The Martial Artists' Training Log

[joesteph]

Class with the boys and another student

- backfist and punch combos, first against separate hand-held targets, then against the same target

- backfist, punch, kick combos against BOB, then when BOB "fell" from the blows, jump on BOB and whack away at nose and ears

- self-defense techniques

- grappling with our teacher (They cheated; it was supposed to be one at a time, but . . .)

- I also worked with the other student, who is friendly with the boys. He'll be five and the boys are invited to his birthday party this Saturday. Photo of them together in Photo Album section of KarateForums.

Home

Leg stretches

Front swing kicks

Kicking exercises lying on floor:

- roundhouse and side kicks

Forms:

- Pyung Ahn Cho Dan

- Chil Sung E Ro Hyung

- Pyung Ahn E Dan

Testing for promotion this Friday. I'll have had no classes this week for myself, not even tomorrow, Thursday, as class is cancelled. Have had substitutes for my last classes. If not for home study, I wouldn't even try it.

[bushido_man96]

two man takedowns

I think that this is a sorely lacking area not taught much in D-Tac, at least from what I have seen. We work all the time on one-on-one stuff, but there is so many times that we have someone there to help, that if you don't know how to work together, you can end up getting in each other's way. I would love to see more co-op stuff in D-T.

2-4-09

Back on the horse, kind of...

100 Push-ups

Week 4, Day 1: 18, 22, 16, 16, 25 = 97.

Alternating front kicks: 3x20, done between push-ups sets.

Weights

Bench press: 195x9, needs to go up

Seated cable row: 170x7, 8 fail

Military press: 115x6, 7 fail

Lat pull-down: 150x6, 7 and 8 were not full pull-downs

Machine curl: 45x8, needs to go up

Triceps push-downs: 150x10, 10 was a hard one, go up

Cardio: Bike for 20 minutes, then a brief stretch.

After my cardio session, I talked to my instructor the side kick issue I had in class the other night. After some talking about which kick he wanted to see, I have it pretty well worked out now, for what he wants to see in class.

[joesteph]

Leg stretches

Front swing kicks

Kicking exercises lying on floor:

- roundhouse and side kicks

One-step sparring exercises; Self-defense techniques

Forms:

- Ki Cho Hyungs (Il, E, Sam Bu)

- Pyung Ahn Cho Dan

- Chil Sung E Ro Hyung

- Pyung Ahn E Dan

[tallgeese]

Yeah, two man work is really underrated by almost everyone in the DT community. There are a couple of groups out there working on it but some of the movements I don't care for. I thin both are important, but you have tothink abut the fact that lots of times you have backu pat hand. Might as well use them.

[joesteph]

Home--in preparation for testing at night, going for green belt

Leg stretches

Front swing kicks

Kicking exercises lying on floor:

- roundhouse and side kicks

Forms:

- Pyung Ahn Cho Dan

- Chil Sung E Ro Hyung

- Pyung Ahn E Dan*

*An optional form to be tested on if going for green belt; mandatory for green belts seeking promotion. Decision by test examiner not to test the option if not already a green belt.

Class--test for promotion, my test for green belt (from 7th gup [orange belt with blue stripe] to 6th gup [first of three green belt levels])

Warmed up on our own. Practiced one-step sparring with BOB; practiced self-defense techniques with two friends.

Test:

- Block and punch exercises as martial warm-up

- Forms:

~ Ki Cho Hyungs (Il, E, Sam Bu)

~ Pyung Ahn Cho Dan

~ Chil Sung E Ro Hyung

- Ki Cho: block and strike combos called out to us to perform, moving as a line

- One-step sparring

- Self-defense techniques

- Free sparring

- Board breaking using a side kick "with step"

No major errors made; minor ones that were permitted to be redone for correction; did need to ask to have the Korean commands repeated an extra time now and then to process them; have a head start on green belt requirements by having been studying Pyung Ahn E Dan

[tallgeese]

Yeasterday-

10 min warm up on the elliptical

back/bi's

interval traininig breaking up a mile run with inclined sit ups.

Hopefully I can squeeze one in tonight and stay on track for the week.

[joesteph]

Home

Leg stretches

Front swing kicks

Kicking exercises lying on floor:

- roundhouse and side kicks

Class--Self-defense JuJitsu

- Preventing being taken down, counterattacking (including arm bar)

- If down, counterattacking

- Anti-knife, back against the wall:

~ two-arm blocks

~ one-arm blocks, with redirect and shove

~ knife against throat; joint manipulation, counter (including takedown)

[tallgeese]

today-

crossfit:

5 rounds of-

30 roman chair sit ups

25 back extensions

legs/shoulders

Sounds like you're enjoying you jj class by your other postings, joe. Glad to hear it.

[tallgeese]

today-

1 mile run

crossfit:

20 min continous of-

rowing

95 lbs sumo deadlift high pull x 21 reps

15 pull ups

[joesteph]

Leg stretches

Front swing kicks

Kicking exercises lying on floor:

- roundhouse and side kicks

Forms:*

- Pyung Ahn Cho Dan

- Chil Sung E Ro Hyung

- Pyung Ahn E Dan

*Continuing to do each form twice.