The Martial Artists' Training Log

[bushido_man96]

8-26-09

Morning: bike with dog, 1 mile.

Bench press: 205x5x5

Crunches: 4x25

Push-ups: 2x20

Sit-ups: 20, 15, no foot bracing.

Dumbell military press: 30x15x3, very tough

Dips: 9, 6, max sets.

[tallgeese]

today-

BJJ nite:

Worked transition from full guard to high guard. Drilled armbar from there, followed by a sweep depending on position.

Moved to a free form drill where you are presented with one of those energies and you respond approariately.

Finished with free roll. had a hard time hitting either of tonights movements, but I did get some in from ealier high guard nights. Also managed the open guard and butterfly work from last week pretty well.

[bushido_man96]

8-27-09

Morning: Bike with dog, 1 mile. Stretch legs 10 minutes.

TKD class: 6:00 - 7:30. Basics, then stretch for 5 to 10 minutes. Form, one-steps, and then some sparring. I feel like I am beginning to move around better in sparring, and see things opening up more.

[tallgeese]

Off today to rest for tournament tomorrow.

The weight is good, well under actually, just have to not go off the deep end and take it easy tomorrow. Feeling good on that front.

Looks like a thin bracket but we'll see.

[bushido_man96]

Good luck, tg. Keep us posted.

[tallgeese]

Fast post before bed. Lost the bout 2-0, in over time. I pulled guard and worked from there very well. He never did really get a good escape attempt. I thought I had a submission tight enough at one time to get "attempt" points, but I guess not.

Still, it was a good showing against a skilled wrestler who was a previous pro MMA fighter. I did find that I'm better than my NAGA showing a few months back, the new training is taking me in the right direction.

Everyone likes to win, but I had a good fight and picked up on some things I can work on. Not bad all in all.

[tallgeese]

today-

4 rounds of stand up, rotating between partners and BOB.

1- jab, cross, cross

2- cover hook, cover body cross, jab, cross, cross

3- cover hook, cover body cross, jab, cross, cross, cover straight to head

4- back to jab, cross, cross, partner grabs wrist, apply joint manipulation

Man on BOB uses eye gouge in at least one of his strikes.

3, 3 min rounds of sparring. Boxing focus, worked on tightening coverage patterns.

[bushido_man96]

8-28-09

Leg press: 250x20x3

Assisted pull-ups: 11, 7, max sets

Dead lift: 215x5x3

Lat pull-downs: 108x15x3

Lunges: 3x10

Dumbell rows: 35x10x3

Dumbell curls: 25x10x3

Straight bar curls: 70x10, 65x10x2

8-31-09

Run 1/4 mile

Lunges: 20 each leg

Squats: 20 (body weight)

1/2 squats: 20 (body weight)

Repeated 3 times...workout calls for 4, but legs were dying. Its a start...Stretched legs for 5 minutes.

Chest/abs superset

Bench press: 205x5

Push-ups: 18, then 7 more to get to 25

Crunches: 50

Reverse crunches: 20

Double crunches: 10

Bench press: 205x5

Push-ups: 20

Crunches: 25

Reverse crunches: 15

Double crunches: 10

Bench press: 205x5

Push-ups: 15

Crunches: 25

Reverse crunches: 15

Double crunches: 20

Bench press: 205x5

Push-ups: 10

Crunches: 25

Reverse crunches: 15

Double crunches: 15

Push-ups: 20, max

Stretch arms for 5 minutes. My numbers on the ab exercises went down from what the workout calls for, but I did what I could. Should be sore after this one. Class tonight should be fun.

[tallgeese]

Yeah, that sounds like a brutal one for sure.

today-

BJJ nite:

Drilled on armbar from guard focusing on a fluid motion that was less telegraphed. Then, we moved into a chain using a transition to triangle afterward.

Finished with drilling fine tuining movements on guard passing with over/under hooks.

45 min free roll. Had some luck using the open guard passes from last week and continued to play the top game well. Experimented with some gi chokes from here as well in addition to setting the Darce and such.

[bushido_man96]

8-31-09

Evening

TKD class: 6:00 - 7:00. Basics, stretch, form, then one-steps, including some high ranked ones.