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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2013 14:34:11 GMT -5
Been neglectful once again, sorry folks. Yesterday (Thu) I woke up early and fit in some kettlebell training. Double half snatches with 2x16kg (4 timed rounds), 5 sets of pull-ups alternated with 5 sets of bottoms up pistol squats, then 5 sets of Judo push-ups alternated with 5 sets of one arm swings with the 24kg, then finished with Tabata burpees. That evening was the weekly meetup we've been having at a local Judo club to train for "Kudo". Other two usual guys were out of town, so it was just myself and a newcomer who came from primarily a boxing background. We went over the Kudo kihon together, then worked on developing the front kick and counters to the front kick. After that we did 3 rounds each on the pads (Thai pads for him incorporating kicks, but for me just focus mitts as he didn't feel comfortable using the Thai pads yet). We then did some medicine ball exercises (med ball overhead sit-up throws, then impact conditioning with med ball throws), body conditioning (Tabata rounds of bodyshots only, wearing light boxing gloves), then finished with about 5 minutes of sparring (boxing rules, bodyshots only). Today (Fri) I got up early to run but my oldest was right there with me. Going to have to wait until once the wife gets home from teaching tonight to squeeze my run in. I went to Judo this morning, about 1.5 hours total. Great class today - there was myself and three other brown belts and the class was led by a sandan. We worked on osoto gari and ouchi gari, then experimented with osoto-ouchi, ouchi-osoto, and ouchi-kouchi combinations. We then trained harai goshi (which I'm slowly starting to get the hang of) and soto makikomi. A lot of throws so I can't get all the pics on at the end but I'll get most of them. After a brief water break, we then got into the grappling portion. We worked on kuzure kesa gatame and escaping from it, then kame shiho gatame and escapes from that. We then covered the scissor sweep and triangle choke from the guard and a mount escape. We finished with two rounds of 2 minutes of rolling - I rolled against the sandan who got a quick choke on me initially the first time, but the second time we were fighting for position until the end of the round. I then rolled with a brown belt who got a good choke on me the first time, a good arm bar the second, and the third time it timed out right when I reversed his side control. Overall a lot of fun and a lot of learning. Kouchi gari: Harai goshi: Soto makikomi: Kuzure kesa gatame: Kame shiho gatame: Scissor sweep from guard: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4loRwWSNBzU
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Post by meguro on Aug 17, 2013 7:04:57 GMT -5
Do kouchi gari and ouchi gari remind you a little bit about kake ashi dachi and sanchin dachi?
I like kouchi gari and ouchi gari as a combo and also to set up koshi guruma or morote seioinage.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 1:10:00 GMT -5
I thought of sanchin but didn't think about kake ashi. Now that you mention it I can see where you're getting at though.
Stoved my thumb in Judo during the last portion, so took it easy Saturday and Sunday I just worked some basics in the air and did a yoga workout with the wife.
Monday after the kiddos were in bed I did the following:
**Mobility exercises, dynamic stretching, Sanchin kata to warm up **Shadowboxing - 5 minutes, fast paced **Heavy bag - 3 rounds of 3 minutes (60 sec rest) **Alternating high roundhouse kicks on heavy bag - 4 rounds of 60 sec (60 sec rest) **Punch out drills on heavy bag - 5 rounds of 30 sec (60 sec rest) **100 jumping knees to heavy bag **50 roundhouse kicks per leg to heavy bag (25 lead, 25 rear) **Sanchin kata and stretched out afterwards
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Post by MMX on Aug 20, 2013 10:45:00 GMT -5
Ah yes. If it is not the thumb it is the pinky toes. (at least when I was in Judo lol)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2013 12:31:53 GMT -5
Hahaha and wouldn't you know it, I was thinking of that as we were warming up and boom, mat burn on the pinky toe. Too funny. Yesterday I went to Judo, almost 2 hours this time. Mostly an older crowd so we focused more on developing technique tonight. We focused a lot on taisabaki initially, then on sasae tsurikomi ashi, osoto gari, hiza guruma, and uki goshi. Today's class was led by the 7th dan and he worked a lot with me. Sasae tsurikomi ashi:The 7th dan had some great tips for me. He likes a big aggressive slide forward (never a step, you stay on the ball of the foot and hold a sheet of paper under your heel and essentially move almost into zenkutsu dachi initially - then he breaks the blocking motion down into 2 parts, turning your hips to the side (almost like in kokutsu dachi) as you apply the kuzushi, then finish the throw with the ankle block). My biggest flaw so far is I tend to rely too much on strength for the kuzushi as I keep my arms too