[BigAl]

Been a while since I posted. Moved around a lot and didn't have much internet access.

Yesterday, I ran in the morning for about 20 minutes. Perfect time to run out here in the desert, still fairly cool and lots of light out. That night, I did some combatives training. Worked on grappling for a bit, drilled (1) arm bars from the guard, (2) scissors sweep, and (3) push sweep then did some rolling. Only rolled twice as the first match wasn't too bad, maybe 3-4 minutes before I got caught in an armbar, but the second was a 10 minute battle before I tapped to an Americana. We then worked on striking, and since I was the main striker there, it was mostly me sharing knowledge and drilling the guys in low kicks and some punches. Also did some neck wrestling and a freestyle wrestler was showing us some work with Russian ties. Pretty informal stuff, but a lot of fun. Did a kata workout before bed, 3 reps of 10 different kata.

Today I lifted for the first time since I got back to Iraq early this month. Went lighter on the lifts I was supposed to work hard today, don't want to kill myself the first day back into it. Did some heavy bench and overhead squats, light snatches and deads, then finished off with some abdominal training.