Monty's training journal

[GJEC]

Good sesh last night. Thursday class is usually busy and the sweat flows. Pleasure to be there.

See you Saturday - I'll bring the new cards ;)

Gary

[Ros]

Only got kicked in the head by Ros once, which was nice.


Yes, but if your lazy hands weren't on the floor and were up protecting your head...

I'll try for more next time :p:D

[sandman]

Yes, but if your lazy hands weren't on the floor and were up protecting your head...

I'll try for more next time :p:D

LOL! Love it!

Look out Monty!!! I can imagine you leaning into the fridge for a beer and Ros flying from the corner with a high kick - "hands up Monty!!" :D

[Hangtime]

Only got kicked in the head by Ros once, which was nice.

The bit about only getting kicked in the head by your wife once was my favorite


Yes, but if your lazy hands weren't on the floor and were up protecting your head...

I'll try for more next time


Once Mrs. XC and I were sparring, by happenstance after an argument; she came after me quite vigorously. When another black belt commented on her tenacity, I cut my eyes to respond when the Mrs. drew her right hand back and cocked it upward (I'm about a foot taller...); I could tell it was going to be a wallop because she had a pretty good rotation at the hips.

I looked back at her and jumped out of the way; I took my mouthpiece out and said "WTH are you doing!!?!?!?" She looked at her fist, then at me, then her fist and said "what...I wasn't going to punch you in the face or anything :D"

Martially trained spouses can be a dangerous thing Monty!

[Monty]

Saturday, Enshin Training

Well it should be Ros's turn on the wriite up but she's upstairs having a little sleepy so I thought I'd do it:)

Really didn't want to go training this morning, I've got a really bad sore throught and generally feel like poo:(

Anyway, I thought, let's get on with it and perhaps I'll forget about my woes. So off we went.....

Busy session today with 6 People training, Started off running through Kihon 4 reps slow and under tension then 10 full power.

Split into 3s and one person held the punch bag still while the other 2 alternated mawashi geris into it. then swapped who was holding the bag and went again then swapped the third and final time so everyone had a) Held the bag and b) kicked off both legs. I really quite enjoy this exercise:)

Partnered up with Ros and we did defence and counter/takedowns against Mae geris then Mawashi geris then low kicks then ushiro geris.

Did white belt and then blue belt kata, recently I've been getting confused during white belt kata because blue belt kata is in my head screaming "NO DO THIS MOVE NOW" but today I think i made a decent job of both.

Finished off with a partner doing the old devilish Burpee, left mawashi, right mawashi one minute thereof then a minutes rest whilst I held the bag then did it for a second minute.

little bit of stretching at the end.

I was glad I decided to go training and felt great afterwards, forgot all about my sore throat. This lasted for all of 1/2 hour before my body said "I thought you realised I was Ill, right I'm gonna make you suffer for this boy" and I now feel much worse than I did earlier. I'm going to try Choclolate see if that makes me feel any better!

Osu-EN1

Monty

[Minas]

When my throaght is sore I usually drink a little bit (one sip) of very strong wodka or something else very strong. Somehow it helps against the pain :D

Nice training btw!

Osu!

[FredInChina]

(...)I was glad I decided to go training and felt great afterwards,(...)
Good for you Monty - isn't that often the case anyway? :D
... Hot choc will help, I am sure! :)
Osu!

[MilkManX]

Osu-EN1

It is really disgusting but gargle with apple cider vinegar and your sore throat will feel much better.

[Ros]

It is really disgusting but gargle with apple cider vinegar and your sore throat will feel much better.

I couldn't even get him to gargle with soluble aspirin, so I can't see him trying the vinegar somehow! (I'm thinking there'd be less of an issue with the vodka though...) :D

[Monty]

I couldn't even get him to gargle with soluble aspirin, so I can't see him trying the vinegar somehow! (I'm thinking there'd be less of an issue with the vodka though...) :D

Oooh, just realised I've got Vodka in the house:) Might have to give that a bash, if it doesn't work I'll try it again and again until it works!

Damn, Ros say I won't be doing that :(

Osu-EN1

Monty

[sandman]

Great session Monty - hope the throat gets better quick.

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Training

Ros got to the write up first tonight.

