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9/23/2024 Department DT Training: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm, 1:00 - 5:00 pm. In these sessions, I covered out-of-holster weapon retention, both standing and on the ground, and then we covered defenses against threats with a handgun (all the way around, from front, to side, to behind). Training went well, we had some good questions and some more awkward scenarios pop up that caused some variation in the techniques. It was all good discussions and good reps.

What a great seminar! Getting the why's along with the how's is awesome. Getting those explanations makes everything make more sense. Sound like an awesome time!

Kansas City won another nail-biter against the Falcons. It looked like a few miscues kept the offense from taking off in the 2nd half, and Mahomes has got to find a way to not throw so many picks. Pacheco's physicality was missed to be sure. But Steele looks to have a physical streak himself, and I see his number of reps increasing over the next few weeks. Rashee Rice has been stellar so far, and has shown that he can get open down field, and is not just an underneath screen threat. Worthy had a few more touches, but I want to see him take the top off the defense. Speaking of defense, the KC defense was amazing. Even after picking up some ill-timed penalties at the game was winding to a close, they made the plays when they needed to to seal that win. Next week I'm looking for the offense to get back on track, score some points and Patrick throw for some nice yardage.

9/21/2024 Women's Self-Defense Seminar: 9:30 - 11:30 am. We started by covering two of the choke defenses we didn't quite get to last week: choke from front and behind, against a wall. They work the same way that the chokes with a push do, and overlap is good in self-defense. Then we got into ground defense. I think I recall everything we covered, but there was more we could have gotten to. Attacker in guard: pull them in/hug the tree, then wrap an arm, block the same side foot, and hip bump/bridge over, then strike and work to escape. With the attacker trying to choke, we plucked and bucked them over, reverse and strike and escape. With arms pinned, we would snow-angel the arms down and extend the hips, create distance, and get the heels into the hips, deliver kicks and escape. If the defender reversed and was still in guard, it was deliver strikes to the groin, face, and wherever and then get away. Attacker mounted: choking, pluck and buck, then strike to face or groin if still connected, then escape. With wrists pinned, snow angel arms down and buck to reverse, then strike to get away. Getting dragged by the ankles: extend one leg, draw one knee in, kick out, attack the legs, then stand up in base when safe and get away. At the end of the session I answered some questions about use of force in a sexual assault situation. Some of the girls were worried about if they could get into trouble for striking the groin. I told them they had nothing to worry about, as a sexual assault like that would rise to the level of defending your life. We also talked about some nuances in regards to use of force. After most everyone had left, one of the gals hung out with some varying questions. She asked good questions and was really into it. She also mentioned that she wanted to learn how to punch. So I started talking to her about it, and how we approach teaching it, and I got to geek out for a bit about technique, building a structure to generate power from, and that kind of stuff. I think we might have gained a new student. Overall, I think we had a good three-week course put together. There are some things I'd approach differently, and I thought pacing could have been better in spots, but overall, I think we provided a pretty positive experience for the attendees.

9/19/2024 Strength Training Leg Press: 45x10, 135x10, 185x5, 225x5, 295x3, 320x5, 320x5, 320x5. Bench Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3, 135x5, 135x5, 135x5. Lat Pull-downs: 150x10, 150x10, 150x10. Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5. One plate bench. Felt good on my shoulder, and the weight moved easily. I could probably go bigger jumps, but I want to bring my shoulder along slowly. I went out on a limb and did just a few squats at the end of the workout. It felt good to do them, even if they were really light. I'm going to see how much I can get away with here. BJJ Class: 7:00 - 8:00 pm. Sub teacher today, so the class was a little less intense. Other than the instructor, it was just me and Kendall. 1. We started with just trying to get a single leg wrapped up, or a double leg, just working against each other. Kendall got several single legs on me. I couldn't get to one on him. 3 min. 2. We moved to one partner starting with a single leg hooked up. His goal was to prevent escape. Other's job was to escape. I was able to complete some escapes, and Kendall did a good job of using a whizzer basically to help his escapes. It was good feedback. 3 min. 3. Not a "game" this time, but we worked on a guard pass to get to side mount. It was different than I'd seen before, posting up and getting to one side to squeeze a leg between my legs, in a squatting position and deep enough and balanced enough so they couldn't just kick you away. Then pinning that trapped side knee to the ground and working to pass. We also worked Americana and Kimura from side control.

