what did you do on your last workout?

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thekuntawman

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when i taught my class, they threw round kicks at a long range for about 10 minutes, one leg at a time. then the holder of the target had to move around and avoid the kicker while he tries to land the kick. we did that for about 15 minutes.

they did back leg round kick at close range, and then chasing the opponent. for about 15 minutes.

sparring for 15 minutes rotating partner every 3 minutes.

then i spar them with the stick for about 30 minutes (i did 6 guys one at a time).

for myself, i am teaching my daughter who is 5 years old how to point fight. so our workout was sliding round kick, sliding hook kick. and them i let her come at me with those two and the blitz. we did this last night, for about 45 minutes. i was more tired with her then my whole class.

the hard part is i was tryin to barbeque and dont let them see my secret recipe.
 
I am sick, so my last workout was weak, but I think this is a very interesting topic. I hope more people will post.

All I did yesterday was 20 deep knee bends and 20 "hindus" (wierd, spraddly pushups), five minutes of aerobic triangle footwork, and five minutes of carenza, five minutes of numerado, and about half an hour of balisong practice.

Hey, I'm sick, OK.

My last real workout was last Sunday. About 20 minutes of Serrada basics, 20 minutes or so of basics against dynamic attacks - feeder dances and fakes, feeds at 75% or so - wearing masks. 10 minutes of empty hand flow sparring. 20 minutes of empty hands against knife sparring. 10 minutes of legs only sparring. I was dead. My training partner makes me sick. He works on his heavy bag between rounds while I gasp for breath.
 
whats the matter nobody works out around here? >)

okay, tonight my beginners did only physical conditioning (sit ups, pushups, leg raises, mountain climbers, squats and stretching, and dips) no technique. my goal was to give them a appreciation of exercise. they got a 10 minutes lecture on why we need to be stronger than the next guy if you want to be a good fighter.

intermediates performs the split for 5 minutes. slow round kicks of the wall for five minutes. 300 cross punch each hand, 50 with long lunge. lunging thrust kick to the bladder-jab-cross-back leg thrust kick, about 30 reps each side, but i kept starting the count over when i explained stuff. then throw power hits with the stick for five minutes with no break. a long lectures on why it is important for the STUDENT to make his own reputation, and how to do it, and my responsibility as their teacher. no sparring tonight.

i got a "religious hate" experience for the first time today, so i was piss all day, and i didnt work out much, but my boys got a good one, so it wasnt a waste.
 
"K-Man",

Nice posts and ideas.

I have been so busy since last Tuesday, ANY training other than some basics, and some VERY nifty "supplemental" training has been out for me.

This Saturdays FCMAA class WILL BE a real stress dumper and learning vehicle. Happy Triangle Step feet! I even gave the FMA fever to my oldest son :D

Be Safe Folks and God Bless America!
 
We started out with a class focusing on one animal style. We've been drilling those once a week in addition to our other stuff. I don't know how many kicks I did while keeping my hands constantly weaving. We worked on patel kicks or double kicks off the same leg low and high saber kick and then low saber high roundhouse. I was the one working on the heavy bag so for an hour I got to practice movement in Oeler (snake) while throwing these kicks. Great workout.I had to take a few breaks in between from kicking. Sore as hell today. Then for antoehr hour afterwards we worked on our forms. For this I worked out the same form for an hour or so. Like I said excellent stuff.
 
Not necessarily FMA... more MMA.
Stretched

Flowed freestyle in the clinch using Plum, underhooks, wrist grappling, etc...

Briefly drilled arm-drags.

Focus mitts.

-DEFENSIVE WORK (light... no pads)-
Practiced parrying jabs to the head
Practiced parrying crosses to the head
Mix the two...
Practiced parrying(elbow-forearm) jabs to the body
Practiced parrying crosses to the body
Mix the two...
Defend straight punches to head and body
Defend hooks to head
Defend hooks to body
Mix two...
Defend straight and hook punches to head and body

-DEFENSIVE WORK (gloves and headgear w/cage)
repeat above with contact

-3 COUNT CADENCE DRILLS W/PADS-
A throws three random attacks... B defends
B throws three random attacks... A defends
Repeat...

Work various stick defenses...
Contra y contra

Cool down, BS and leave....

*Note*- I usually spar every night (stick, empty hand, grappling, etc...)... last night was an exception... felt we needed a break.

~Kev
 
Mostly did cutting drills with a boarding cutlass (a sword used on ships), a Persian Mace, and a WW2 era katana. I don't think about what style I practice, I'd rather focus on being better.

I approached the katana as new weapon, that is, to feel it's weight, what moves feel right with it, generating power, working on footwork.

But more than that I'm helping my teacher teach stick technique to beginners. It's been awhile since I've taught anything, let alone to folks who aren't interested in fighting but exploring a new hobby, which is a controversial issue in any FMA or MA school.

I've learned/am learning a lot about myself in terms of ability and as a teacher. What I thought was easy and simplistic to me wasn't or it still takes time to get down for the student. As a teacher, I'm finding out what I can teach fairly well and what I can't. I find I can do the moves but can't verbally express as well as I'd like.
 
I've been attending several FMA classes per week, with the usual assortment of drills, sparring, coordination exercises, cardio, etc. One thing I learned is to heed the advice of Guro Crafty to "protect yourself at all times." We were doing some staff sparring with the 5 ft Lameco padded rattan staffs. There were to be no strikes above the shoulders. My opponent apparently didn't consider the forehead to be "above the shoulders" because he clocked me there with a big caveman strike that I wasn't expecting or defending against. Now everyone has to wear fencing masks. Oh well.

On my own, I've been doing some bag work with the heavy dymondwood sticks from Boomer Brothers Batons. I'm not in good enough shape for the steel pipe workouts that Ron Balicki used to run us through, but these are the next best thing. As an older, fatter, slower, less coordinated guy, I'd like to at least make sure that when I hit someone, I do some damage! I was encouraged to continue toward this goal when the owner of a martial arts academy (who has FMA background) was rubbing his hands and told me that I was hitting his sticks very hard. (Of course, he's so much younger, fitter, and faster that he would still kick my tail sparring or fighting!).
 
90 minutes of "get off the line". thats a point fighting name for a philippine technique.
when you first "take off" from your fighting stance, you have to make sure your opponent takes that attack seriously, or he will get hit. when you do this enough, the opponent can be controlled in the fight. what i mean is, you can make him jump when you want, you can make him block the attacks you want him to block, or you can just hit him if you are fast enough. this is how you do it,

you opponent and you are about 6 feet or more away from each other. whatever is your first attack, if it is a kick, or back of the knuckly strike, or a jab, or back hand with the stick. you cover so much distance he cant get away from it. but you have to have technique follow up #2 ready and planned so your attack will success. so there you have all these possble reactions out of him, but your plan includes all of them in the follow up. your opponent is helpless because he doesnt know what will be next, and you do. when you take off you have three important things, cover the ground fast, cover a long distance, and stay balance so you can follow up with no problem.

tonight we only did lunging the frontal kick, and the back of knuckle strike. in between sets of 25 to 40 attacks, we have 20 puchups, 20 crunches or leg raises. then for about 20 minutes one at a time while the other guys stretch, they have to hit me.

i gave 10 minute talk after class on how to approach the teachers of another school when you are not an invited guest.

o yeah, i forgot
for myself tonight except for 20 minutes of sparring while i teach the class, i did a burn out of pushups until i can only do 1 pushup, and no other exercises.
 
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