The Martial Artists' Training Log

[tallgeese]

today-

crossfit:

5 rounds of

max reps of bench at body weight (175 ish for me)

max reps of pull ups

chest/tris

1 mile run

[joesteph]

Home:

Leg stretches

Ki Cho Hyungs (Il, E, Sam Bu)

Pyung Ahn Cho Dan

Chil Sung E Ro Hyung

Self-defense techniques

One-step sparring exercises

BOB:

- jab, cross, uppercut, hook punches

- other hand strikes

- finger, elbow, and forearm strikes

Class:

Was guest at Shurenkan dojo; exhausting workout, but no sparring; will have to speak with Sensei if private lessons available

[bushido_man96]

11-6-08

Push-ups: 3x20

[tallgeese]

crossfit-

4 rounds of:

1/4 mile run

50 squats

back and bi's

heavy ab workout as well, not just the usual warm up/cool down version

[tallgeese]

So I take it joe that this other school had something to offer. What did you find that interested you enough for privates?

[joesteph]

What did you find that interested you enough for privates?

The instructor has fought full-contact in the US and Japan, Tallgeese. I brought up private lessons, and he asked me to get back to him today on his cell phone. So far, I've phoned twice.

To receive even a limited number of sparring lessons from an instructor with this US-Japan fighting background would be an excellent experience.

Edited November 8, 2008 by joesteph

[joesteph]

Leg raises

Ki Cho Hyungs (Il, E, Sam Bu)

Pyung Ahn Cho Dan

Chil Sung E Ro Hyung

Sent email to Shurenkan instructor re: private lessons in non-tournament contact sparring

[joesteph]

Leg raises

Leg stretches

One-step sparring techniques

Self-defense techniques

Ki Cho Hyungs (Il, E, Sam Bu)

Pyung Ahn Cho Dan

Chil Sung E Ro Hyung

[joesteph]

Leg raises

Ki Cho Hyungs (Il, E, Sam Bu)

Pyung Ahn Cho Dan

Chil Sung E Ro Hyung

[bushido_man96]

11-7-08

Side leg pulses: 5, 10, 10 on each side

11-8-08

Aikdio class: 10:00 - 12:00. We had a guest instructor in for today. The guy is from Topeka, and is a cop, so he had a bit of a different approach for us. I really liked what we did, too. We started working on the clinch, which I really never had any work from. That was fun. We also used strikes to the chin with the palms to create space, and then work into either disengaging or takedowns. He really stressed that disengaging is ok, and that to not force something that isn't there. I wouldn't say that the stuff we did wasn't very Aikido-like, but I would call it more of a straightforward approach to Aikido.