Taekwondo: 5:45 - 6:30 pm. Traditional Class. Left knee was bothering me again. During basics, while doing the punch/side kick/spin side kick combination I had to really deliberately turn, pause, then execute the spin side kick due to head swishy-ness. I had a good stretch after basics. I didn't do my form due to other students learning their new material. Did white belt one-steps, then three-steps 1-6. Sparring: 6:30 - 7:00 pm. Working with the white belt former karateka, I focused on my footwork and distance. Sparred the 2nd dan and did ok. I kept my distance better, and set up a side kick with some feinting punches. Someone had left their chest protector earlier in the week, and the CI talked about "buying it back;" the student who forgot it would have to do 10 pushups. Turns out it was mine. So I took my medicine, did my pushups and hopefully set an example to the kids. BJJ: 7:00 - 8:15 pm. Class start time has actually been moved up to 6:45, but I hadn't realized that, so I was a little late. Working from guard now. From inside guard, worked on posturing up, securing a wrist, and stepping up on that side. While inside guard, I tried to work on "crawling up." Top player was trying to escaped, and the bottom player was trying to sweep. When trying to escape, I could easily see the transition to the camping position. I did roll a few rounds, and did ok. It seemed like I was doing better, but I think the instructor was just letting me work. With the other instructor, I almost had an armbar, but I rushed it too much and lost it. There was also a guy there from New York who is there at the college for a class. He was really good and worked me over in drills.

Chiefs win against the Ravens, drop a game to Jacksonville, then turn around and beat the Lions. I'm hoping for a winning streak to start. Rashee Rice is back next week. I'm excited to see what that does for the offense that has been picking up as of late.

10/7/2025 Taekwondo: 5:45 - 6:30 pm. Traditional Class. Left knee hurting again. It got better once I got warmed up. Lots of basics ran together towards the end without a break. I was pretty tired. I got lost today in Choi Yong, which was bad enough, and the form was sloppy to boot. I assisted white/orange/green belts with forms. White and green belt one-steps. Sparring: 6:30 - 7:00 pm. I tried to move more, stay lighter on my feet. The 3rd dan got the better of me today.

This really depends. At home, I don't have much room, so I will just walk through the techniques and stances just to get a review in. If I have room to do them, then it just depends on how warmed up I am and what I'm in the mood to do that day.

That's a great training exercise. Thanks for sharing your additional thoughts on it.

We are part of an association, but it's not a NGB. Testing results are sent to the HQ and they then award the rank certificates. However, this is done based off the results the judges present at the testing send in. I don't know if that differs from overseas procedures or not.

9/25/2025 Aikido: 8:45 - 9:45 am. Brief internals and aikitaisos, to include a pre-pivot on step to tenkan (my left knee continues to be a bother). Technique work: double parry pass on munetski (stepping straight punch) from closed stance. The puncher would continue to face the defender and step/turn to follow, which resets the drill and allows you to go again, or to switch who attacks each time. The defender does iriminage taisabaki; lead foot steps forward and at an angle, lead hand parries at elbow (seems to work better above the elbow), then the rear hand moves up to the lead hand to "block" the arm from moving (switching hands), then the rear foot steps up to/crossed and past the other foot, then remaining foot steps and turns to face attacker. Attacker just keeps facing the defender by turning and stepping back leg forward and through. Slick drill really, and simple. Then transitioned into an udegarmi shinoage: parry/pass, secure wrist and then other arm over top to figure-four lock, sink to break balance, turn through to front stance and throw. I need to keep their elbow to my body on the transition, keep arms/shoulders relaxed. We finished by doing multiple reps of this technique with no corrections offered by sensei. I kind of like this training modality of spending time working on a technique and it's nuances, then drilling it over and over without feedback. While doing the technique this way I could feel where I was making mistakes. Taekwondo: 5:45 - 6:30 pm. Traditional Class. Left knee was still hurting, so I worked on softening my steps in basics. Had a good stretch after basics. Did Choi Yong once; I took a little more time between techniques as my head was not feeling great. It helped out the form overall. I worked on counter-balancing the reverse side kicks to prevent over-rotation. Then did white and green belt one-steps. Sparring: 6:30 - 7:00 pm. Mostly working with the kids again. Didn't feel like I had anything today. For some dumb reason I stuck my open right hand down into a rising kick and jammed my pinky finger really good. I was lucky I didn't break it. Don't do that again! BJJ: 7:00 - 8:00 pm. Started with 2 warmup rounds, 5 minutes each. They felt like an eternity. I ran for my life against a young athletic kid in the first round (we were supposed to be going nice and easy...), and I struggled in the second round as well. Then we drilled. More side control work. I still didn't feel like I had anything energy wise. Lots of struggles on bottom. I do a lot of work to get a little, then lose what progress I made. I did learn a ghost pass or escape that I think I can try to use. No free rolling; head still not doing great.

I keep hearing that. The other day I rolled two rounds, 2 minutes each; spent 4 minutes on my back under side control and hated my life.

9/17/2025 Aikido: 6:15 - 7:45 pm. Brief internals work, then aikitaisos, where we focused on staying grounded. Along with the grounding was keeping the body connected and staying centered (I don't really think those things are ever separated). We did a tenkan with front kick drill to help with keeping centered upon completion of the turn (the tendency is to lean back upon finishing the turn, or sitting back on the leg that is moving). Don't want any lean or readjustment to kick. I liked this drill and will be doing it more often on my own and in TKD class. We did do some forward rolls. I kept crashing my shoulder. Sensei said he'd take some time to work on it with me when we can link up. Spent a majority of the class working on yokomenuchi soumen iriminage, but against a knife attack. Entry is in/angled toward the knife forearm/elbow with the lead arm to jam/intercept/kazushi, other hand secures at wrist. Then circle the arm up high to keep the blade away and get into position. Finish is modified by wrapping arm around the head and taking them down, secure the knife side as an armbar on the knee, other hand pressure point at the corner of the jaw. After spending time on this, we did some jo-dori. My rolling had to be limited tonight, but when I did it, it was ok.