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Fast Ice by Clive Cussler.

Those sound simple enough. When you round kick, are you striking with the top of your foot or with the ball of the foot? Or do you switch it up, or do you start with the top of the foot and work up to ball of the foot?

6/28/2024 TKD Workout: rowing, 1:15/30 sec rest, resistance level 9, 300 m per sprint, 10 minutes. Floor stretch. 1st Dan material: Choong Moo, Kwang Gae hyungs. Do-Gons 1, 6, Choong Jang hyung. On Do-Gon 1, I tried to focus on looking before I change direction, and on Do-Gon 6 I kept losing my balance on the spinning kicks. Three-steps 1-6, floor stretch, then The Rack; chairback at 2, up to 150 degrees. 55 minute session.

6/26/2024 TKD Workout: rowing, 1:15/30 sec rest, resistance level 9, 300 m per sprint, 10 minutes. Floor stretch, gravity stretch. Brown belt material: Toi Gye, Hwa Rang, Choong Moo hyungs, blue/brown belt one-steps (I need to confirm the order on the last couple... ). Do-Gons 5 and 6, Choong Jang hyung, three-steps 1-6. Floor stretch, pushups 3x6, then stretched in The Rack; chairback at 2, 150 degrees. Session lasted an hour. The session felt easier, but I think I might not have been working as hard. I don't recall if I mentioned this already, but I've made the decision to test for my 5th dan in December. I passed the time requirement a long time ago, and now I think it's time to get it done.

6/24/2024 Aikido Class: Morning Basic Class: 8:30 - 9:30 pm. From a same side lapel grab we did ikkyo, and then transitioned it to nikkyo, and takedown to a pin. This was done from a static start. Once grabbed, we respond with a strike to the head (backfist) with hikite to draw the attacker off balance. Then we'd slide both feet back a little. This worked to draw them in and off balance. I needed to focus on keeping the attacker's hand connected to my front chest with no gap to retain the lock. Once taken down, we did the "three palm" pin. We spent a bulk of the time on this technique, but also did shionage from a same side wrist grab, also static. I have trouble with shionage. Aikido Class: Weapons Class: 5:00 - 6:00 pm. Lots of kids in this class, as the Aikido dojo has offered up a few weeks worth of classes to the local recreation department. We practiced lots of basic strikes with the jo and bokken. It was also good practice helping out the kids. TKD Class: Black Belt Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Warmed up with Do-Gons 1 and 2, then went into Ho Sin Sul work. We did lots of grip work, practicing getting a good hold on an attacking hand. We partnered up, and the attacker would do a same side lapel grab, collar grab, shoulder grab, or choke, and the defender would just reach over and grab the attacking hand and focus on getting a good grab at the right spot to facilitate joint manipulation. Then we'd twist the attacking limb off and stop at the point of basically having an armbar, going from inside to outside. We did the same with same side wrist grabs, first coming over the top and trapping the hand, and then turning the hand of the grabbed wrist palm up and trapping from underneath. We did around 20 reps per side on each. We finished with attacker doing a choke from the front, and defender would drop step and trap that side and palm the chin/face/ridgehand the neck with the other hand. We also did this with a choke from the front with a push (more aggressive, and probably the way it would happen). The momentum from this can facilitate a throw/takedown very easily. This was a really fun day of training. Three classes in one day! My work schedule was switched up this week, giving me Monday off. I love having this kind of time to train.

I've heard about those stories with toes getting wedged between mats and almost ripped off. Crazy stuff. What a nightmare!

I'd take you up on that. Most of the schools I've been a part of have not indulged in this kind of training. I've dabbled a bit in the past, years ago, but without really knowing anything about what I was doing. I've seen a partner forearm blocking drill that I think would work really well, but never any of the leg kicking stuff. I do think this kind of training would be beneficial, so long as it's done right. I'd be afraid of getting that "no pain, no gain!" style instructor that would batter someone up to the point that movement was difficult and actually causing injury.

The NHL must be one of the only organizations that will still award an MVP to a player on the loosing team. Interesting, and I think there are times in other sports where that would be warranted as well.

6/19/2024 TKD Workout: Rowing: 1:15/30 sec, resistance level 9, 300 m per sprint, 10 minutes. Blue belt material: Yul Gok, Choong Jung hyungs, blue belt one-steps. Black belt material: Do-Gons 4, 6, Choong Jang, three-steps 1-6. Floor stretch, then The Rack, chair back at 2, PNF stretch up to 150 degrees. 6/20/204 Range Training: We got new patrol rifles, so we spent time setting them up, getting familiar with them, sighting in the iron sights, putting some rounds down range on steel, and then qualifying.

6/17/2024 TKD Workout: 4-cycle okinaga breathing in the car on the way, approximately 4 sec cycles. I tried to extend it to 5 sec, but I'd end up coughing for some reason. Rowing: 1:15/30 sec, resistance level 9, 300 m per sprint, 10 minutes. This was definitely a step up in the difficulty. Floor stretch. Green belt material: Do San, Won Hyu hyungs, green belt one-steps. Do-Gons 3 and 6, Choong Jang hyung. Three-steps 1-6. Floor stretch, then used The Rack with the chair back at setting 2. Did some PNF stretching up to 140 degrees. 50 minutes total for the workout.

