The Martial Artists' Training Log

[bushido_man96]

3/12/2020

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 205x3, 235x1, 275x5, 275x5, 275x5.

Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3, 115x1, 135x5, 135x5, 135x5.

Lat Pull-downs: 160x8, 160x8, 160x8, 160x8.

Stretch: front kick and quads.

3/13/2020

Strength Training

Deadlifts: 135x5, 185x5, 225x2, 250x1, 295x5.

Barbell Rows: 145x8, 145x8, 145x8.

Stretch: front kick and quads.

3/15/2020

Firearms Training

Spent a half-hour at the range, shooting the backup weapon. Still really working on trigger control and not anticipating the shot. I'm getting better, getting lot's more holes in the paper. I had Kenneth practice with me, too, and he's doing a good job.

[bushido_man96]

3/27/2020

Firearms Training

Spent about an hour at the range, just doing some extra work with our rangemaster. Fired lots of rounds from the 25 and 15 yard lines, using dummy rounds to help with the trigger control. My accuracy from that range is improving a LOT. Now, I just have to improve my speed.

3/30/2020

Strength Training (as best I can)

Goblet Squats: 20 lb dumbell, 10x2.

Dumbell Press: 20 lb dumbell, 10x2.

[bushido_man96]

4/1/2020

Strength "Maintaining"

Goblet Squats: 20 lb dumbell, 3x10.

Dumbell Press: 20 lb dumbell, 3x10.

[bushido_man96]

4/9/2020

MA Training

I started the boys on their TKD journey today. I took them out into the driveway and worked on some basics; punching in sitting stance, middle blocks in back stance, and some front kicks. I also introduced some self-defense concepts using the chamber position of the middle block/knife hand strike as the cover or "flinch" response to a haymaker, demonstrating why the arm crossing is essential.

My youngest seems to take to it better than my oldest, so we'll see where this goes.

[bushido_man96]

Firearms Training

4/6/2020

An hour's worth of practice from the 25 yard line with my backup pistol. My accuracy from this range is improving.

4/30/2020

Thirty minutes worth of practice, again from the 25 yard line with my backup pistol.

[bushido_man96]

Quarantine here is over, so it's back to the gym!

6/1/2020

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5x2, 115x5, 135x5, 155x5.

Press: 45x5x2, 65x5, 75x5, 75x5, 75x5.

Deadlifts: 135x5, 155x5.

The squats really stretched out my inner legs. Been too long!

6/2/2020

Firearms Training: 4 hours of range time. Sighted in rifles, then did some shotgun/pistol transition/moveing-and-shooting work, then did the same with pistol/rifle. The practice has paid off, and even though nothing was really being "scored," we ran the lines in pairs as kind of a competition. I'm very happy with how much the practice has helped.

6/3/2020

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5x2, 115x5, 135x3, 165x5, 165x5, 165x5.

Bench Press: 45x5x2, 95x5, 115x5, 115x5, 115x5.

Barbell Rows: 75x8, 75x8, 75x8.

I may not continue to do the bench press. My shoulders just do not like how it feels, and the pain doesn't go away the more I do it. It's been this way ever since my surgery.

[bushido_man96]

6/5/2020

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5x2, 115x5, 135x5, 175x5, 175x5, 175x5.

Press: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x5, 85x5, 85x5.

Deadlifts: 135x5, 155x3, 170x5.

6/10/2020

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5x2, 115x5, 135x5, 185x5, 185x5, 185x5.

Press: 45x5x2, 65x5, 90x5, 90x5, 90x5.

I finally broke down and bought a pair of lifting shoes. I've got to say, they are really nice. I feel like I've got a really solid base to lift from.

6/15/2020

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 175x3, 195x5, 195x5, 195x5.

Press: 45x5x2, 65x5, 95x5, 95x5, 95x5.

6/16/2020

Strength Training

Deadlifts: 135x5, 155x5, 175x3, 195x5.

Lat Pull-downs: 120x12, 120x12, 120x12, 120x12.

[bushido_man96]

6/17/2020

Firearms Training

Spent about 2 hours at the range, working with a guy from a local agency that really knows his way around a firearm. Got some pretty good tips and feedback, and he also provided me with some folks to check out on Youtube that have some good training ideas. Spent time doing some Dot Torture, which gets a lot of reps in with drawing and firing, multiple shots on one target, then transitioning to another, etc. It's a really good drill. Then backed up and did some from the 15 and 25 yard line, using some dummy rounds. About 160 rounds of good practice. My consistency is getting much better.

6/18/2020

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 175x3, 200x5, 200x5, 200x5.

Press: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x3, 100x5, 100x5, 100x5.

TKD Class: 5:30 - 6:30. Got to class a bit early, so spent time going through colored belt forms and one-steps. Did forms through low brown (actually remembered low brown before high blue, but that's ok), and did the one-steps to go along with each of the colored ranks. From 6:30 - 7:30, I assisted with instruction in the regular class.

6/19/2020

Strength Training

Deadlifts: 135x5, 155x5, 185x5, 205x5.

Barbell Rows: 135x8, 115x8, 115x8.

Triceps Push-downs: 80x10, 100x10, 100x10, 100x10.

[bushido_man96]

6/22/2020

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 185x3, 205x5, 205x5, 205x5.

Press: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x3, 105x5, 105x5, 105x5.

TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Black belt class. Do-Kangs 1-4, Choong Jang hyng practice, and three-step sparring.

6/24/2020

TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. I hopped in to do basics in this class, so got a good sweat going. Helped instruct forms and one-steps.

6/29/2020

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 185x3, 205x5, 205x5, 205x5.

Press: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x3, 105x5, 105x5, 105x5.

TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Black belt class. Do-Kangs 1-4, Choong Jang hyung practice, and three-step sparring. Stretch after class.

7/1/2020

Strength Training

Deadlifts: 135x5, 155x5, 185x3, 210x5.

Press: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x3, 110x5, 110x5, 110x5.

TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Did all my black belt forms (except for the skunk belt form): Kwang Gae, Poe Eun, Gae Baek, Se Jong, Yoo Sin, and Choong Jang. Still hate Yoo Sin, but I've made some adjustments to help myself out, I think. Finished with some three-step sparring and then stretched.

7/6/2020

TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Do-Kangs 1-4, Kwang Gae hyung, Choong Jang hyung twice, then three-steps. I feel good with 1-6, but need to keep working on memorization. Finished with a little bit of discussion on gun defenses.

7/7/2020

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 185x3, 205x5, 205x5, 205x5.

Press: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x3, 110x5, 110x5, 110x5.

It's time to get some consistency back at the gym.

[bushido_man96]

7/8/2020

MA Training

TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. The newly labeled "T-shirt day." It used to be our kicking class, but the instructors have decided to keep the structure of the class more open than to just bag kicking. We warmed up with some stations kicking the bags and the targets, doing various side kicks, round kicks, and axe kicks. We spent the last 20 minutes of class sparring. I think I got 4 or 5 rounds in, rotating and getting new partners each time. It was a small class, but it was a class of black belts and high-ranked colored belts, so it was good sparring. Finished with a stretch.

7/9/2020

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 185x3, 210x5, 210x5, 210x5.

Press: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x3, 115x5, 115x5, 115x5.

Triceps Push-downs: 110x10, 110x10, 110x10, 110x10.

Lat Pull-downs: 120x10, 120x10, 120x10, 120x10.