The Martial Artists' Training Log

[bushido_man96]

Its been a busy week, time to get caught up.

6/1/2015

Defensive Tactics Club: 1:00 - 2:30 pm. 10 minute drill on the heavy bags, one person went a 30 second burst round, then rested for 30 seconds while the next person went. So each person got 5 minutes on the bags, at a high intensity. Good stuff. Two rounds of Boxing, one with the Wrestler, and one with a rather inexperienced guy. The Wrestler is taller and has more range, so its a challenge to get inside. I also struggle with defending the jab, so I'm going to research that. I worked with the other guy to get him comfortable with standing in and punching. After sparring, I held the focus mitts for a couple of the students, working combinations. Went to the ground and worked on guard passing, especially on some of the leg placement for doing so.

Strength Training

Squats: warm-ups: 45x5x3, 135x5, 155x5, 180x3; work sets: 245x5, 245x5, 245x5.

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x3, 65x5, 85x5; work sets: 104x5, 104x5, 104x5.

Deadlifts: warm-ups: 135x5, 165x5, 195x5; work set: 305x5.

I was really tired today, because I didn't sleep the night before (night shift), and was up with the boys for the day, too. Missing Friday's lift didn't help, either. This workout was rough. On the presses, I focused on using some hip movement that Mark Rippetoe suggests in the technique, and it seems to be helping.

6/2/2015

Defensive Tactics Club: 2:00 - 3:30 pm. Worked on quite a bit of grappling today. We did a series that started with Kimura from guard, hitting it on both sides. From there, we set the Kimura up again, and the partner defends it by putting the hand on their hip, so the person on bottom transitions to the hip bump sweep to the mount, where he then strikes to set up an Americana. After doing the Americana, the mount person goes back to striking or choking, and the bottom person does either the UMPA or UMPA with swim-and-trap to reverse. From there, the same procedure goes again, hitting two Kimuras, and then when its time to hip bump sweep, they do it on the other side, then Americana the other side, and then the bottom person does the reversal on the other side. Then switch roles. I like being able to find series of moves to do this way, which gets each person lots of good reps for each of the moves, and keeps them moving at the same time, along with seeing options for attack and defense on each. After that series, we did mount reversal review, and then we worked on the elbow escape. After working the elbow escape, we played the mount maintenance game, where the person on bottom has to either reverse or get a leg out with the elbow escape, and the person on top tries to maintain their mount. If the bottom person succeeds, then they switch roles. We did 1 minute goes with this. I got 4 rounds in, and the other students did 8 rounds of it. A good day of really basic grappling work, I thought.

TKD Class: 6:00 - 6:30 pm. Only a half-hour of class today, because I had to get my oldest boy to baseball practice. Basics, and then forms review: Dan Gun, Bo Chung, Do San, by instructor count.

6/3/2015

Strength Training

Squats: warm-ups: 45x5x3, 135x5, 155x5, 180x3; work sets: 250x5, 250x5, 250x5.

Push Press: warm-ups: 45x5x3, 65x5, 90x5; work sets: 112x5, 112x5, 112x5.

Power Cleans: work sets: 85x3, 85x3, 85x3, 85x3, 85x3.

Power Snatches: warm-ups: reps with the bar at various positions; work sets: 65x2, 65x2, 65x2.

6/4/2015

Defensive Tactics Club: 2:30 - 4:00 pm. Double Siniwali stick drill w/partner. "Three Brothers" review (I still have trouble setting the triangle, and getting into position for the omo). Then a couple of the students free-rolled, and I watched and tried to give pointers. Afterwards, we addressed some guard passing points. Finished with some paddle kicking work.

[bushido_man96]

6/5/2015

Strength Training

Squats: warm-ups: 45x5x3, 140x5, 175x5, 205x3; work sets: 255x5, 255x5, 255x5.

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x3, 65x5, 85x5; work sets: 105x5, 105x5, 105x5.

Deadlifts: warm-ups: 135x5, 165x5, 195x5, 225x3; work set: 310x5.

[tallgeese]

Finally back after a weekend away teaching handgun classes in souther IL. Turns out, wireless isn't what I had guessed it to be.

6/5

Finished up with the week of side mount pressure.

6/8

Drilled the straight ankle lock and variations.

[tallgeese]

6/9

1.5 mile run

Bodyweight routine.

[Nidan Melbourne]

9/6/15

190 kg leg press 2 x 10

100 kg back squat 2 x 10

100 kg deadlift 2 x 10

Palof Press 2 x 10

DB Bench Press 2 x 10

Lat Pulldown 2 x 10

various other upper body exercises

[bushido_man96]

6/8/2015

Defensive Tactics Club: 1:00 - 2:45 pm. Some bag work to warm up, then two rounds of stand-up sparring with kicks, MMA rules. Three rounds of being against the wall, covering and dodging shots, then clinching or circling out. That's a really good drill, making one get used to stand in under pressure.

Strength Training

Squats: warm-ups: 45x5x3, 140x5, 175x5, 205x3; work sets: 260x5, 260x5, 260x5.

Push Press: warm-ups: 45x5x3, 65x5, 90x5; work sets: 114x5, 114x5, 114x5.

Power Cleans: 90x3, 90x3, 90x3, 90x3, 90x3.

Power Snatches: 65x2, 65x2, 65x2.

6/9/2015

Defensive Tactics Club: 2:00 - 2:45 pm. Worked on weapon retention, from the GRACIE and Krav curriculum. Did the standing strong side (arm bar takedown/break with the body) and weak side in-holster retention (standing Kimura, ends on the ground) from GRACIE, which end up controlling the subject on the ground. Also did some GRACIE retention on the ground, with a mounted opponent who grabs the gun (UMPA swim and trap), and from the guard (Kimura). With Krav, I did mounted gunman pistol disarm, which is done as the UMPA while controlling the gun.

6/10/2015

Strength Training

Squats: warm-ups: 45x5x3, 140x5, 175x5, 205x3; work sets: 262x5, 262x5, 262x5.

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x3, 65x5, 85x5; work sets: 106x5, 106x5, 106x5.

Deadlifts: warm-ups: 135x5, 165x5, 195x5, 225x3; work set: 315x5. The last deadlift session was a killer, so this one, I put on the belt for the first time, and it really made a difference. It was still tough pulling, but everything stayed much tighter. What a difference. It'll probably be work sets with the belt on from here on out.

Edited June 17, 2015 by bushido_man96

[bushido_man96]

6/11/2015

Defensive Tactics Club: 2:00 - 3:00 pm. Worked GRACIE weapon retention again, adding in a retention done when the officer is mounted and the bad guy reaches for the gun. So we did standing and ground retention, and also added in cuffing procedures for each.

Edited June 17, 2015 by bushido_man96

[yamesu]

13 July 2015.

-p90x beach body 35min workout with my partner.

14 July 2015.

-20min HIIT cardio and bodyweight circuit.

15 July 2015.

-Kyokushin class.

[yamesu]

16 June 2015.

-20min bodyweight circuits.

-10min high intensity kicking drills.

-20min weight circuit.

[tallgeese]

6/15

Drilled butterfly guard mechanics.

40 min free roll.

PTK: 60 min flow with knives.

6/16

2 mile run

Bodyweight routine.