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Post by meguro on May 21, 2015 12:06:33 GMT -5
5-21-15 -TGU's, 10 (calm down, only the 16kgs kb ) -db frog stands (30 secs+ per, 4 min) -dips, 34.5 kgs, 8x3 -tekpi, neck bridge, headstands Really pleased with the frog stands. I ventured a single leg place, (extending one leg from the advanced frog stand) and nearly planted my face in the ground. I was going to do some windmills with the kb, but now my hip feels wonky, like the ball of the femur wants pop out of the socket.
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Post by MMX on May 21, 2015 16:24:37 GMT -5
You must have eaten something funny Meguro...
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Post by karate4life on May 21, 2015 16:28:28 GMT -5
5-21-15 -dips, 34.5 kgs, 8x3 Um... Wow! Colour me impressed!
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Post by meguro on May 23, 2015 4:59:59 GMT -5
Thanks. It's part of a mad pursuit of the planche.
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Post by meguro on May 27, 2015 7:10:44 GMT -5
5-27-15 -db frog stands and advanced frog stands -deep knee bends, 60kgs, 50 -swiss ball, pseudo planche push-ups & leans, 3x 3,4,5 -pull-ups, 34.5 kgs, 10x1 w/ 90º & 120º holds -L-sits (3x10 secs) -tekpi, neckbridge, headstand
Really pleased with the frog stands. Getting close to a minute hold per. Between the L-sits, swiss ball pseudo planche stuff, and the advanced frog stands, my triceps were getting pretty cramped.
At the dojo last night, everybody worked on combos for a martial arts fest in a couple weeks. I hadn't decided on a routine, but I think I'll kill two birds with one stone (demo and vid) and do a series of apps from seienchin: that is silat entry and finishing technique that resemble moves in seienchin (none involve escaping from a rear bear hug, or pausing dramatically in kiba dachi). Pet peeve: I hate bunkai that purports that such and such is a counter move to some rare attack like a rear bear hug. Sure rare can happen, but the rear bear hug defense itself doesn't work. I'm convinced the karateka who came up with this move was clueless.
On the knee bends, well they're just that, or db dead lifts. I didn't rack the db's so can't call them front squats, and 60 kgs isn't really heavy enough to merit "deadlift."
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Post by MMX on May 27, 2015 11:22:30 GMT -5
Oh Cool! Can't wait to see the video.
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Post by karate4life on May 27, 2015 14:12:02 GMT -5
(demo and vid) I'm convinced the karateka who came up with this move was clueless. ...and 60 kgs isn't really heavy enough to merit "deadlift." Can't wait to see that video! You shameless heretic! You traitor!! How dare you question tradition?? Kata is the core of Karate, and the masters had it all right, you just don't understand it, you need to train more and harder, yadi yada... Seriously though, I'm with you in this more and more. The last bunkai session at the dojo was interesting from that POV. Some applications are really neat (nothing wrong with half a gedan barai against a punch coming at your solar plexus and a counter gyaku, is there?), but half of it really is crap from my humble shodan-next-door understanding. I am yet to see a powerful tsuki that is thrown with full intent by someone with half-decent power being blocked with uchi uke and countered with a double tsuki (end of Gekisai Sai Dai Ichi / Gekisai Dai). Well, that's a lift for dead people.
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Post by meguro on May 28, 2015 7:44:40 GMT -5
5-28-15 -knee bends, 60 kgs, 60 -frog stands -swiss ball pseudo planche push-ups and leans, 3x10 -tekpi, neckbridges, headstand Like I said, not enough for a deadlift. But that's ok with me. Big numbers in the deadlift are not on my horizon. On the bunkai, from a Silat perspective there are entry technique (not lethal, but meant to close distance and set-up technique) and there are finishing technique (meant to end the fight via joint destruction, strangulation, eg.) which can easily be seen in kata. Seienchin, in my view, features a lot finishing technique involving the head and neck primarily, but also the elbow. The strikes you see are not the finishing technique. So, things like ducking or jumping to avoid getting smashed with a pole, or elbowing somebody who has snuck up behind you are gross misinterpretations. In the video you, K4L, posted on fb, the demonstrator advised viewers to seek better technique. I agree. Striking, as the ultimate end of kata practice, is a huge waste of time. Boxers and kick boxers know that pads and sparring are far more efficient. Therefore,resist the pull towards the readily visible striking and try to find something deeper (and not chi or woo either).
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Post by meguro on Jun 1, 2015 9:34:30 GMT -5
5-31-15 -knee-bends, 2x30kgs, 100 -frog stands -swiss ball pseudo planche push-ups and leans -tekpi, neck bridges, headstand
6-1-15 -knee-bends, 2x30 kgs, 100 -frog stands -single arm push press, 30 kgs, 4x5, with holds -tekpi, neckbridge, headstand
So I've increased the reps to 100, for the knee-bends. I suppose the next thing to do is to lunge or split squat. I don't really want to fiddle with the weight, even if the handles are spinlock.
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Post by meguro on Jun 2, 2015 7:04:34 GMT -5
I lied. I took some weights off the db handles to do Crossfit's Fran (90 lbs, thrusters & pull-ups, 21,15,9). Crossfit gets a lot of flak these days, but routines like Fran convince me that it can't all be as bad as critics would have you believe. Now, I did Fran without kipping pull-ups. That's no apology, if I kipped on my pull-up stand it would fall over. So, my Fran time was 7'17". The only unbroken set I did was 21 thrusters at the start. My summer project is to get that time down. The rest of the workout looked like this: -frog stands -dips, 34.5 kgs, 6x3 -pull-ups, 34.5 kgs, 6x1 -neck bridges, headstand, tekpi -swiss ball, pseudo planche push-up and leans (SBPPL)
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Post by MMX on Jun 2, 2015 11:19:23 GMT -5
I think Crossfit has some good ideas but I think if you tried to do the WOD everyday as your training plan you will hurt yourself. That is what a lot of folks actually do...
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Post by meguro on Jun 2, 2015 14:33:39 GMT -5
Yeah, I hear you. I think it's a mistake to let a far off WOD generator determine one's workout without any feedback from the individual.
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Post by meguro on Jun 3, 2015 6:15:59 GMT -5
6-3-15 -frog stands -Fran, 7'01" -neckbridge, headstand, tekpi
That hurt. Next time around, I'll take a leisurely pace, and concentrate on form instead of speed. What I like about Fran is it's economy. I could see Fran being part of my daily routine, like the frogstands and tekpi, neckbridge, headstand. (FFTNH?) It's clear I'll need to speed up the squat to lower my time. Scotty, we need more power!
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Post by karate4life on Jun 3, 2015 7:49:06 GMT -5
Is that explicit language?
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Post by meguro on Jun 5, 2015 8:47:23 GMT -5
Definitely not for the faint of heart. -thrusters, 90lbs, 50 -pull-ups, 34.5 kgs, 10x1 -frogstands, tekpi, neckbridge, headstand I used an easy pace to get 50 thrusters in, so no FFTNH today ( I also weighted the pull-ups). Read an Iaian Abernathy quote on fb about practicing kata with intent. Actually, Abernathy quoted Kenwa Mabuni. My take, the intent they speak about is kinda like wishful thinking. It's your kids nagging you to take them to the water park. They have no idea how to get there, how to read a map or drive a car. They only know that they want to be there. The kata dance is like a child's sincere wish to have some amusement, which comes across to parents as nagging. Practicing the applications with a partner will get you farther than wishing for it.
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