bushido_man96

Happy Mother's Day!

I've got some of the reproduced fechtbuchs. Love them. Absolutely love them. If I had a place to train around here, I'd do it. Well, if you ever get down to Wichita, look up a guy named Robert Trudeau. He is a former training partner of mine. Also look up a guy named Chris Holzman, probably the best military saber guy I have ever known. I am unaware of any HEMA specific groups in Hays, but also look in to your local SCA group. At the very least you will find sparring partners there. No HEMA in Hays, and we used to have and SCA group, and we sparred often, but it all folded up, and the nearest group that actually met to do things was abuut an hour and a half drive away. I haven't checked the ARMA website lately, but I need to, to see if there are any new books they are recommending.

YouTube Red no longer exists, in a sense. It has been renamed YouTube Premium. If subscription YouTube folds, no matter what it’s called, I’d be willing to bet the series gets sold to someone like Netflix. I’m pretty sure the series was pitched to several companies with some interest, but I don’t think they foresaw the viewership numbers it actually drew. I’m quite certain someone else would want it, and with a company like Netflix backing it, I’m sure the budget would be far bigger. I have YouTubeTV, and that's how I watch it. I wonder if they are trying to push YouTube Premium subscribers to YouTube TV?

5/8/2019 Strength Training Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 165x3, 200x5, 200x5, 200x5. Bench Press: 45x5x2, 135x5, 135x5, 135x5. Power Clean: 105x3, 105x3, 105x3, 105x3, 105x3. LTE: 45x10, 45x10, 45x10. Barbell Curls: 65x10, 65x10, 65x10. 5/13/2019 Strength Trainng Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 165x3, 205x5, 205x5, 205x5. Press: 45x5x2, 70x5, 102x5, 102x5, 102x5. Deadlifts: 135x5, 185x3, 250x5. Barbell Rows: 115x10, 115x10, 115x10. Chalk and belt this time on deadlifts, and switched to a hook grip, too.

Same, sorry to here about that. But its great that you've got interviews lined up, and hopefully you won't be out of the game for too long.Congrats to your son on his tournament experience. They are a great time. My experiences with our tournaments have been opposite than yours here. The TKD tournaments our school has bee attending don't allow the kids to do head kicks anymore, not until they are 14 or something I think. Personally, I don't like it. It narrows the scoring area too much, and doesn't allow for the skill and strategy that head kicking allows. But at the same time, control needs to of paramount importance. I remember a time when both could be done.

I like what you've laid out here, and I think it is definitely something that should be observed for any style working with a foundation in forms/kata. The way you described it in the first paragraph, the image I got in my head was of the tournament fighting scenes in Enter The Dragon, where they lined up with contact wrist-to-wrist, and then fought from there. I'm not sure if this is right or not, but this is where my mind went in your initial description. When Bob and I trained together, Bob showed me some drilling work with this kind of focus, and I think it is very valuable, and like you said, once the gist of it is picked up, it can easily be modified to incorporate variations. I do hope you are able to post some examples of this on your channel; being able to put pictures to the words will really open things up. Thanks for sharing this, and I look forward to the continued discussion!

Congratulations on hitting this milestone, Alex! You've been such an important part of this community for so long, and the community is so much the better with you being a part of it. You have always been helpful and insightful, and the community benefits greatly from this. Here's to the next 10 years!

5/6/2019 Strength Training Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 165x3, 195x5, 195x5, 195x5. Press: 45x5x2, 70x5, 100x5, 100x5, 100x5. Deadlifts: 135x5, 185x3, 245x5. Barbell Rows: 110x10, 110x10, 110x10. Chalk helped with the deadlifts. A lot. 5/7/2019 MA Training TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Basics: some more modified basics again today, doing back leg push kicks, different combinations, and axe kicks. Stretch: quick stretch, as there were quite a few high ranks in class, and forms went quick. One-steps: white belt and low orange belt. Sparring: several rounds, but all with kids, so I spent more time working with them on various techniques and strategies. Post-class: finished stretching.

Well, the power vs. speed urban legend would be the one that states the two are independent of each other, when in fact, they are not. Power is the first derivative of strength, and is the ability to express strength quickly. Quickly referring to speed. They are both fundamental fitness attributes, and both are important.

Congrats, Fat Cobra!

5/3/2019 Strength Training Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 190x5, 190x5, 190x5. Bench Press: 45x5x2, 130x5, 130x5, 130x5. Power Cleans: 95x3x2, 100x3, 100x3, 100x3, 100x3, 100x3. LTE: 42x10, 42x10, 42x10. Barbell Curls: 62x10, 62x10, 62x10. Catching the clean was quite a mess, really. Got to focus on the technique a little bit as I go.

Happy Birthday, Mo!

