The Martial Artists' Training Log

[bushido_man96]

3/13/2018

Taught TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:15 pm. Big class tonight. Basics, forms, and one-steps tonight. At the end of one-steps training, I went over some finer points of some of the one-steps where the pulling hand is an important aspect of the technique, and why its important, keeping power and control in the center, etc. I also explained a little how the one-steps act as templates for more advanced self-defense, if you know how to read into them.

[bushido_man96]

3/14/2018

Strength Training

Press: warm-up sets: 45x5x2, 65x5, 95x3; work sets: 122.5x5, 122.5x5, 122.5x5.

Lat Pull-downs: 130x12, 130x12, 130x12.

LTE: 53x10, 53x10, 53x10.

MA Training

5:30 - 6:00 pm. Got to the dojang early for a pre-class workout. I was hoping one of the 2nd dans that is regular would be there early to work out with, but he wasn't. I did Do-Kang 1-4 (which is considered our "black belt basics"), and then did my current form, Choong Jang (4th dan in my org). Afterwards, I did some stretching.

TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:10 pm. No teaching today; I was a student, and needed to be. Basics, stretch, forms (Choong Jang again), one-steps (white belt, blue belt, and high brown belt one-steps, especially the one with the spin heel kick in it), and then sparring. But instead of sparring, we did combinations with a twist. Usually, we do combinations going forward while the partner backs up. We did that first, and then the second set we did, the person doing the combinations had to move backwards instead of forwards. We had to either kick and then move back (stepping, shuffling, etc), or kick while retreating (switch-away round kicks or spin side kicks, and the like). It was very different, and a very good approach. The final combination we did was going forward again, but we had to have some sort of footwork prior to kicking. Also a good approach.

[bushido_man96]

3/16/2018

Strength Training

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 95x3; work sets: 125x5, 125x5, 125x5.

Lat Pull-downs: 130x12, 130x12, 130x12.

Barbell Curls: 61x10, 61x10, 61x10.

[bushido_man96]

3/19/2018

Strength Training

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3; work sets: 127.5x5, 127.5x5, 127.5x5.

Lat Pull-downs: 135x10, 135x10, 135x10.

LTE: 54x10, 54x10, 54x10.

MA Training

Taught TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:10 pm. Basics (I performed about half of basics with the class, since it was a small class), forms, one-steps, and then, instead of sparring, I rolled the bags out to do some kicking and movement drills. After some kicking on the bags, I had the students working on side-stepping to cut an angle, and then follow up with a shuffle-stepping round kick.

3/20/2018

MA Training

TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:15 pm. Basics (lots of different basics added in today, doing lots of inside and outside crescent kicks and axe kicks with the front and back legs), stretch, forms (Choong Jang), one-steps (white, blue, brown belt), and some sparring drills and sparring. I tried to work on my side-stepping and working angles. I was able to pull off some repeat kicking, and moved ok.

[bushido_man96]

3/27/2018

Strength Training

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3; work sets: 127.5x5, 127.5x5, 127.5x5.

Lat Pull-downs: 135x10, 135x10, 135x10.

Squat: 127.5x5, 127.5x5, 127.5x5.

Barbell Curls: 61x10, 61x10, 61x10.

3/31/2018

TKD Testing: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm. We had a good group of testing candidates, and all of them performed very well. Our Grandmaster also came out as a special guest judge, which was great for the students.

[bushido_man96]

4/4/2018

TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Class got shook up tonight, working a lot of kicking on the kicking shields prior to the upcoming tournament. I think my knees will hurt tomorrow, but a good class.

[singularity6]

I had about 2.5-3 hours of shoveling snow yesterday. Does that count?!

In all seriousness, I was probably burning 400-500 calories per hour while doing so. I slept pretty well last night!

[bushido_man96]

Sure it counts! Shoveling snow is no picnic!

4/9/2018

Strength Training

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 55x5, 75x5; work sets: 115x5, 115x5, 115x5.

Taught TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:15 pm. Basics, forms, one-steps, and some sparring. Been trying to hit some different sparring drills before ending class, to give the students some things to try the next time they spar.

4/11/2018

Strength Training

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x5; work sets: 120x5, 120x5, 120x5.

Lat Pull-downs: 135x10, 135x10, 135x10.

TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:15 pm. Basics, stretch, forms (Choong Jang), one-steps, sparring.

4/13/2018

Strength Training

Press: warm-up sets: 45x5x2, 65x5, 95x5; work sets: 122.5x5, 122.5x5, 122.5x5.

Lat Pull-downs: 135x10, 135x10, 135x10.

[bushido_man96]

4/16/2018

Strength Training

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x5; work sets: 125.5x5, 125.5x5, 125.5x5.

Lat Pull-downs: 135x12, 135x12, 135x12.

Taught TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Basics, forms, one-steps, sparring.

4/18/2018

Strength Training

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 95x5; work sets: 127.5x5, 127.5x5, 127.5x5.

Lat Pull-downs: 135x12, 135x12, 135x12.

TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:15 pm. Basics, stretch, forms (Choong Jang), one-steps, sparring. We have been preparing the students for a tournament, and so we worked on some thing in sparring with them.

4/25/2018

Strength Training

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 95x5; work sets: 128x5, 128x5, 128x5, 128x3, 128x3.

Lat Pull-downs: 135x12, 135x12, 135x12.

Taught TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Basics, forms (had the newly promoted 1st dans doing some extra forms), one-steps. Talked with the class about the difference between anticipation and reaction, the benefits of both, and the importance of training both.

[bushido_man96]

4/27/2018

Strength Training

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x5; work sets: 130x5, 130x5, 130x5.

Lat Pull-downs: 135x12, 135x12, 135x12.

4/30/2018

Strength Training

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x5; work sets: 132.5x5, 132.5x5, 132.5x5, 132.5x3, 132.5x3.

Lat Pull-downs: 135x12, 135x12, 135x12.

Taught TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Basics, forms, one-steps, sparring.

5/2/2018

TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Basics, stretch, forms (Choong Jang), one-steps, sparring.

5/7/2018

Taught TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Basics, forms, one-steps, sparring. I changed up basics somewhat by doubling up some kicks in the combinations. The students were having trouble with rechambering their kicks, so doubling them up made them keep their knees high on the rechambers.

5/8/2018

Strength Training

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 55x5, 65x5, 79x5, 79x5, 79x5.

Lat Pull-downs: 135x12, 135x12, 135x12.

5/9/2018

TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Basics, stretch, forms (Choong Jang), one-steps, sparring. For the last sparring match, we did a round where the first person to get a head kick off ended the match. Fun times. I also did about 20 minutes of pre-class work on our black belt basics and some stretching.

5/10/2018

Strength Training

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 75x5, 95x5; work sets: 132.5x5, 132.5x5, 132.5x5, 132.5x3, 132.5x3.

Lat Pull-downs: 135x12, 135x12, 135x12.

5/14/2018

Strength Training

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 75x5, 95x3; work sets: 135x5, 135x5, 135x5, 135x3, 135x3.

Lat Pull-downs: 135x12, 135x12, 135x12.

I really feel like the two extra work sets of 3 reps has been helping push my press up. I'm going to keep at it like this for a while.

Taught TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Basics, forms, one-steps, and sparring.