It was good to be back at training tonight:)

The burpees and Mawashis were a killer as usual, unfortunately the black belt who was holding the pads for Ros and I wasn't aware of this lovely exercise so guess who had to demo it to him:(

During the sparring we had to try for a head technique, body technique and take down. After Ros and I sparred Gary asked how many of the three we got and I said we both got two. But on the way to Tescos afterwards we discussed it and I have to change the score to 2-1 to Ros:(

Looking forward to saturdays session already.

Osu-EN1

Monty

[Ros]

[B]
During the sparring we had to try for a head technique, body technique and take down. After Ros and I sparred Gary asked how many of the three we got and I said we both got two. But on the way to Tescos afterwards we discussed it and I have to change the score to 2-1 to Ros:(


Bonus points for honesty though, ha ha. :D

[GJEC]

:D

[Hangtime]

But on the way to Tescos afterwards we discussed it and I have to change the score to 2-1 to Ros:(

...but did she land more than one headshot? :D

OSU!

[Monty]

...but did she land more than one headshot? :D

OSU!


On the way to Tesco? No, Ros is very clever and waits till we get home before she beats me, She's also learnt to hit me in places that aren't easily visible, Oh no she's coming back now, sorry dear wasn't being...... Ouch, nasty towards..... Ouch, I'm very sorry and I won't...........Ouch, do it again.

;)

Ofcourse I'm joking:)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[Hangtime]

She's also learnt to hit me in places that aren't easily visible, Oh no she's coming back now, sorry dear wasn't being...... Ouch, nasty towards..... Ouch, I'm very sorry and I won't...........Ouch, do it again.


...feel free to use the nickname "Overboard", as my wife hasn't trademarked it...yet <ducks a shoe> :D.

OSU!

[FredInChina]

(...)Ofcourse I'm joking:)
We understand, you'd say anything under duress... :D
osu!

[Dent]

Osu!

Ofcourse I'm joking:)

(Pssst. I think the number is 999...)

:D

Osu!

[GJEC]

:D:D:D

Fantastic!

What a gift!

A full deck of cards with the Enshin logo and SENSEI EVIL on them!!

Thanks Ros and Monty, much appreciated.

Gary

[Ros]

Just a small token of our appreciation and to say thanks for being a great sensei and all round lashmeister! :D


P.S. We thought they were functional AND aesthetically pleasing ;-)

[Monty]

Saturday, Enshin Training

Well, that was a hard one today!

It was "Bag week" so we started off with 20 Minutes on the punch bags, close range(punches, elbows and knees), Long range(mae geri, mawashi geri), Max5(10 mawashi geris off the same leg), cross over sit-ups and (a new one to us) Russian twists(sitting up holding a medicine ball twist to the left and touch the medicine ball to the ground then twist to right and touch it down again):eek:

Again I managed to get up quite high on the bag, not sure whether the kick was coming into the bag at the correct angle though. It has to be all the stretching we do in class.

Then we did 5 press-ups with one hand on the medicine ball then swap it over to the other side and do five more then jump up and throw the medicine ball at thje punch bag 5 times off each side. We did this twice, I'm thinking the shoulders are gonna be bad tomorrow.

Split into pairs and worked on various Defences/Takedowns....

1) Low kick comes in, block then grab and hook the neck and do a sort of spinning throw

2) Mae geri comes in, block and grab the gi, move in at 45 degrees turning the attacker and then taking their supporting leg form under them

3) High mawashi comes in, block, move behind and either take them down backwards or forwards depending on how their body is positioned

5) Grabbed on arm and attacker moves legs in readiness for a mawashi geri, Counter grab, Turn in, pull on grabbing side, push on opposite side and sweep the leg

We've done some of these before and I though my 1 & 2 are coming along quite well:) 3 was ok but kept cocking up 4 (Looked like I was humping Rik's leg according to Gary ;))

Ros's number 4 was spot on, looked great and Gary had her show it to all of us. And then she demo'd it as well;)

Then we ended with Tabata, well I say Tabata it was 1.25 X Tabata really sprints interspersed with Press-ups, Pike sit-ups, side to side jumping across the mats(twice) and finally a dose of Vitamin B.

