bushido_man96

11/12/2024 Range: 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Night shoot. We shot pistols, back-ups, rifles, and shotguns.

Going 17-0 in the AFC seems a tall task, for sure, and not one I think is going to happen. I was shocked they blocked that field goal to win last week, and this week they face Buffalo. I sure hope KC is ready to go. The head-to-head win against Buffalo would be huge going forward. But it is going to be tough game.

Happy Veterans Day!

I'm going to try to tune in Friday. I think the first time Tyson catches Paul, he's going to realize that he's never been hit that hard before.

Finally back to getting some work in after missing a week. My head did a big reset on me. It seems to happen this time of year every year. No idea how to deal with it. 11/9/2024 BJJ Class: 10:00 - 10:40 am. Back control focus. Three of us in class, so we did round-robins in the drills. 1. Referee's position, top guy lock hands. Top focus was to break the bottom guy down onto his hips and just control for as long as possible. Bottom guy's job was to escape/reverse (win). 6 min. This went ok to start out. I could get the grip broke and hip heist out a few times, but Kendall thought I was putting myself in a bad position when doing that (and I very well could have been, since the drill would end with the escape). I could break down Kendall's hips and hold him a little while. When I would lock up the instructor from behind, he could move well and often got me on my back. I got into bad position trying to hold on. Probably not following with my hips enough. 2. Same drill, but the top guy could break hands and get a seat belt grip, a 2-on-1, and put hooks in. Bottom guy had the same job, escape/reverse (win). 6 min. The instructor let me work from bottom, and I could find points to gather the arms up and get things moved around and got to mount position a few times. I couldn't break Kendall's hips down this go around, though. Not sure what I wasn't doing right, but he stayed pretty solid. 3. Now we went to a seated position with the "top" guy in the backpack position, underhooks and hooks in the legs. Top guy's job was to work to isolation of head/arm, to get to a rear naked choke, armbar, triangle, or whatever (win). Bottom guy still working to reverse/escape/etc. (win). 6 min. The instructor gave a few pointers during this drill. When bottom here, and they have your back, getting your shoulders flat to the mat was the key. I'd drive back onto the "top" person and then try to get flat to the mat...it really helped out. He pointed out that the "top" guy getting driven back should try to use the hips to throw them back forward and get back to work from there. Sometimes it would require getting the "bottom" guy's hands busy so they start moving, but it was helpful as well. Kendall caught me in a weird armbar as I was moving away from him and I had to tap out of it in a hurry. He also was working in a pretty good choke and I eventually tapped out of that before getting it sank in. After all that I was done. Kendall and the coach rolled for a while and Kendall was learning some good stuff. I sat and stretched for a bit and watched.

As an instructor, with students paying for their time with the school, I feel I should offer as much to their training as I possibly can. I don't feel like spending the first 5 or 10 minutes of class sitting quietly and meditating is the most efficient use of that time. I'd much rather get them started on the physical training. If students would want to show up early to meditate for a few minutes before class, I would encourage that.

I didn't get to see the end of that game, but it turned into a good one. The Ravens look really good.

I think we could plan out some fun stuff and have a good time!

Congratulations!

"Gentlemen's Sweep." Congrats to the Dodgers.

Chiefs continue to roll, although it seems like just barely every week. The defense is still solid. D-Hop looked great last night in that win! I can't wait to see what another week of practice brings in. And I think it will help open up Kelce even more. They both had a great game, and Hunt continues to bring toughness and tenacity to the huddle.

It would probably be done early in Miyagi's life, so they'd recast someone to play a young Mr. Myagi.

Great news @KarateKen. I've missed a week of training, and am itching to get back into it.

I do think learning to spar with controlled contact without pads is very important to martial maturity. I enjoy sparring without pads. It also helps in conditioning, as the intensity will usually ramp up as time goes on and two good students start to get a feel for each other. Students can also give feedback about the contact level, whether to up it or dial it back. It's great for just training some toughness.

Boy, that would be a lot of fun, Bob!

Here's an example of what I was visualizing. https://www.google.com/search?q=question+mark+kick&rlz=1C1UEAD_enUS945US945&oq=question+mark+kick&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyDAgAEEUYORixAxiABDIHCAEQABiABDIHCAIQABiABDIHCAMQABiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQABiABDIHCAYQABiABDIHCAcQABiABDIHCAgQABiABDIHCAkQABiABNIBCTQ2MDlqMGoxNagCCLACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:9044369d,vid:6hPtOH1Z6O4,st:0 Here's one that doesn't have the curl at the end. He uses it with a feint as well instead of just as a one-off. I believe this is more like the technique you are describing:

Thanks for sharing that interview. Really cool experiences there.

