The Martial Artists' Training Log

[bushido_man96]

My kicking techniques are getting much stronger by the Weight lifting, but the deep shotokan stances after weight lifting are killing my legs !! Today is resting day.

Yes, this can be a killer. That's why I think its better to squat and have class on the same day. It kills, but if you stagger the days, you don't give your legs any recovery time, which hurts your lifting. But, in time, your body should acclimate to it.

8/7/2013

Still playing catch-up here....

AM workout: Chon Ji and Se Jong hyungs. Some basics, and some 4-direction kicking. Stretch.

Taught TKD: 6:00 - 7:00 pm.

8/9/2013

Afternoon workout

Bodyweight squats: 10x2

Pushups: 10x2

Front stance and down blocks, then added a punch, back stance and middle block, and then stretch. I did this workout with my 7 year old boy.

8/14/2013

Taught TKD: 6:00 - 7:00 pm.

[Hawkmoon]

27/8

1 1/2 hr kata!

1/2 light sparring!

[Kuma]

Yesterday's training (08/27):

Judo class, 1 1/2 hours.

Afterwards I came home and worked the makiwara a bit, trained the basic kicks from a deep front stance, planks, and did a yoga workout with my wife.

[yamesu]

28 Aug 2013.

-2min jog to warm up.

-Kyokushin stretching warmup.

-250 kicks, basically drilled repetitions of all levels for front kicks and roundhouse, as well as side kicks.

Kicking combo (alternating legs), 10min: Chudan Mae geri, Chudan mawashi geri, Jodan mawashi geri, Ushiro Mawashi Geri, Hiza Ganmen Geri, Mawatte.

-Box jumps (onto a picnic table in the parklands, approx 40 inches or 100cm for those of us using metric), 30 reps.

-Plank, 30s.

-Push ups on knuckles to exhaustion.

-Plank 30s.

Had dinner (Fish and fresh salad, yummy).

Circuit 1# (1min rounds no rest between exercises, repeat three times, 60s total rest between sets)

-Decline dumbell flys, 12.5 kgs.

-16kg kettlebell swings.

-25kg kettlebell goblet squats.

Circuit 2# = Crazy 7's. (Basically 7 reps each exercise, repeat seven sets, no rest at all until end).

-Two arm triceps extension, 12.5kg.

-16kg Kettlebell clean/press (7 each arm).

-25kg kettlebell figure 8's.

[CredoTe]

27 Aug 13:

Core / strength: pushups, pushups, pushups... Leg-lifts, dips, planks

Iri kumi (in-fighting) training

Led Youth Class

[bushido_man96]

8/20/2013

Defensive Tactics class: 2:00 - 3:00. The head DT instructor let me work with some of his students on some of the stuff I was putting together for a department DT training session. That group of college kids are so helpful, I couldn't ask for a better handful of Martial Artists to help out.

Open Mat Wrestling: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Kendall and I went to open mat at the high school my daughter goes to. The coach there told us at a camp Kendall attended that open mat times were available, so we hit this one, and hope to hit more. What is great is that I got to work out with my boy, and not just watch. After warmup, we worked on our stance, takedowns using chops and blocks, and a move called the Peterson, which is kind of a switch/reversal, and then an elbow roll. Good time!

8/21/2013

Taught TKD: 6:00 - 7:30 pm. Classes are extended a half hour now, which I think is a good thing. We got good basics work in, forms, covered more in one-steps, giving the high ranks more work, and then sparring.

[tallgeese]

8/28

Drilled triangle from mount variants.

30 min free roll.

[Hawkmoon]

..hmmm seems sensei has a new weapon of torture!

29/8

Body burn!

'diamond' jumps.

(Like a star jump, but you clap your hands and feet together at the top of the jump) - 1 min.

Immediately followed by:

Squats, touching left foot with right hand and visa verse - 1 min

Immediately followed by:

Crab Squats, step left, squat, step right squat (keeping a Kiba dachi stance) - 1 min

Immediately followed by:

Combination pushups. Press up position, drop to floor 'prostrate position' push back up, lift one arm off the floor twist your body 90 degrees.

Drop to floor repeat, press up lift other arm up etc etc. - 1 min

Immediately followed by:

Squat thrusts - 1 min

Rest 1 min

Repeat the above sequence 3 times.

Core (sit ups) 90. (3 x30)

30 mins knockdown combinations (legs)

30 mins knockdown combinations (arms)

30 mins knockdown combinations (legs & arms)

Edited August 30, 2013 by Hawkmoon

[yamesu]

29 Aug 2013.

Afternoon:

-10min static stretching.

-10min basic kicking padded pole.

-5min precision kicking airborne ball with roundhouses.

-15min volleyball warmup.

-30min volleyball game.

Evening:

-Reverse plank 30s.

-Leg scissors from reverse plank, 30reps.

-Sideways leg scissors from reverse plank, 30reps.

-Reverse plank 30s.

-Plank 30s.

-Curls, 10/8/6.

-Knuckle pushups to exhaustion.

-Stretching, 5min.

[tallgeese]

8/29

Few rounds of MT for MMA.

Drilled escaping from bottom, strikes included. Use of cage.

15 min no gi, gloves no strikes.