But was it the end....... No ofcourse it wasn't finished off proper with some medicine ball slams.

Gary must have been psychic about the Sensei Evil cards!!

[GJEC]

It's no exaggeration to say this small (4 people today) class is a pleasure to teach. I appreciate those who make the effort to turn up and sweat. Rik drives 110 miles, sometimes at 6:00am to train. He's done it for two years and that's fantastic dedication. Pawel drives 100 when he comes. Awesome.

I felt sick as a dog to start with, (note to self: NEVER eat porage made with full-fat milk) but once we got going that eased off a bit.

'AVE IT!

Gary

[FredInChina]

AVE It MONTY! :D

[MilkManX]

Sounds like Gary is getting you guys ready to test with those combos... :D

Osu-EN1

[Monty]

Yum, Yum, Yum I've lost count of how many Brownies I've eaten this weekend:)

Monday, Enshin Training

Ros has got the write up today. Enjoyable but bizarre class tonight, especially when we had to get up individually in front of Gary and two of the black belts and do our Kata.

Wish we'd have nicked the jokers out of the pack of cards before we gave them to Gary:eek:

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Enjoyable but bizarre class tonight,

:);)

One of my chief weapons is surprise, remember?

This test I'm going to focus more on kata, so tonight was a dry run of what to expect. It was just what the doctor ordered to be honest, as I could see the extra focus people where putting into doing it 'right', not just 'strong'.

Gary

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Training

Fun class tonight, Started off with a quick warm up then we did Oizuki X 60, Junzuki X 60, Hook X 60 and Shitazuki X 60 first 30 from left fighting stance then second 30 from right fighting stance.

We then had 4 stations one was Hiza geri, one Mae geri, one Mawashi geri(gedan and Chudan) and one was Jodan mawashi geri(but luckily for me you have the wall bars to help with this one ;)). 20 kicks at each station and we did all four station 3 times.

The black belts then got the pads and we split into groups of 3 infront of each black belt. We did the strikes we did earlier but this time against the pads. We then did Hiza geri and then mawashi geri against the pads as well.

Couple of goes through Blue belt kata. Feeling quite good about this kata now :)

Did a bit of sprinting up and down the Dojo then the kids went home and the rest of us put our pads on.

Did some sparring with a black belt "Reffing" about 3 rounds to warm us up then about 4 rounds with the refs.

Finished of with some stretching.

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Good class methinks.

The test this time will expose those who don't concentrate on the details.

See you Saturday.

Osu!

[Monty]

Good Friday, Gym training

Ros has written up today's gym session, well worth the two pints I got for going:D

Enjoyable session and we pushed each other but just not quite the same without the Grand Imperial Poohbah there with his lash ;)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Oh I'll be there tomorrow with my "I don't like mornings" head on, never fear.

Gary

[Monty]

Saturday, Enshin Training

Well, Gary surpassed himself today in his "Evil Exercise" creation:eek:

We started off doing 20 X all the Kihon strikes and 10 X some of the Kihon Kicks as a warm up.

Now, I thought the Burpee, left mawashi geri, right mawasji geri was the horriblest thing to be dreamt up but I was wrong. We all put on our bag gloves and stood infront of a punch bag then it was a minute of running on the spot with knees up whilst punching the bag in time with your legs, 30 seconds rest and off we went again for another minute, 30 seconds rest and then off we went again! I thought I was going to die:eek:

We then spent some time on defence/counter against a Grab/hook neck/Hiza geri. Then defence/counter against a grab and mawashi geri, and a variation on the first one witha different throw.

White and Blue belt kata against an opponent.

Finished off with half a tabata (thankfully) because we were back to the horribleness that is Knees up punching again. At least with the 20 second bursts I could count the number I was doing and then could judge (roughly) on the subsequent sets how much longer there was to do.

Afterwards felt really good:D:D

[GJEC]

Top man!

I thought you were going to boff at one moment but you kept going. Further comments on Ros' page.

'Ave it!

Gary

[sandman]

Awesome! You earned your beer today :)

[Godai]

Saturday, Enshin Training

Well, Gary surpassed himself today in his "Evil Exercise" creation:eek:

We started off doing 20 X all the Kihon strikes and 10 X some of the Kihon Kicks as a warm up.

