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Is he from the Dominican or somewhere like that? Could be that is something legal from where he's from. Not condoning it, but different cultures have different norms.

11/15/2025 BJJ: 10:00 - 11:00 am. Open mat. Worked from mount position, with bottom player focusing on framing at the hips and trying not to let the arms get up above the top player's waist (which exposes them to isolation and submission and generally other sundry options). Bottom player was also to focus on getting an elbow planted into the ground inside the top player's knee, along with getting slightly onto that side. Top player was trying to isolate an arm. I had a wrist pinned but gave it up because I felt like I couldn't do anything with it; I let go and tried to scoop under the arm. I can't do that! Coach pointed me to a solution: I should have "walked up" to a higher mount position. While working this situational drill my arms got tired and really gassed out. We also switched it up where top player worked on a back step to avoid half-guard and get to side control. If we got caught in the half-guard, we worked on fighting out of that. I was working with another short, stocky guy like myself and found myself quite off balance in the mount position, which made things even harder to deal with. I couldn't get both knees to sit on the ground to straddle, so I always felt like I was teetering or tottering. We had a guest coach from a few hours west of us come in that coaches at the other schools that we are now under the umbrella of. He was really great at helping me out, and since we are affiliated, we'll probably have some more visits from him.

I am exactly the same way. If it's sitting there waiting for me, then I don't have to buy when I want to read it. I'm now poking my way through Heavy Bag Workout by Sammy Franco. It's got some interesting ideas on changing up heavy bag training.

KC needs to win out, at the very least, to get it done. They also need some help in the form of Jacksonville dropping three in a row or something, and Baltimore needs to stop rolling along. KC may have a chance, but they don't control their own destiny, that's for sure. Dropping that first game to Denver was a huge blow.

11/14/2025 Heavy Bag Workout: 1:20/1:00. 3 rounds orthodox boxing. 3 rounds southpaw boxing. 3 rounds kicking focus on the tall skinny bag. Stretch in The Rack. I need to work on my reverse side kicks on the tall skinny bag (banana bag?). I don't land the kick right, and it jams up my heel is a weird way. Can't really explain what I'm doing, but no I need to fix it. Maybe that's just not what that bag is for? I also downloaded a boxing round timer app on my phone that lets me set the round time and rest time at whatever intervals I want. Awesome addition.

This is terrible to hear. Condolences to his family. KC likely ended their consecutive run of division titles, playoff appearances, and Mahome's streak of playing in conference championship games with that loss to Denver. On a high note, Travis Kelce is now KC's all time TD leader, passing Priest Holmes.

11/12/2025 Ten minutes of dry fire, focusing on trigger finger resent and it's movement, and making adjustments accordingly. 11/13/2025 Aikido: 8:45 - 9:45 am. Another 6th kyu and I did demo on katatori sankyo omote and ura, and the forward and backward nage versions. I got to shore up some issues I was having with the sankyo lock. Then we worked munestki kotegashi, which is another of our testing requirements. Slide/angle step forward, parry/block at the shoulder for the entry.

11/11/2025 Heavy Bag Workout: 1:15 min rounds, 1:10 rest. 4 rounds orthodox boxing. 4 rounds kicking. Stretch in The Rack. Choi Yong x2. I need to take some time to work on the kicking segments. Strength Training Leg Press: 255x10, 255x10, 255x10. Incline Bench Press: 45x5x2, 95x5x2, 105x5, 110x5. Standing DB Press: 15x10, 25x10, 30x10.

This is interesting. I can't think of anything that I wouldn't teach; maybe use some different approaches, but can't think of not teaching it. But I definitely don't think I get to teach everything that I want. On the other hand, there are some things in our curriculum that I would rather not teach, like our black belt three-step sparring. I honestly don't think it offers anything constructive to the curriculum and is just curriculum for curriculum's sake.

11/8/2025 BJJ: 10:00 - 11:00 am. Open mat. Rolled a warmup round then coach suggested working on over/under position on the legs when inside guard. We worked a pass and also being able to transition to camping position. I kept posting up my underhook side leg to try to create pressure, and that was a mistake; my leg got wrapped an ruined everything. After several rounds of that situational sparring, we rolled one more round. Coach said looked like my conditioning was getting better. Part of this is that I'm just making myself keep going, because if I stop, that's bad.