That is very cool! Thanks for sharing it @aurik!

10/24/2024 Strength Training Leg Press: 135x10, 185x10, 225x5, 315x3, 335x2, 365x5, 365x5, 365x5. Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3, 115x2, 140x5, 140x5, 140x5. Lat Pull-downs: 175x8, 175x8, 175x8, 175x8. Moving the pull-downs to 4 sets of 8. Sets of 10 just weren't finishing like I wanted them to. I'm also going to forego supersetting them with the upper body movement to better recover for each set. BJJ Class: 7:00 - 8:15 pm. 1. Top guy on knees, bottom guy sits on his butt in butterfly guard. Bottom guy's job was to elevate and sweep, trying to use a shoulder crunch to do so. The shoulder crunch was basically isolating one shoulder with a forearm across the top guy's face, and lifting the elbow to help facilitate the sweep like a lever (win). The top guy's job was to try to get a high body lock, apply pressure and pass by getting the legs clear of the hips by getting to them to the side (win). 5 min, x2 rounds. I really struggled on both ends of this drill. On bottom, I wasn't getting him pulled up high enough onto me to get him unbalanced and swept. When on top, I struggled getting the pressure and the body lock. I did pass a few times. When I was on bottom I was keeping my hooks in too high. I needed to keep them out more towards the knees, and I needed to keep them active. 2. Standing. One guy had a single-leg shelved on the outside, and try to move them and get a trip. The defender's job was to get an uchi-mata (win). 3 min. I got the uchi-mata a few times. I had trouble getting a good trip. 3. Same drill, but the person with the leg shelved was trying to get to the other leg for a takedown, or otherwise takedown with the single-leg. 3 min. This was very challenging against Kendall. Free rolling: 3 rounds, 3 min each, all with Kendall. In one round I managed to get a decent takedown, but I broke contact and didn't follow into it, so he recovered quickly. At one point I almost had an armbar; I just didn't get it set right. He did get me with an Americana in side control once. A common theme is that I tend to get taken down a lot and end up pulling guard. I was exhausted after that second round. My arms felt like lead.

That's a long time, Bob! I hope I can pull that off, too!

I heard some thoughts about that movie this past week; it should have been a different title, with the addendum of "A Halloween Story," or something like that. Then the expectations wouldn't have been so high for it, and it might have been better received.

I thought KC's offense was moving better this week, until they had a bad possession inside the 5 that almost ended in disaster. That defense made two goal-line stands that were just amazing. I really think the Chiefs should have held the Raiders to 13 points, but they played prevent on that last possession, which I think they did much too early. However, I think Spags knew with no timeouts left, they could let the Raiders drain the clock themselves, which is what they did. Still, I would have much rather seen them play better defense on that last drive. Deandre Hopkins looked good when he was on the field. I didn't expect to see him much, due to the complexity of the system Reid runs. After a full week of practice, he should be able to be more of a factor on Monday Night Football. The Buccaneers are going to be a tough out, so they better show up to play.

I agree. I've felt that way with TKD from time to time. But I love going to the Aikido classes. I use that energy from Aikido and bleed it over into my TKD training, looking for new things in the "same old stuff" that I've been doing for years.

That'd be interesting, too.

10/23/2024 TKD Class: Traditional Class: 5:30 - 6:30 pm. Basics: I took it easy on stepping and turning today; knees weren't feeling great. I really made sure I was pre-pivoting on kicks and when walking in stances. The mat was really chewing up my feet again. I did all the front kicks today as thrusting front kicks. The 3rd dan leading the class had a really good thought he got from a higher-up on doing back leg round kicks and then landing in front stance; really pull back on the rechamber so you pull the body back into a better position to set down quicker. It worked well. After basics I did a floor stretch. Forms: Choong Jang. It was feeling really good, but I was off-target, and have been several times, when punching my left hand into my right palm (reverse punch in a back stance). I don't have this issue on the other side. One-steps: Watched a blue belt and an orange belt work back and forth on white belt one-steps. I gave comments on the evasive motions, and how they needed to cut out the extra steps in order to make them smooth and better effect the evasion.