Training Log: Entry 190
Update on the program
Gaining strength at a great rate. Breaking past barriers I've had for years. I love this program. Lower and upperbody are both growing great, and my mass is high even though my weight is fluctuating (might be losing a little fat, who knows).
I forgot how much of a buzz smartees give me. Still, I do feel more energized post workout, so they might be doing the trick.
Need more fight.
Training Log: Entry 189
Another MMA club meeting under my belt. The best one yet.
4 people
WC Guy, Kyokushin/BJJ Chick, TKD guy and a new guy. Some MT/submission stuff.
Started off by teaching the achilles lock and the heel hook. Drilled it for a bit.
WC guy showed us some Chin Na from a wrist grab. Really cool stuff. It was like Aikido that actually made sense. Key thing to remember is knifehand to wrist and using fingers as level on opponent. Learned how to move from wrist grab to standing armbar.
KK/BJJ chick went over triangle choke (finally made this work) and armbar from guard.
WC guy drilled some trapping from the jab into elbow/armbar.
MT guy showed a leg trip from the clinch. I showed him how he could tie that all together with the footlocks from the start of class.
Sparring:
1 short round with the MT guy. He didn't have a mouthguard or shin guards, so he just wanted to do some light boxing. I just worked some defense, and threw an occasional shot in. Had an annoying habit of going "Damnit!" and stopping whenever he got struck. Reminded me of point sparring. Gave him a few pointers.
Did some drill stuff with WC guy. If I didn't have my shin guards, I'd be hurting. Good defense, but panics in the clinch. I had one great knee to the face, that if I had connected, woulda been a fight ender. He's fun to work with. Wish he'd do some Sanda with me, but he doesn't like gloves.
Rolling:
Rolled with BJJ chick. Once again, I won by strength. She did well on manuevering. Put me in an RNC that I escaped just barely. Move a lot from guard to half guard to side control (used a far cardle twice to get side control...pretty nifty). Eventually ended up getting the kimura from side control. My wind held out pretty good.
Notes:
Still didn't get to dash in when boxing. I had the instinct which was a plus, but with light contact it seemed pointless and stupid. Must remember to keep my hands up when fist start flying. Wish TKD guy brought a mouthguard, but oh well. Great meeting. Hope every other one was like this.
Training Log: Entry 187
Another MMA club meeting. Interesting new twist: the TKD instructor from my previous entries showed up.
Basically it became a grappling clinic. I showed the TKD and WC guy five positions (mount, guard, half guard, side mount, rear/back mount), and 4 subs from various positions (armbar, kimura, guillitine, RNC) to get them going. Had them roll a little bit against each other, and then against me to find some flaws in their game. Pretty good, they were both quick learners.
Did some light sparring with them both. WC guy pulled a great knee pick on my lead leg roundhouse kick. He got stuck trying to trap my jabs. Used my reach to my advantage.
WAY light sparring with TKD guy. He's senior to me in ROTC, so I didn't want to hurt him. He loved the kickrange, and I was too nice to kick out his supporting leg, so I just outmanuevered him. He panicked bad when I threw some punches at him. He kept his hands at chest level. He regretted it.
Goddamnit, dropping hands too much. Light sparring breeds bad habbits.
Huge revelation today while sparring TKD guy. I love to box, yet never use it. Why? Because I don't practice moving in when working the heavybag. I start in punch range and stay there. Everyone realizes this, and keeps me at bay in kick range. Solution? From now on, I'm gonna drill on the heavybag from kick range. Work my footwork, get in quick and nail them.
Need heavier sparring. Wish Kenpo guy showed up.
My new weight training program currently has custody of my soul. I think I'm gonna stick with it for life.
Bulk will be cut short. I grew huge in a week. I might zig zag it. Cleaned up my diet. Love oatmeal in the morning.
Training Log: Entry 186
More grappling instrution/practice with the girlfriend.
Had her perfect the armbar. Now, she snags it perfectly.
Had her relearn the kimura/figure 4.
She literally taught herself to triangle choke. That was my proudest moment.
She's coming along really fast. Developed her own style of preferring a loose guard and being on bottom. Her flexibility really is helping her snag subs that I can never pull off. Her cardio is great too. She's getting to the point where I'm gonna need to use more than just pure technique to beat her.
Experimented with some new subs. Found a nice way of using her own leg as a fulcrum for a short armbar.
Bulk goes well.
Training Log: Entry 185
Forgot how much I love squats. How could I go a month without squats? The Holy Trinity is complete. All glory be to squats, there is none higher. Deadlift sits on the right hand of the squat, and bench on the right, completling the trinity.
Great leg day. Lunges kicked my ass. Sucks I couldn't throw in the Romanian Deadlifts, but the anti-DL nazi was in the room.
Loving this program. Gonna make it a staple.
Took some weight gainer today. Wanna avoid it as much as possible this bulk, but sometimes you just don't get enough calories.
Training Log: Entry 184
Finally, a MMA club meeting I'm happy about.
Wing Chunish guy showed up. Didn't wanna spar because he had just ate. Kinda shot my hopes down. However, new guy with a Kenpo and grappling background showed up. I saw him with his staff and started to worry about what kinda fighter he was, but he showed me more than enough competenace. Pretty much fought like a kickboxer. No real tricks. Some solid kick, punch, and clinch game. We agreed on a lot of points about fighting.
Sparred 2 rounds with him.
1st: Basically feeling each other out, seeing how intense we wanted to go. Fired a couple of low leg roundhouses just to test the waters. Still hit with my instep. Too nice of me. Did a lot of at range fighting, only exchanged a few ugly flurries of punches (so much for boxing). I threw a few sidekicks with right leg to recover from missed rear leg roundhouses. Not too many push-kicks. Got hit with a hard roundhouse to the ribs that knocked the wind out of me for a few seconds before I was ready to go again. Eventually adopted the strategy of one or two punches to distract and then a rear leg roundhouse.
2nd: More of the same. Worked on my movement. Noticed he was kinda flat footed, so I worked my angles to get him. Threw some slow head level kicks. Droped my hands at some points (ugh). Just pretty much the same thing. Next time we'll prolly go harder now that we're comfortable.
Notes: He switches stances midfight. Must tag him while he does it. He's not too comfortable in boxing range. Need to eat a kick to get in and punish. Work my clinch more. HANDS UP.
We rolled once. This really made my night.
Kid rolled like a wrestler. Hard and fast the whole time. The one quality he lacked was balance. I rolled him about 3 times before he caught on. Did some posistional fighting and I fought out that he had great manuevering versus my poor grappling game. Everytime I'd get him, he'd move out on me, and made it tough for me to regain. I eventually ended up pulling guard, which ended up with me being mounted. I have no clue what to do here as I've discovered many a times. He went for the armbar, I went with it and stacked him. Passed his legs for sidemount. He put me in halfguard, then I slapped a kimura/americana/figure 4 on him (I don't know which one, so I list them all).
Notes: Cardio still holds up well. He woulda won odds are if I didn't have the strength advantage, although he was a strong kid. My go to seems to be either guilltine of kimura from half guard.
All in all, great meeting.
Diet went well today. Hopefully didn't burn too many cals.
