bushido_man96 Posted July 22 Author Posted July 22 7/15/2025 TKD: 5:45 - 6:30 pm. Rank class. I taught this one. Added in a few different basics. Some of the low ranks really need to work on their side kick technique. The next time I teach this class, I'm going to change basics up and really hammer side kick technique. 6:30 - 7:00 pm. Sparring class. I taught this section as well, but also padded up and joined in with the class. We did footwork floor drills to warm up, then did restricted live sparring. The first round was FL round kicks only. Second round was BL front kicks and FL round kicks only. For the third round, anything went, but the only technique that counted as a score was a reverse punch. For the last round, I allowed everyone to find a partner that they hadn't sparred with yet, and I made the taller person spar from their knees (had to be on at least one knee at all times). I got some comments later in the week from some of the students saying they really enjoyed the class. https://www.haysgym.comhttp://www.sunyis.com/https://www.aikidoofnorthwestkansas.com
bushido_man96 Posted Tuesday at 11:42 PM Author Posted Tuesday at 11:42 PM 7/16/2025 TKD: 5:30 - 6:00 pm. Forms/one-steps session. Chon Ji, Do-Gon 1 and 2, Jung Gun, three-steps 1-6, Choi Yong. Also watched to the other 5th dan do Choi Yong. 6:00 - 6:30 pm. Sparring drills. Paddle work: FL front kicks, FL round kicks, FL side kicks, FL outer crescent kicks, FL outer axe kick. Then we did target recognition utilizing those techniques. Then I took one of the white belts and worked on spin outer crescent kick, BL round kick/spin outer crescent kick, BL round kick/spin side kick, and repeat round kicks to different levels. After class, I held the re-breakable boards for the same young white belt, and he broke with a side kick on each leg. I really let my hands fly in forms tonight. I had better speed than I'd had in quite some time. I really fatigued my arms. The kicks on the pads felt faster, too. https://www.haysgym.comhttp://www.sunyis.com/https://www.aikidoofnorthwestkansas.com
bushido_man96 Posted Tuesday at 11:51 PM Author Posted Tuesday at 11:51 PM 7/17/2025 TKD: 5:45 - 6:30 pm. Traditional Class. Arms were sore from the day before. I did some spin hook kicks on the speed bag. They connected nicely, but my body didn't like the consecutive spinning. Basics were good. I did Choi Yong, and it was probably my best performance of it so far. Kept my balance well for the most part. After forms, I was the continuous attacker for one-steps. Instead of sparring, we did one-technique and two-technique drills back and forth. https://www.haysgym.comhttp://www.sunyis.com/https://www.aikidoofnorthwestkansas.com
bushido_man96 Posted Wednesday at 12:11 AM Author Posted Wednesday at 12:11 AM 7/20/2025 BJJ Seminar: 3:00 - 5:30 pm. 3rd dan Scott Miller came and hosted a class at our do-jang. We started out with hand-fighting drills, and he gave us the 6 'Ps' of hand-fighting: Push, Pull, Pin, Pass, Pummel inside, and Posture. We did several rounds of hand-fighting, trying to break balance and get the other pulled across the centerline. Next we worked on leg lock defenses. He talked about several principles for defending leg locks: Smash, Separate (the legs), Spin with pressure, Hide the heel, Hand-fight, Intertwine, and Turn toward the toes. We drilled these from a position and worked to an armbar. From there, we went on to try to defend a standing leg lock attempt where we underhooked the same side leg then rolled around on the shoulders to pull them down to a knee bar. I found all this a little difficult. I hadn't been at the regular sessions due to work, and they had been working on leg locks quite a bit. We did one from the top player kneeling and getting to an omo plata. After all that, the session was opened up for open rolling. I did several rounds. One fella helped me with dealing with side control, keeping the frames inside and knees/elbows together, and bridge to shrimp away. It just tends to take a lot of effort, but I feel like I have a few more tools to use now. He also helped me work on some variations of the scissors sweep with the top player loaded onto the knee and kicking out the other leg, or scissoring if my foot was set up outside of their leg. He also talked about "wrestling up" instead of pulling back to guard. I found this quite a useful tactic for teaching in DT. https://www.haysgym.comhttp://www.sunyis.com/https://www.aikidoofnorthwestkansas.com
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