Training Log: Entry 2549

Quick after action report: I’ve gotten in 1 tabata workout where I’d do a 5 count burpee with a squat and then hold 10 seconds in the plank position on the down portion, 100 burpees in 5:35 after getting in 19 before getting interrupted, 100 push ups, 50 prisoner squats and 50 bodyweight reverse hypers.

For the tournament: I got called to compete while I was watching my wife dominate in sparring and open hand forms, so I showed up cold and hate f**ked my open hand form and scored second place that way. Totally unexpected, as I’m not the “forms” guy, but I think I brought enough skull splitting intensity into it that the judges weren’t really sure what to do with it and just gave me the points.

Sparring was me failing to adapt. It’s no-contact sparring. Homeboy I was going up against kept Mongo punching me square in the shoulder/chest, completely sailing through all my non-contacting techniques. Judges kept giving him points and not me. Shoulda learned a lesson from it, but with my kid there watching, I didn’t want to win that way.

So, completely unexpected turn of events. Chaos, as always, is the plan.