The Martial Artists' Training Log

[Groinstrike]

11/7

Quick review over defensive postures and hand postions from side control

sparring session that abruptly ended when one of our students injured his knee.

Spent remainder of time, helping him get around to where he could be driven home.

MP, keep me posted on his condition.

[tallgeese]

Bummer about the knee.

11/8

Some specialized force on force training. For personal defense it probably best translates due to weapon handling, cqb, and shot placement.

[Groinstrike]

11/8

stretched

40 min continous freesparring

followed by 3-4 grappling matches

[tallgeese]

11/9

8 hour block of close quarters baton use. Some of it I liked, a larger portion I didn't, and some I was indifferent about. At the end of the day, it was still a full day of working with a weapon easily at my disposal.

[tallgeese]

11/10

am:

90 min free roll. Some specific work on high guard but primarily free roll.

pm:

Drilled hip bump sweep w/ collar control. Variant w/ bump. Add arm bar. Move to omo plata out of bump effort.

60 min free roll

[Groinstrike]

11/10

wristlock tuite work

trapping drills

freesparring

[tallgeese]

11/11

hip drill warm ups

3, 3 min rounds of BOB work

3, 3 min rounds of position work on downed bag

abs

[tallgeese]

11/12

Drilled guard to spider transition. Sweep. Triangle, then arm trap and triangle.

30 min free roll

[Vagabond]

WE had the Inter-school Sparring at our Dojo the other day. I had set this event up with a local Kenpo Dojo as per the instructions from my Sensei (Do all event coordinating). It was nice to meet local martial artists, but the age group was rather young. To make things worse my Sensei altered the time from 4:00pm (The youth sparring time) to 5:00pm (The adult sparring time).

Not only did this change cut out my typical chance to practice Kumite, but I was not afforded any notable training partners (asied from the Kenpo Sensei, and one older student). While this experience was not what I had hoped for, both for myself and for the Dojo, I hope it will someday blossom into a beneficial event.

[Groinstrike]

11/14

Sticky hands warmup

Stick grappling and two person drills

stick sparring

Clinch work

clinch sparring which turned into freesparring which turned into a bloody nose