The Martial Artists' Training Log

[tallgeese]

9/1

90 min open mat. Focus on butterfly guard.

[tallgeese]

9/2

Worked on fluid cutting, bridging. Ranging out to largo.

[tallgeese]

9/3

Drilled combat base to double under and over/ under guard pass.

30 min free roll.

30 min bridging work out of flow from PTK.

[yamesu]

1 Sept 2014.

-Cardio warm up, 5x 1min rounds med intensity skipping.

-90min Kyokushin class, focus on kumite and combinations, partnered kumite work, body conditioning.

Weight superset:

-Hammer curls: 20/15/12/10/5/8/16.

-Tricept neutral grip pull downs: 20/15/12/10/5/8/16.

2 Sept 2014:

-Cardio warm up, 5x 1min rounds med intensity skipping.

-60min heavy bag work and partnered thai pad work.

-30min partnered throws and takedown work, focus on koshiwaza techniques.

-2x sets of squats holding 6foot heavy bag on shoulders to exhaustion.

-10min warm down.

3 Sept 2014.

-Plyo warm up, 5x rounds double unders for as long duration as possible before failing. 3x 8rep sets of 110cm box jumps to standing.

-Static stretching for kicks, 10min.

-30min Takedown and grappling work, focus on rolling into different positions for juji gatame and ude garami. Included wrist locks.

-30min partnered thai pad work and kicking drills.

-20min shadowboxing combinations.

-10min high intensity duckwalk and jumping squat drills .

-10 min single stick work with partner, disarming technique.

-10min warm down.

[bushido_man96]

9/3/2014

Defensive Tactics Club: 1:00 - 3:00 pm. Worked on self-defense stuff after warmup; wrist escapes, self-defense, etc. After the class was over, one of the college Wrestlers worked with me on some Greco throws; belly-to-back suplex, belly-to-belly suplex, and an armspin. Good times!

TKD Kicking Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Lots of kicking, heavy bag and paddles. We did sets of back leg round kicks middle, then high, front leg round kicks middle and high, front leg and back leg side kicks, sliding away front leg side kicks, spin side kicks, and jump spin side kicks. We also did some continuous kicking (repeat kicking), back leg repeat round kicks, front leg repeat round kicks, spin side kick repeat round kick. On the paddles, we did front leg ax kicks, back leg ax kicks, switch foot ax kicks, and front leg crossover ax kicks. Had a good stretch after class.

[yamesu]

4 Sept 2014.

-45min Kyoushin class (afternoon). Did some sparring with the younger and lower grades.

-120min Kyokushin class (evening). Fitness and conditioning, advanced techniques and a little bit of self defence.

[tallgeese]

9/5

Drilled knee over pass and knee slide.

30 min free roll

Night of PRK footwork single stick, followed by knife form and close quarter drills.

9/6

Drove to St. Louis to present jiu jitsu seminar work to a karate group there. Also did a short segment on PTK basics. 3 hours of training, great fun seeing old faces, but 10 hours of drive time.

9/7

Much needed day off...

[Hawkmoon]

8/9

(double session)

20 min Bag work (punches)

20 min Bag work (kicks)

main session

20 mins x 5 (core)

- sit up

- crunches

- leg lifts (rotation & crunches)

- air cycle

20 min

- push ups

- punch combos

- kick combos

20 min running and foot work exercises.

End night in a light contact 10 man fight.

4 of the fighters pulled out to face the dojo, (no rest between bouts) to finally end facing off with each other!

[tallgeese]

9/8

Drilled passing the butterfly guard. Push/pull/ and pressure.

30 min free roll.

Drilled PTK "M" footwork. Moved into bridging isolating cuts 1 and 2

9/9

Short work on PTK forms. Fluid 5 and Multiple strike.

[Hawkmoon]

9/9

3.5 K run!

(only because I picked a new route and got lost!!)