5/1/2019 Strength Training Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 185x5, 185x5, 185x5. Press: 45x5x2, 65x5, 95x5, 95x5, 95x5. Deadlifts: 135x5, 185x5, 235x5. Barbell Rows: 105x10, 105x10, 105x10. Dropping to one work set of deadlifts now. Its also time to get the chalk out. Grip was failing on the last rep. Next week, I think I'll add the power clean, and see how my knees tolerate it. MA Training TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Basics: basics were "conditioning basics" today, so we basically were doing basics for a minute or two straight, then getting a short break. Some things were changed up a bit. My left knee really hurt at the beginning, but once I got into the second grouping of basics, the pain subsided, and I went on normally (except for being really tired). Stretch: felt like I got pretty loose today, which was nice. Forms: Choong Jang, and it felt pretty good today. I've found it tough to try to combo some of the moves together, so focused on really individualized techniques in spots, which helped. Having trouble with a tricky turn and balance on one leg. One-steps: white belt and orange belt. Sparring: I tried to approach with a strategy of using only front leg kicks or a spin side kick off the back leg. I worked on doubling kicks up with round kicks, and also worked on front leg hook kicks. Out of three rounds, I did end up throwing one back leg round kick in there. Post-class: worked on a "switching" spin side kick with a blue belt, addressing a position he had been in while we were sparring, and broke down some technical bits on it. Also stretched again.

Yes, you are right. It takes bag training and makes it more interactive. Being able to alternate rounds between that, a heavy bag, and a speed bag would make for great workout variety.

Yeah, those are limits. Punches to the body only, which is protected by a vest most of the time, and typically an emphasis on kicking, but above the belt and not to the back.

I start by saying, "Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moon light...?"

4/26/2019 Strength Training Squats: 95x5, 135x5, 175x5, 175x5, 175x5. Press: 45x5x2, 65x5, 90x5, 90x5, 90x5. Deadlifts: 135x5, 205x5, 205x5, 205x5. Barbell Rows: 100x10, 100x10, 100x10. 4/29/2019 Strength Training Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 180x5, 180x5, 180x5. Bench Press: 45x5x2, 125x5, 125x5, 125x5. Deadlifts: 135x5, 225x5, 225x5, 225x5. LTE: 40x10, 40x10, 40x10. Barbell Curls: 60x10, 60x10, 60x10. I felt the grip going on the last set of deadlifts. I think its time to get the chalk out.

Is there anything you can do to correct the issue?

I've seen something like that before, too, and I like it. Looks very useful, and keeps you on your toes.

That looks like a very useful training tool. We've got some free standing bags in our gym that just tend to fall over (not the Wavemasters, but more like you described initially). This one seems very nice. Do keep us posted on the review.

Welcome aboard! That's cool to hear!

I feel I've always been better at my forms than my sparring. With the way TKD sparring is set up, I don't really get much in the way of forms to transfer over to my sparring.

With an injured back, you shouldn't pick up a barbell equal to your bodyweight. You'd need to assess why and how you got injured, and then work back up with lighter weight. How did you injure your back? Does the twisting and turning of Martial Arts training effect it at all?

4/23/2019 MA Training I did some very unfocused kicking on the heavy bag, for around 25 minutes. I did some heavy round kicking, some combination back leg round kick/spin side kicking, and some punching. We have a BOB with a sparring vest tied onto it, along with headgear, so it provides a different feel and feedback when struck. 4/24/2019 Strength Training Squats: 95x5, 135x5, 170x5, 170x5, 170x5. Bench Press: 45x5x2, 120x5, 120x5, 120x5. Deadlifts: 135x5, 195x5, 195x5, 195x5. LTE: 35x10, 35x10, 35x10. Barbell Curls: 55x10, 55x10, 55x10. 4/25/2019 MA Training TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Basics (really sucked wind tonight), stretch, forms (Yoo Sin), one-steps (orange and green), sparring (three "matches). I spent a lot of time punching tonight in sparring.

You are absolutely right bushido_man96 regarding your statement; however which weight training programs, for martial artists would you advise instead of what Bruce Lee was doing? As Bruce Lee is my main inspiration for martial arts, starting sadly in the same year he died, then I must admit being bias towards accepting most of his principles, philosophy including training. The great misconception in the world of strength training (notice I did not say "weight training") is the idea that everyone gets strong differently....that the Martial Artist gets stronger differently than the football player does. It isn't true.Lots of people, many that are just really uninformed, think they need to do some sort of "functional training" to get strong for their sport. Again, this is not the case. If a person's goal is to get stronger, then they need to start a strength training program with a simple selection of exercises performed along a linear novice progression. Simple barbell exercises, like the squat, overhead press, bench press, deadlift, and the power clean, trained in the area of 3 sets of 5 reps across (or 5 sets of 3 for female trainees) for a period of six months to a year will yield strength gains. Once the gains made during the novice progression have been exhausted, the trainee then starts changing the intensity and volume of the same exercises to keep driving progression. On top of that, just do your sport (ours being our Martial Arts). So, all that said, no, I wouldn't follow Bruce Lee's weight training patterns in order to get stronger. Now, if all one wants to do is get sweaty with weights and "feel the burn" after the workout, then have at it. That's the difference between "training" and "exercise." Ok, rant over.