Training Log: Entry 58

I apologize if my thoughts aren't coherent.  I have taken many a shot to the cranium today, and am hopped up on IB Profuen. 

Throwdown went alright.  Not too much talent in my weight class.  Most people were 155-160lbs: 20-25 below me.  However, I did get to box a person who was 205 of mostly muscle.  He destroyed my skull.  Good right hands.  I'm amazed I survived, but happy as well, because it means I can take a power shot from a guy 25lbs heavier (way out of my weight class) and still fight. 

Rematch with Mark was awesome.  I love San Shou rules.  Shame it did not last longer.

Was eye gouged.  Got revenge.  Destroyed the bastard's abdomen with bodyblows. 

Got armbarred.   Pissed me off.  Need to be smarter on bottom.

Right hand is staying up on jabs.  Makes me happy.  Left hand is still dropping somewhat on right hand attacks.  Hands still drop somewhat on kicks.  Still, overall improvement of form.  Jab still stays out too long, but the snap was a bit better.

Good clinch work.  Managed a half suplex.  Looked and felt cool.  Poor little bastard.

Mouth bleeds badly.  Need a fix, or else competitions will suck.  Thankfullly my folks sent me my mouthguards.

Fought hungry.  Might be a good sign.  When fully nourished, performance should be excellent.

Hopefully will have videos soon.

Final damage count: 1 black eye, 1 cut below eye, 1 burst blood vesel in same eye as result of eye gouge, 1 banged knee, rug burns on legs, slight burns on chest, no bruising on body, two internall busted lips.

PFT is coming up.  Once it is over, back to old training regimine.  Strength was progresing phenominially, as was endurance.  Shoudl time out so that during Pankration Comp, I will be at peak performance.

Training Log: Entry 57

There's a tourney happening in San Diego while I'm home for Spring Break.  I have intentions of entering it.  It's at www.socalpankration.com  If all goes well, it'll be my first amatuer tournament ever, and maybe the start of much more.

Cardio is breaking it's peak.  I haven't been in this good shape since high school.  I did my heavy bag training after a week off due to my shoulder, and I wasn't breaking a sweat, nor did my heart rate rize.  Only side effect is that now the exercise is borring.  Need to push myself in new and inventive ways.

Muscle definition is incredible.  Been a while since I've looked this good =P

Throwdown is coming up soon.  I'm winding down my training so that I won't be exhausted when the time comes.  I've been reveiwing the tapes of guys I'll be sparring, and strategizing in my head.  I know what I need to focus on.  Should be a blast.  Will run for 4-5 hours, and then all you can eat seafood/sushi at Todais.  I'm not a fan of either, but oh well.

Training Log: Entry 56

Boxing/Muay Thai class:

Warm up

Drills:
Jab w/defense of outside parry/counter
Jab-Jab-Cross-Cross-Left Hook-Left Hook-Right Hook-Right Hook w/defense of outside parries and blocking where appropriate
Jab-Cross w/defense outside parries+Jab-cross counter
Jab-Cross w/defense outside parries+Jab-cross-low left hook-high right hook counter

Timing Sparring for a few rounds.  Kick work.  Banged up my shins.  Knee is killing me.

During class: worked on snapping punches back and keeping hands up.

After class sparring: Boxing rules

Pros: Great cardio, Strong straight punches, good hits off of the clinch, good jaw, using bodyblows and combos

Cons: I go too soft, still drop hands, will flurry instead of combo, lack of power in hook

Training Log: Entry 55

After a week off of martial arts and heavy lifting because of my shoulder, I'm back in business.  Went to my grappling class tonight.  Was basically a takedown lab.  My wrestling background helped me excell.  I got paired up with a great training partner.  He has the size, weight, strength, and experience on me (He's at least 210, pure muscle, and has a wrestling and Judo background).  I was amazed I could hold my own against him.  We performed a drill where one person went for the takedown and the other defended for 3 minutes, and I stopped him from scoring on me for a good amount.  The clinch breaks I learned from "Savage Strikes" were an asset.  When it was my turn to score the takedowns, I lost a contact lense -_-'  Meant I didn't get to go for long. 

Cardio is insane.  I can go for days.  I'm in the greatest phsyical shape I've ever been in for a damn long time.  Can't wait for the throwdown.

Training Log: Entry 54

I don't know if I feel fit to include this as training, but it's worth mentioning.  The sparring match with the ROTC guy was a sad dissapointment.  Much as I had suspected, the guy was a point sparrer.  It was light to no contact, striking area was belt up, and below the knee.  No contact to face, light contact to rest of everything else.  I had a spectator...I felt embarassed.  The guy was sucking wind after 25 seconds into the first round.  I fought for 3 rounds without even breaking a sweat.  I still tooled the guy even using his own rules, although I think it's because he felt that the strikes that didn't actually hit me still "counted".  I've been laughing either since.  He said he did "Karate", but when I asked him what style, he was at a loss. 

Don't get me wrong though, I still give the guy props for sparring me.  He's still a helluva lot braver than the other people on my damn campus.

I worked on snapping my punches back while punching, and for the first time in like ever, managed to work kicks and punches in a combination (rather than having a punch and a kick game, I had both working).  I also focused on staying light on my feet.  Kinda sad I had enough time to look at myself in the mirror though -_-'

Training Log: Entry 53

Took an Aikido class offered at my campus.  It's a logical system, but a bit too slow paced for me, and requires an amount of relaxation and calm that I don't think I could possess during a fight. 

Instructor made an example of me as "the big guy".  I hate that crap.  I actually tend to offer very little resistance in these types of situations beacuse I fear hurting my training partners.

I may continue taking the Aikido.  It's free: can't beat that.  I wanna spar the instructor sometime.

Sparring tomorrow.  Got my gloves today.  Black.  Favorite color.  Can't find my mouthguards, so I might need to use my "in case of emergency" spare. 

Training Log: Entry 52

Shoulder near 100%.  Did my BWE for chest/triceps/shoulder today, and only had to skip one exercise due to strain.  Will hopefully still be able to spar on Sat.

Development of minor shin splint on left leg.  Byproduct of running 3 days in a row for prolonged periods of time on pavement with bad form.  Been a while since I've had consecutive training injuries.  Reminds me of high school.  Actually a "good" sign, in that at least I know I'm pushing myself harder than before.  Also developing minor burns on palms from push-ups on carpet.  I used to have callouses, but I stopped doing Push-ups for too long.