Kuma Training

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Figured I might as well kick off my own training since I'm the one asking for a separate forum for it This will also help keep me honest because I've been slacking on keeping track of what I've been up to and though painful to admit it will show me that I need to quit slacking despite working so much.

07-27-09 I had court in the morning so I missed most of what I wanted to do that day. I managed to fit in a quick 20-minute yoga workout but that was about it.

07-28-09 was better. I put in a good kihon workout for about an hour (where I discovered for some reason my dog absolutely hates kake geri as it wasn't until I started practicing those that he began to bark his head off) and then hit up the gym for a good upper body workout that lasted about 60 min total.

Incline Bench: 75x3, 95x3, 115x3, 135x3/3/3/3/3.

Dumbbell Bench: 40s x5, 50s x5, 60s x5, 70s x5.

One-Arm Dumbbell Row: 40s x5, 50s x5, 60s x5/5/5.

One-Arm Kettlebell Swings: 4 sets of 8 reps with the 20kg.

Stone Lifting: Played with my river rock for a bit. Not sure of the actual weight of it but I'd place it between 170-200 pounds.

BW: 197 pounds.

Did some stretching afterwards.

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07-29-09 another busy day, slacking a bit too much. Did my "PT Pyramid" (1 pullup-2 pushups-3 situps, then do 2-4-6, then do 3-6-9, etc.) from 1-5 and did a couple kata, mostly Sanchin and Tensho.

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Off day today essentially.

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Been a while, my apologies.

Trained at two classes this week. A good mix of kihon and kumite combinations then we finished off with kata and ippon kumite (both traditional and self-defense related). It's weird to see myself as one of the senior students now and leading others in drills as my sempai walk around and correct me and the other kohai.

Some of the more fun SD combinations include (all from chudan punch):

**Reverse down block which you then slide in and get armlock, break opponent down, then shuto sakotsu uchi to the back of the neck.

**Chudan shuto uke which you then hook and drag them to you slightly, which then goes to a toho strike to the throat, grab, and gyaku tsuki to behind ear.

**Jodan koken uke to gedan shuto uchi (same arm) then step in with an empi to the chin.

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Monday was a good day, got some training in despite court and overtime. Got home from work and after a quick warm up and some joint rotations I busted out the tire and the sledgehammer. Beat the tire with overhead and side chopping strikes, switching sides, for about 5-6 minutes straight. Did some body conditioning with the Iron Hammer, knuckle pushups on a pair of bricks, and neck isometrics.

Today I passed on morning training, by the time I got home from work I was absolutely beat and had a pounding headache. Slept for about 10 hours straight and feel better now, though I decided to take it easy today since there's morning training tomorrow.

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Good training today, though for morning workouts I do tend to have less endurance than evening ones. Hot one today too, which might have contributed.

Lots of floor exercises, then worked on Pinan Sono Yon for a while as well as the first "Kumite Kata" which is as such:

**From yoi dachi, turn to left into left side kumite stance

**Simultaneous shin and forearm block with lead side

**Left straight, then step through with a right straight so now you're southpaw

**Left mawashi geri

**Right spinning back kick

**Left knee

**Right knee

**Turn 180 degrees back into left side kumite stance

**Repeat same exercises, except now turn only 90 degrees

**Lead side kick, then step through with right roundhouse kick to southpaw

**Left spinning back kick

**Right knee

**Left knee

**Turn 180 degrees into left side kumite stance

**Repeat same initial exercises, but now on second knee you're going to turn to the left and execute a throw on your opponent

**Left backfist to opponent on ground, right gyaku tsuki to opponent while on ground, then finish him off with a stomp.