low, so he recommended I just practice reps in the air doing pulls getting my arms as high as I can. He thinks it's holding me back from becoming a strong technique for me because of this reason. The sleeve grasping hand rolls their elbow up to their ear, while the lapel pulling hand pulls back as high as you can (he doesn't like the watch analogy, he prefers to keep his vision past his elbow as you get a more powerful twist that way). Osoto gari:He actually dislikes the method where you raise the sweeping leg high in the air almost like you're doing a front snap kick. He keeps his knee bent and his leg strong, so it's more of a hook and he prefers a low circular movement to get around the leg (like stepping in sanchin dachi). He likes practicing the reaping motion against a wall, keeping his leg in this position and slapping a flat foot against the wall to develop the feeling of how to reap it. He also urged us to try to avoid bouncing when doing the technique - he sees a lot of people step in deep initially, but then they raise up their bodies when lifting their rear leg for the reap. He wants us to stay right where we're at and do the reap. Hiza guruma:Similar in many ways to sasae, the biggest difference being it's executed with a bit of a distance from your opponent whereas with sasae you tend to have body to body contact with your opponent. Uki goshi:Not a popular tournament technique, and he really couldn't understand why as it's a great technique to use against an opponent reaching over your head trying to grip the back of your gi or belt. It's essentially mae taisabaki to ushiro taisabaki, and your opponent's just going for the ride. After the throws, we then trained some of the Kodokan goshin jutsu for a while, basically just outside and inside wrist locks. Today (Wed) is my usual rest day due to not getting a lot of sleep on these days.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2013 22:55:42 GMT -5
Yesterday I had a bunch of family stuff to attend to, and everyone from the little training group we have was out of town so no real training yesterday. Today (Friday) I hit up the Judo class at noon. Before work I fit in some core training (Tabata interval, alternating kettlebell standing twists with hanging knee raises) and did a 20 minute yoga workout. Good Judo class today, about 1.5 hours. Just four of us - myself, two brown belts, and the sandan. Did a good warm-up of lots of ukemi, shrimping, and mat pulling then did some taisabaki, advancing up and down the mat with the footwork for various throws then we got into uchikomi. We focused on uchimata, de ashi barai, kouchi gari, and tai otoshi specifically. Uchimata:Need to commit a bit more with my rotation, I'm stopping my rotation short so I'm relying more on strength than technique for the throw. My footwork seemed a bit off too for some reason today until I started warming up a bit with it. I'll need to do some footwork at home and see. De ashi barai:We trained this pulling an opponent backwards to make them take the step we want, then utilizing the sweep when they advance their foot. Rotating their arm and lapel inwards seems to be the best kuzushi for me right now. Kouchi gari:We trained this to utilize on an opponent who has a staggered stance (one foot forward). In this case you're essentially launching yourself forward with the sweep from a neutral stance. Initially I was holding back a bit, but once I committed to it and really got the body contact in it was working well for me. Tai otoshi:All the footwork training at home for this has paid off, as this throw was working great for me today. The only issue I needed to fix was pulling my partner's sleeve tight across my torso which made the kuzushi so much easier. The off-balancing and entry felt good, and the few throws I did felt good. At home all I did was set up a pair of sneakers on my floor as if they were my partner's feet and just practiced the footwork using them as a visual aid. Seemed to work well, so I may have to do that a lot more with some other throws. Worked ouchi-tai otoshi and kouchi-tai otoshi combinations too. We then worked a guard sweep, not sure of the name but you basically have your partner in a high closed guard (legs more around the shoulders and neck area), and while controlling one arm you bridge your hips and buck upwards to reach an arm over their back, grabbing their belt or gi around the lower back area. You then roll them to the side you're controlling. If they manage to post their arm to prevent you from rolling them that way, simply roll them the other way. If they manage to open the high guard and free their arm and head, if you maintain control of the other arm you can roll to the side to make your opponent get forced face down, hook one foot around their head, and apply an arm bar as you lie on your side. We then did some back to back grappling from the knees, 3 rounds of a few minutes each. I didn't get any tapouts but got tapped out a few times, but managed to get to some good positions a few times and did try for a few submissions and pins.