6/11/2024 Aikido Class: Morning Class. This was a pretty light class. We worked kote-gashi from a cross-hand grab, and from a lunge punch. I tried to focus on the grabbing positioning, leaving no gap with the hand. I also needed to focus on "pulling" to get the tension in the manipulation.

Congrats!

6/10/2024 DT Training Day: I did four, 2-hour session of DT training for the department today. It's always a good time, and most of my co-workers are excited to do the training. We have some new people in, so I did another SPEAR intro session, and the second hour of training was working things off block/pass/pin. For the SPEAR session, we worked up to the flow drill, and I added in CWCT principles, which is using the Closest Weapon to attack the Closest Target available. It made them think, and helps with that transition from the "reactive brain" in responding to a surprise attack and getting into the "cognitive brain" of working towards the goal of taking control and finishing. In the block/pass/pin session, I introduced each segment one at a time, and after getting through that, we moved to "inserts" after each segment, looking for opening to counter and possibly work to a takedown and control. We worked in some attempts at armbar takedowns, the "palm to the chin" takedown, and bodylocks.

Boy, my first test was a long time ago. It was in TKD, and I'm pretty sure all I did were the form and the one-step requirements. I don't recall that I did any free sparring at that time, although the club I was into sparred a lot. I've always been a nervous tester, especially when I was younger. Heck, as a black belt that would get asked to run the floor at testings I would still get nervous (even though I wasn't testing!). However, I got over that one day by just saying to myself that I didn't have to be nervous, I wasn't the one testing. Now I enjoy it and have fun with it. I still get a little nervous when I test, but not as bad as I used to. I have high expectations of myself, so that contributes to some anxiety, but not nearly as much as it did in the past.

Perhaps they agreed on it being an exhibition; that could account for the performance.

Crazy, 40 years. I remember watching it as a kid and always enjoying it. The new series has been a nostalgic trip. Don't really have any stories to go along with it. My dad was actually my first influence in the Martial Arts, and he would always give interesting tidbits about this art or that art. That's why I'm still doing it to this day.

Well, I think it is. I gets my legs warmed up for the kicking, which is nice. I think it's getting to the point where I need to up the amount of time I spend on the rowing machine in total, maybe to 15 minutes. 6/7/2024 TKD Workout: Rowing, 1 min/30 sec, resistance level 8, 240 m per sprint, 10 minutes. Floor stretch. Do-Gons 1, 2, 6. Chon Ji, Dan Gun, Bo Chung hyungs. Three-steps 1-6. Push-ups, 3x5. Floor stretch, then sat in The Rack. Chair back at 2, did some PNF stretching and took it just past 150 degrees. 6/8/2024 Dryfire Training: 4-6 rounds per draw. Working on that trigger control.

6/3/2024 Aikido Class: Morning Class: 8:30 - 9:30 am. After stretching and basics, we did shomenuchi irimi-nage. With a taller person, I have to keep them closer and tight; with a shorter person who tends to stay upright, I have to produce a horizontal spiral at the shoulder. After that, sensei advanced it by having uke counter by facing me, like they were going to square up for a bear hug or a waste tackle. I keep stepping to move to the other side and keep the momentum while stepping. It worked pretty slick and just end up applying the same technique on the other side. 6/5/2024 TKD Workout: Rowing, 1m/30s, resistance level 8, 230 m per sprint, 10 minutes total. Floor stretch and gravity stretch. Did Do-Gon 6, all segments in a row. Se Jong, Yoo Sin, and Choong Jang hyungs. Three-steps 1-6. Finished with a floor stretch, followed by The Rack. I ran The Rack up to 150+ degrees with the chair back set at #2 position. It really hurt, so I backed down to 150.

Something I've done that's helped out is to keep a food journal along with your training journal. Helps with accountability on the diet side of things.

I understand your plight, Bob. I can do the same thing when I watch cop movies. You just have to discipline yourself to focus on the entertainment factor, and not the bull crap factor.

I don't think there is anything wrong with a loud kiai; I think it should be loud. Just not long and drawn out, and it shouldn't come from the throat.

That's crazy! From a real high to a real low real fast! I'm glad everything is getting sorted for you. Please keep us posted on how things go!

I can understand not liking how this judging method sounds, but I don't think it's necessarily a bad way of judging. Instead of keeping track of numbers, it sounds like the judges are basically keeping track of who they thought performed better. Of course, I can see running into issues when judges disagree on who performed better.

I could see a Netflix released Cobra Kai movie happening, especially with the success and following of the series. Something that ties everything up.

5/25/2024 TKD Workout: 10 minutes of rowing, 1:00/30 sec, 225 m per sprint at resistance level 7. Do-Gons 1-6, Choong Jang, Yoo Sin, 3-steps 1-6, then stretch. Got up to 140+ degrees in The Rack. 50 minutes. 5/31/2024 TKD Workout: 10 minutes of rowing, 1:00/30 sec, 230 m per sprint at resistance level 8. Floor stretch. Do-Gons 1, 2, and 6, all colored belt one-steps and three-steps 1-6. Floor stretch, then got in The Rack. 30 minutes.