bushido_man96

11/8/2021 Strength Training Squats: 45x5x2, 155x5, 225x3, 295x1, 322.5x5, 322.5x5, 322.5x5. Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3, 135x1, 157.5x5, 157.5x5, 157.5x5. Power Snatch: 75x2, 85x2, 85x2, 85x2, 85x2, 85x2. Lat Pull-downs: 132.5x10, 132.5x10, 132.5x10 Squats were super hard today. I think my weekend nutrition wasn't up to snuff.

That is great news, Bob! Finding a support group like that is an amazing boon for you! So happy for you!

e what the video is about is the use of force , not about an application. Ah, I see. Thank you for the clarification.

11/5/2021 Strength Training Bench Press: 45x5x2, 115x5, 155x3, 205x1, 225x5, 225x5, 225x5. Power Clean & Jerk: 115x2, 125x2, 135x2, 135x2, 135x2, 135x2, 135x2. Push Press: 135x3, 165x5, 165x5, 165x5. Lat Pull-downs: 130x10, 130x10, 130x10. Everything felt pretty smooth today. I'm going to try to add push presses in a couple of times a week to overload the top of the pressing movement.

11/4/2021 Strength Training Squats: 45x5x2, 155x5, 225x3, 295x1, 320x5, 320x5, 320x5. Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3, 135x1, 155x5, 155x5, 155x5. Lat Pull-downs: 127.5x10, 127.5x10, 127.5x10. Press started getting heavy, and I had to go back to more of the double layback to push the weight up. The last set was a real struggle; I got off balance on rep 4, and actually had to step back with my right foot to keep the weight, and that really sapped rep 5; it was about a 5 second grind to the top.

Welcome to KF, Ethan!

I recall your training experiences in regards to TKDs kicks, and I recall that you spent a brief time training in TKD to learn from them, and gain a better understanding of dealing with TKD kicks. I'd propose a similar rout in a non-grappling style, by seeking out a grappling style to supplement training, and learn better how to deal with grappling.

I think this sums it up best. Great post.

Welcome to KF, both of you!

Congrats!

11/2/2021 Strength Training Power Clean: 135x3, 145x3. Deadlifts: 160x5, 225x3, 285x1, 320x5. Bench Press: 45x5x2, 115x5, 155x3, 205x1, 222.5x5, 222.5x5, 222.5x5. Lat Pull-downs: 125x10, 125x10, 125x10. Used power cleans as the first few warmups to the deadlift. Bench went very smoothly for all three sets.

Again, the practitioner is that which is ineffective, and not the style. If a style doesn't have this or that, I'm quite sure that that said style has other means to skin the cat. Based on what you're saying here, means that I have to step outside my style to learn grappling, so that I can be effective. Because my style doesn't have a grappling focus....it's not ineffective, but I am, because I didn't learn grappling from my style that doesn't teach grappling...

What makes you believe that the Okinawans didn't already have a "complete" system before their interactions with the Chinese? I don't think they needed Chinese influence to "complete" their systems. I think that they, like us today, liked to seek out others to see what they had to offer. I don't think the Chinese systems of the day would have been any more "complete" than the Okinawan systems of the day. tallgeese makes very good points about how the systems of those times evolved based on what kind of combat they had to face. Defenses against swords and spears differ greatly from those of today, where knives and firearms are commonplace.

I see some good points here, but I also see some issues. Most of this style vs. style banter started during the first UFCs, when ground fighting came to the forefront as a most effective form of combat. I'll be the first to admit that my style, TKD, doesn't have an effective foundation for fighting from the ground. It is very limited, and most schools don't practice it much, if at all. There are other styles out there that don't have an effectual ground component at this time, either; styles like Muay Thai, Boxing, some Karate styles, etc. The Krav Maga that I've studied has some ground components in it, but they are mostly focused around improving position and getting off the ground, as opposed to staying on the ground and fighting. So a new question pops up. If my style does not have ground fighting, is it not effective? Or is it just not effective against ground fighting?

That's a great analogy, Bob. Love it! I agree that it is important for us to share what we can with those who are willing to learn.

10/29/2021 Strength Training Bench Press: 45x5x2, 110x5, 150x3, 205x1, 220x5, 220x5, 220x5. Power Clean & Jerk: 115x2, 130x2, 130x2, 130x2, 130x2, 130x2. Lat Pull-downs: 117.5x10, 117.5x10, 117.5x10. The deload is really helping to smooth out technique issues on the bench. Clean and jerks were all pretty smooth, in both split and rack. 11/1/2021 Strength Training Squats: 45x5x2, 155x5, 225x3, 275x1, 317.5x5, 317.5x5, 317.5x5. Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3, 135x1, 152.5x5, 152.5x5, 152.5x5. Power Snatch: 65x2, 75x2, 80x2, 80x2, 80x2, 80x2, 80x2. Lat Pull-downs: 120x10, 120x10, 120x10. A little under the weather, and squat seemed heavy. But I pushed through it. I decided I wanted to start practicing the power snatch, and Monday seems to be the best day of the week to add it in. This way, I'll also be pulling from the floor three times per week. It wasn't a heavy snatch, but I need to work on the technique, and its such a long pull. I'm landing in a split, just like with the cleans. I look forward to pushing the weight up.

I also noticed that it appeared that your partner just let go. But it also seems odd to grab both wrists, too. It seems more likely that one wrist would be grabbed, and the other hand used as a weapon to strike.

10/28/2021 Strength Training Squats: 45x5x2, 155x5, 225x3, 275x1, 315x5, 315x5, 315x5. Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3, 135x1, 150x5, 150x5, 150x5. Lat Pull-downs: 115x10, 115x10, 115x10. Squats were heavy today. Press felt good, but my right shoulder was aching a little.

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.