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Post by meguro on Aug 24, 2013 3:42:36 GMT -5
This sounds like a good, old-school dojo. Keep training and sharing.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2013 3:51:01 GMT -5
Wednesdays are my usual off days. Thursday was a busy one, as the Judo dojo was closed Friday for the holidays so I fit in a Judo class before our "Kudo" meetup group. Thursday morning I woke up and ran for about 25 minutes. I then had Judo class at 6:30pm which was about 75 minutes long, then immediately rushed over to the other Judo club where I met up with one of the other members and we got some "Kudo" training in. Judo class was spent covering a lot of osoto gari and ippon seoi nage. We then finished with some atemi waza (the four basic blocks, chudan tsuki, and front kicks). I saw the black belt I usually enjoy training with, and he basically chewed me out for missing testing as I'm still a white belt. Osoto gari:Tried some different grips today during uchikomi now that the technique itself is feeling pretty good. I tried a high collar grip, a same side sleeve and lapel grip, and even with the "monster grip" (not sure what the official name is, but it's basically grabbing over the top of your partner and gripping the back). I also worked the left side a bit too. The high collar grip is nice, gives good control and allows you to move into a pin pretty well. Same side worked pretty well too, the uchikomi is similar so it's not much of a change. Not sure about the monster grip - it worked, but it's really better for taller fighters so I wasn't too comfortable with it. Ippon seoi nage:This one felt pretty good today too. I practiced from the standard grip and then moving into the throw one-handed (just pulling the sleeve arm as you turn into the throw, no lapel hand) and tried some left side too. I only bumped my partner twice with my hips, otherwise they were moving forward pretty good. The "Kudo" meetup was short but sweet. Just myself and a new guy, he mostly trains in boxing and is actually the sparring partner of a coworker. We worked on some basic roundhouse kick technique, then the first level of the Shihan Quinn kicking drill (video below). We then hit the focus mitts for a few rounds, did some med ball ab exercises (50 med ball sit-up throws each, then 20 back to back med ball passes each way), and finished with three rounds of torso conditioning, basically going until we couldn't handle it anymore. Pretty quick workout as he was late showing up, but otherwise it went well. By next week hopefully we should have four of us there. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUu_un2ERvk
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Post by MMX on Aug 31, 2013 22:02:38 GMT -5
That sounds like a good time. Nice to train with good people.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2013 22:36:34 GMT -5
Going to try to catch up with the week.
Monday's workout: **Mobility work, 10 minutes **Light stretching, 10 minutes **TGUs, 10 continuous minutes with the 16kg, a bit too light. **Two-handed swings x10 with 24kg, alternated with Hindu push-ups x10, did as many sets as I could in 10 minutes. **Finished with more stretching and mobility work.
Tuesday was Judo class, 1.5 hours. Worked on koshi guruma/o goshi and ippon/morote seoi nage, then worked two counters to them (utsuri goshi and tani otoshi). Lots of uchikomi and technique work tonight. Stretched after.
Wednesday was my off day.
Thursday's workout in the AM: **Mobility work, 10 minutes **Light stretching, 10 minutes **Windmills, 10 continuous minutes with the 16kg. **Pull-ups AMRAP, alternated with double KB clean to front squat with 2x16kg (double reps of pull-ups), as many sets as I could in 10 minutes. **Finished with more stretching and mobility work.
No Kudo group Thursday night as both of my boys were really sick with high fevers and the wife needed backup. I also didn't want to be out with the only car in case of an emergency.
Friday morning was Judo, about 1.5 hours. Warmed up with a lot of moving "shadow uchikomi" then did some taisabaki and ukemi. We then worked on kouchi gari and tai otoshi, then a kouchi gari to ippon seoi nage combination. We then finished with several rounds of shiai each.
I did 3 rounds back to back against a stocky blue belt who is a competition nut (17 this year already) - managed to avoid some throws and got a few yuko, and one waza ari for a sasae tsurikomi ashi, but once we got to the ground he had really solid pins and I wasn't able to escape before the ippon. I did manage to fight off a few submission attempts by him, but the pins right now are definitely my kryptonite. He had almost a 60 pound advantage on me and a ton of experience so I feel I did all right so far.
I then did 2 rounds against a new black belt, about my size. The first round he ended up throwing me three times (one waza ari and two yuko) to win, but each time when he tried to follow up in newaza I ended up getting the upper hand but unfortunately couldn't finish before we got stood up. The second round I boogered it and tried an ouchi gari without breaking his balance properly, and he managed to counter throw me for the ippon.
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Post by GJEC on Sept 7, 2013 1:51:41 GMT -5
Good work Big Al.
Always enjoy your posts.
Gary
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2013 2:29:14 GMT -5
Thanks Gary!
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