I just finished up Sunrise on the Reaping, another Hunger Games novel by Suzanne Collins. It's Haymitch's story, and was a pretty good read. The movie will be out in 2026.

11/7/2025 Heavy Bag Workout: Nine rounds, 1:15/~1:00 min rest. Three rounds orthodox, boxing; three rounds southpaw, boxing; three rounds mostly kicking. Strength Training Leg Press: 245x10, 245x10, 245x10. Hammer Iso Bench (seated): 45x6, 45x6, 45x6.

I agree, the accessibility to gambling now is just crazy. Every sports podcast and show I watch or listen to has some kind of multi-leg parlay to offer you, and the online sports books are sponsors of every show. I can't believe how much the increase must be with the advent of this online accessibility. It is no surprise that some athletes will get caught up in it as well.

11/6/2025 Aikido: 8:45 - 9:45 am. Lots of technique work for 5th kyu testing requirements. Katatetori sankyo, omote and ura: Really working on the cut, keeping it in our center, and then maintaining sankyo down low after the cut. Eventually we worked in the takedown and pin. Then we moved on to the nage finish, which required some attention to detail in order to not lose the lock and stay connected to throw. Free work, and me and my partner chose to work on yokomenuchi sokumen iriminage, with focus on the wrist twist and draw to the hip.

11/5/2025 Heavy Bag Work: 9 rounds on the same standard heavy hanging bag. 1:15/~1 min rest. 3 rounds orthodox hands only, 3 rounds southpaw hands only, 3 rounds kicking and punching. Nice stretch in The Rack afterwards, and went through Choi Yong twice, fixing a few things.

10/31/2025 Heavy Bag Training: 6 rounds on a heavy hanging bag, 1 min/1 min rest, working various bags and focuses. Strength Training Leg Press: 255x10, 255x10, 255x10. Hammer Iso Bench (seated): 47.5x5, 47.5x5, 47.5x5. Lat Pull-downs: 132.5x10, 132.5x10.

Love this! Happy Birthday Felix the Cat!

That's a tough deal. They probably win that game if Dart doesn't leave with a concussion. Too bad Skattebo is injured too. He was really providing a spark for that offense. It'll be interesting to see who they bring in next.

10/30/2025 Aikido: 8:45 - 9:45 am. Yokomenuchi sokumen iriminage omote. Worked on bringing the drawing hand back to the hips and close while doing a 'motorcycle throttle' twisting action on the secured arm to help kazushi and provide a better entrance for the irimi arm. We also worked katatetori kaitennage. I need to keep the raised hand in front of me when I step through and when I turn. Finished with more panda roll practice.

It can be a good training exercise to push your speed in forms to the point that technique breaks down in order to gain some extra speed, so your body at experiences what it is like to move faster than you usually do. It's also important to finish with a dialed back speed in order to keep the technique clean. By pushing the higher speeds, your body will start to adapt to it and your technique will get cleaner as you push the speed, along with clean-paced work.

10/29/2025 Aikido: 6:15 - 7:45 pm. Warmups and aikitaisos, more work on panda rolls. Getting front panda roll figured out. Most of class was black belt demo. Next worked with yokomenuchi sokumen iriminage omote. Flowed well. Then yokomenuchi "five arts," slow with breathing timing.

That is for sure. And I definitely feel like Aikido and BJJ are going to be especially long marathons.

Those sound worth looking into.

10/28/2025 Taekwondo: 5:45 - 6:30 pm. Traditional Class. I taught this class tonight. Basics took a while, and we ended up cramming forms in. Having the other black belts there to help with that was a bonus. The lower ranks got their one-steps in. I really wish we had the full hour for the class. Sparring: 6:30 - 7:00 pm. White belts did combinations, colored belts sparred. After some rounds I had them do some upper quadrant blocking drills for controlled blocks and keeping hands up "in the window." Finished with a mirror the instructor footwork drill.