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10/26/2021 Strength Training Deadlifts: 135x5, 225x3, 275x1, 315x5. Bench Press: 45x5x2, 110x5, 150x3, 190x1, 217.5x5, 217.5x5, 217.5x5. Lat Pull-downs: 112.5x10, 112.5x10, 112.5x10. I didn't deload the deadlift near as much as everything else. Bench technique was pretty good today. A rep on each set kind of went weird, but otherwise, the sets were pretty clean. 2 1/2 lb jumps it is, going forward.

I think he might have meant to type "taking," but am not sure. Possibly an auto-correct issue?

10/25/2021 Strength Training Squats: 45x5x2, 155x5, 225x3, 275x1, 310x5, 310x5, 310x5. Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3, 135x1, 147.5x5, 147.5x5, 147.5x5. Lat Pull-downs: 110x10, 110x10, 110x10.

Great news indeed!

Now that's an extreme circumstance! If you've got one loaded, that is....I believe it was Matsumura "Bushi" Sokon who said "an effective karateka always keeps one loaded."

In my limited history with aikido that’s what I found. However, in their defense, many of those wrist techniques hold the real potential of breaking joints without compliance by uke. ...sometimes. I've been on the other end of it at times, when there was no risk to me having anything broken, and I can either choose to roll with it for them, or just walk out of it.

10/22/2021 Strength Training Bench Press: 45x5x2, 110x5, 150x3, 190x1, 215x5, 215x5, 215x5. Power Clean & Jerk: 115x2, 125x2, 125x2, 125x2, 125x2, 125x2. The deload continues with this workout. Hopefully, I'll be able to clean up some form on the bench press. Both the splits and the racks felt good on clean and jerk, but I had issues with the recovery.

Welcome to KF! We look forward to hearing your experiences!

10/20/2021 TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:10 pm. T-Shirt Class. I was the only one in the room this night, so after some work on the speed bag, I did a half hour of forms. 19 forms in all, Chon Ji up through Choong Jang; should have been 20 forms total, but for some odd reason, I left out Gae Baek. After forms, I spent about 10 minutes stretching. 10/21/2021 Strength Training Squats: 45x5x2, 155x5, 215x3, 275x1, 305x5, 305x5, 305x5. Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3, 130x1, 145x5, 145x5, 145x5. Missed several days of training, and was sick early Tuesday morning. So, 10% backoff, and working back up. I've also streamlined my warmup weight selection, so I'll be more consistent with that.

Half squats are a bad idea. Half squats will cause more damage to your knee than a full squat will. After a TKD class, my knees hurt. After a good squatting session, they don't hurt. If you do a high bar squat, in which the bar sets high on your traps, it causes your body to keep a more vertical back angle in order to keep the lifter/barbell system balanced over the the mid-foot. This high-bar squat causes the knees to slide well forward of the toes, and will cause knee pain and also ignore most of the musculature in the hamstrings and butt. You can perform a low-bar squat, in which the bar sets lower on the back, right under the ridge of the scapulae, and you lock your back into its natural lumbar extension, and then squat down by reaching your butt back and bending over somewhat, creating a more horizontal back angle as you descend. You keep your knees shoved out, and this "butt back/leaned over" descent, when done properly, minimizes the amount of knee slide, and uses all of the hips to drive the weight back up out of the hole. This squat method is much easier on the knees, and gets you to build strength in the full range of motion. I, for one, won't take any strength training advice from a doctor. Not many of them strength train, and therefore they can't offer helpful advice, and often times offer really bad advice, like that of recommending half-squats, which are horrible on the knees. I'd be willing to bet that your knee pain gets even more aggravated when kicking the air. Years and years of kicking during forms, basics, and one-steps, snapping the leg out without making contact with anything, has taken it's toll on my knees. I'd suggest that any kicking you do with that leg, you should probably do at less than full power, and really baby it towards the lockout.

He's definitely putting his body into his techniques.