I wasn't sure what to make of the Pat's after that first win. It looked bad tonight. Does Drake Maye start going forward?

9/18/2024 TKD Class: Traditional Class: 5:30 - 6:30 pm. Basics: focused on my stepping footwork to protect my knees again. I also focused on my kihap. With the discussions we've had in this thread, it's made me think more about something I've been doing for years. I'm trying to make sure it's coming from the gut, and that it's tightening things up when I do it. Forms: Chon Ji, Dan Gun x2, and Choong Jang. On the low rank forms, the orange belt student takes quite a bit of time to get through his forms, so I got to spend time at the end of the form holding position, breathing, and staying focused on the completed strike and stance. One-Steps: White belt 1-7 and orange belt 1-4 (the low orange belt requirements). This low rank really thinks too much and gets himself all in a tizzy. I dealt with that later on. For this class, we just slogged through the one-steps. Sparring: We didn't spar, but instead grabbed a kicking shield and worked some drills. First, we worked front leg kicks, like front pushing kicks and side kicks, for judging and maintaining distance. Then we did kicking drills from being crammed in. First it was trying to kick as we moved away from the bag holder, then we did a step away and then kick approach. It was fun to do, and it was a nice change up. Our school has quite a bit of equipment, but we don't tend to use much of it. T-Shirt Class: 6:30 - 7:00 pm. I spent the first 20 minutes running the low orange belt through drills. I had him start with Chon Ji hyung, made him do it, and once he finished it, made him start it again right away. Low and behold, reps resulted in retention. I had him do this with both Chon Ji and then next with uncle Dan Gun hyung. On the last performance of each hyung, I made him go at my count, and he had to do the move right away on my count. My count was much quicker pace than his own, and he still got through it. I told him that was more of a pace he should be seeking. Like I said, he thinks too much, so in these drills, I didn't give him a chance to think. Next, he reviewed white belt one-steps. I made him do #1 several times in a row, over and over. Once he had it down, I made him do #2, over and over. Once I felt he had it, I made him go back to 1, do it once, then do 2 once, then do #3 over and over. Once he got 3 down, I made him start back at 1 and go up to 3, then moved to #4. Rince and repeat until he got to 7. Low and behold, reps resulted in retention once again. He had started off the class by asking me and the 3rd dan teaching the class how many hours he should spend practicing outside of class. I told him after this that it only took him 20 minutes. It's not the quantity of time, but the quality of the time spent practicing. We also encouraged him to make as many practices a week as he could, and then maybe practice about 20 minutes like that on Saturday. While I was drilling the orange belt, I did some floor stretching to get loose. Then I did some floor drills. I did some BL round kick chamber (feinting) followed by a back leg round kick down the floor and back. Then I did it with advancing footwork added in first. Next, I did the drill by starting with the chamber-fake, then the hop forward, followed by a BL round kick. After these, I did some generic kicking combinations up and down the floor: BL front kick/BL round kick; BL front kick/BL side kick. Stretched in The Rack up to 140 degrees, chair back at 2.

That's pretty cool. I like to see what an author was thinking when putting things together.

9/17/2024 Strength Training Leg Press: 45x10, 135x10, 185x5, 225x5, 295x3, 315x5, 315x5, 315x5. Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3, 127.5x5, 127.5x5, 127.5x5. Lat Pull-downs: 147.5x10, 147.5x10, 147.5x10. I think I've got a mild hernia or something. I've been feeling a pull on the right side of my very lower abdomen area, to right of my groin. I really noticed it pressing today. It hasn't hampered me yet. It's a real nuisance, though.

9/16/2024 Aikido Class: Weapons Class: 5:00 - 6:00 pm. Different instructor today, as the sensei is awaiting their next child to enter the world! We did a lot of warm-up, with hi-4, low-4, and hi-8. We even toyed with low-8, hi-10 and low-10. Then we went through jo kata 1 several times, which was good review, and needed. After that, it was some bokken work, doing shomen cuts, 5 at a time, as each person counted out the 5 strikes. During the cutting and during the jo kata, I focused on getting power into the strikes/cuts.