Internal arts to me means how one uses their whole body in a natural way instead of use brute strenght and speed to over come your opponet.. I find this an interesting take, and look forward to further discussion.I find it interesting because for some individuals, speed and/or strength are natural physical attributes. And strength is an attribute that just about everyone can increase with proper training. So, for such people, using speed and/or strength is a natural thing. Thoughts?

It sounds to me like this is more part of a personal test on her part, that she needs to overcome, in regards to working with you. Hopefully, the instructor pushes the two of you to work together more often, to help her with this.

Yeah, there are sections of the TKD forms that are obvious adaptations of various portions of Shotokan kata.

That sounds like it will be a fun experience! Please, keep us posted on what you learn, and how you transition your training into MMA.

Now that's an extreme circumstance! If you've got one loaded, that is....

I originally learned the reverse punch in TKD, and still do it a lot in forms and basics work. I've used what I've learned in doing it in TKD and transferred it into my style of doing it when I work the bag or spar. Punching power comes from the ground, and that is what I base my technique around. Power for this cross or reverse punch starts with the drive of the rear foot (a pivot, essentially), and then drives up through the leg to the hip, which gets a good twist, and through the trunk and finally to the arm, extended as the hips twist to drive in the power. In TKD, it's often, but not always done from a front stance. When I work outside of the context of forms and one-steps, I don't anchor it to a front stance, but learning it from a front stance helps to ingrain those steps into my practice.

Thanks everyone!

10/14/2021 Strength Training Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 225x3, 295x1, 315x1, 340x5, 340x5, 340x5. Bench Press: 45x5, 115x5, 135x3, 185x1, 205x1, 245x5, 245x5, 245x4. Missing Monday really showed today. Squats were heavy all around, and I wasn't sure on that last set. Bench...went well, until that last set. I was driving with my feet, and my left hamstring cramped up on me on rep 4. On rep 5, it was really cramping, and I got stuck on the way up. Unfortunately, I'm going to miss my Friday workout, due to travelling for football. I'm sad about missing out on my Olympic lifts. On a side note, Kenneth had a tough day today. He missed Monday because I did, and he missed Tuesday due to being sick. He nailed one heavy set of squats, but then failed on his second set. He got upset about it, but we talked it all out, backed off the last two sets, and worked through it. Last week, though, he had a positive experience. He was getting stuck on his bench press, hitting reps of 5, 3, and 3 of a weight he really wanted to hit. He made the decision that he would keep trying at that same weight until he got 3 sets of 5, and by the end of last week, he had done it. It showed me he is starting to understand how this all works.

Great to hear, Danielle! Keep at it!

Is that an option that's on the table? If so, I'd say you should do it.

Hey all, I have wonderful news! Today, my daughter gave birth to our first grandchild! Our granddaughter, Evelyn, came into the world today, 7 lbs, 6 oz, 20 inches long! My wife and I are so excited to be grandparents! Everyone is doing well, and recovering from a hard day! Wife gets to go visit tomorrow!

10/13/2021 TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. T-Shirt Class. Speed bag warmup. The rhythm is coming back, but I still need some work. After that, I worked exclusively on the Powerline tonight. Lots of sidestepping and throwing techniques, working into some combinations. Finished with some stretching.

10/12/2021 Strength Training Power Cleans: 115x3, 125x3, 135x3. Deadlifts: 175x5, 225x3, 265x1, 300x1, 335x5. Bench Press: 45x5, 115x5, 135x3, 185x1, 205x1, 242.5x5, 242.5x5, 242.5x5. Missed the Monday workout due to scheduling conflicts. I hate missing my workouts. Started warming up deadlifts with power cleans. Since I wasn't finishing with the jerk, I did sets of 3. Good practice. My back was really fatigued getting through the cleans and then the deadlifts, but I got through it without any real pain. Bench press went better, but the first set always feels junky. Sets 2 and 3 were much better, as far as form went.