The Ravens have had two tough games in a row. That home loss to the Raiders makes me wonder more about who the Raiders are as opposed to who the Ravens are. If they start 0-3, that will be tough to overcome.

I'm checking things out in the new app, and it's awesome! Easy UI and easy to read and post. So smooth!

Or just have other problems in general that need to be addressed.

Thanks for explaining this, Patrick. I'll be looking into it!

Congrats Ashworth! Well done!

That's nuts! Hadn't heard that! Chiefs pulled out another great win against another good AFC team. Unfortunately, they lost Pecheco for 6-8 weeks in the process to a fractured fibula I believe it was. That'll hurt. Hopefully Perine and Steele can platoon and cover the load. Steele looks promising; just have to protect the football. Worthy wasn't as involved in the offense this week, and Kelce has been too quite as well. I'd also like to Smith-Schuster get more involved. Especially now that it's been announced that Hollywood Brown is out for the season.

I've done a few things like this in TKD years ago. It wasn't really a cross-style setup; everyone was TKD, but there were different things broached, so we got to see some different topics. I like to see different specialties show up in things like this. As the organizer of this event, perhaps you can have some control over this. If I were you, see if you can invite specific instructors that have some special stuff they teach to do so in their allotted timeframes. That way, instead of getting a bunch of instructors teaching the same basics and forms everyone knows, there will be whole bunch of fun and interesting stuff the students get exposed to.

I'm not sure what you mean by "how did you find it." If you mean how I found the material? It was material that a DT instructor I met in college was teaching as his curriculum for women's self-defense seminars. He'd been doing them for some time. However, what the CI at the school is teaching at this seminar is a bit changed up, which I don't think is a good thing. As far as women's self-defense courses in general, I believe that getting exposure to some good tools is better than nothing at all. I also try to make sure to drop some real life knowledge and facts on them about attacks against women, so they understand the severity of it. My hope is that it convinces some of them to look into actively training somewhere themselves, in order to get more than just what that day or session offers. It's not something we are trying to make money on, it's a free service we are offering, so there's no monetary motivation there. The CI has also stated that he plans to open up our Wednesday open-mat time to the women who would be interested in coming in and continuing to train on the self-defense material. I'll be surprised if we have anyone show up on the regular, though. 9/14/2024 Women's Self-Defense Seminar: 9:30 - 11:30 am. In this session, we covered standing situations. Escapes from bear hugs (front, side, rear, both arms in, one arm, both arms out, etc), defenses against standing chokes (front, side, rear, pushing from the front, pushing from the back; not rear-naked style chokes, but a two-handed aggressive choke). Striking elements done in the first session came into play here as part of the defenses. We had about the same number of attendees as the previous week, which was good. But some of them were newcomers, and some from the previous week didn't make it back. We'll see what the turnout for this weekend is for the ground focused material.

It's good to hear things are going well on the health front. Keep it up! Very cool on the weapons forging and finishing. Sounds like a lot of fun!

I noticed it too. I chuckled a little when I saw it, and thought, "man, that's perfect!"

Tracking a simple thing like waist measurements, thigh measurements, etc, can also be helpful. If you're pants are getting looser and you are having to pull your belt tighter, it's a good sign. Weight loss might not be the goal, but body recomposition could be.

I think the decision should be up to him. He should be made known of the possible consequences, but in the end, it should be his decision. The money he could make over the next 10 years is life-changing for him and his family. Keeping Jones was the way to go, but Sneed was so good in the secondary, and in a passing league, that's a tough loss. But I think getting an impactful interior linemen is the taller order, so I'd agree with you. Worthy can flat out fly. I just worry about his size.

Tua took another hard shot tonight, left with another concussion. Hopefully he'll be ok. They are really stacking up on him. That was a rough game for him.

This is a very good point.

Man, that's sad to hear. James Earl Jones passed this week, too. He was great in everything he ever did, but I loved him in Best of the Best.