Now, I thought the Burpee, left mawashi geri, right mawasji geri was the horriblest thing to be dreamt up but I was wrong. We all put on our bag gloves and stood infront of a punch bag then it was a minute of running on the spot with knees up whilst punching the bag in time with your legs, 30 seconds rest and off we went again for another minute, 30 seconds rest and then off we went again! I thought I was going to die:eek:

We then spent some time on defence/counter against a Grab/hook neck/Hiza geri. Then defence/counter against a grab and mawashi geri, and a variation on the first one witha different throw.

White and Blue belt kata against an opponent.

Finished off with half a tabata (thankfully) because we were back to the horribleness that is Knees up punching again. At least with the 20 second bursts I could count the number I was doing and then could judge (roughly) on the subsequent sets how much longer there was to do.

Afterwards felt really good:D:

I shouldn't have read that right after I ate. I feel nauseous now :D

Sounds like a rough one

[Monty]

I thought you were going to boff at one moment

So did I:D

[MilkManX]

I love it! I will try that on Monday.

Sure sounds like some people here are gonna test for Blue or Yellow soon?

:D

Osu-EN1

[GJEC]

LOL

End of the month.

Onwards!!

Gary

[Monty]

Well, after watching(and timing) Ros do her stuff I thought I ought to do something so I decided to go for a run:eek:

Think I may have gone off a bit fast:( Calmed the pace down a bit and did a couple of sprints.

I think we're gonna go to the gym after work tomorrow:)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[Monty]

Tuesday, Gym Training

Left work a tad early today and Ros and I went to the gym. Did 1 minute sets of

Right leg mawashi geri
Punch combinations
sit-ups
Left leg mawashi geri
Punch combinations
sit-ups

we then got a medicine balll each and did 5 press ups with left hand on the medicine ball, 5 press-ups with right hand on the medicine ball then jump up and throw the medicine ball into the punch bag 5 times off each arm.

1 minute of russian twists

1 minute of medicine ball situps

3 minutes of mawashi geri/ushiro mawashi kake geri over the top of your partners head as they squat down(alternating between kicking and squatting)

1 Minute of similar but four kicks instead of two

White and Blue belt kata to the count and against an attacker.

Tabata of sprints and Press-ups/sit-ups/squats(for me) spotty dogs(for Ros)/Burpees

Finished off with a minute of medicine ball slams.

All in all I much prefer being in the gym to being in the office;)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[MilkManX]

I agree Monty. The Gym is much better than the office.

Osu-EN1

[sandman]

All in all I much prefer being in the gym to being in the office;)



I agree Monty. The Gym is much better than the office.

Osu-EN1

No arguments here! :D

[GJEC]

Good stuff Monty.

See you Thursday.

Gary

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Training

Main write up in Ros's Log. I agree it was good to get back into it after easter(work off all them eggs).

Felt very good about some of my Kihon tonight, flowing well I thought.

Also thought back to the first time we did the Mawashi geri/Ushiro mawashi kake geri and I can see an improvement there:)

left the dojo feeling really happy:)

Osu-EN1

Monty

Oh, and Ros's "encouragement" when Joe was doing the pad stuff was funny, reminded me of a regimental sergeant major... One, two, three, Knee, kick, one, two, three, knee, kick ;)

[GJEC]

left the dojo feeling really happy

That's what every instructor wants to hear.

Fun: Challenging: Informative

If I can get at least 2 out of 3 every night I'm happy.

Gary

[Ros]

Ha ha, I was helping him keep a rhythm. :D

Did you like my encouragement to you: 'Go on, hit the pad, try and make me puke!' :D:D

[Monty]

That's what every instructor wants to hear.

Fun: Challenging: Informative

If I can get at least 2 out of 3 every night I'm happy.

Gary

It was certainly a 3 out of 3 last night.

Ha ha, I was helping him keep a rhythm. :D

Did you like my encouragement to you: 'Go on, hit the pad, try and make me puke!' :D:D

Not a really good Idea to make someone who is standing directly infront of you puke now is it? ;)

[Monty]

Friday, Gym Session

Big write up in Ros's log.

It was good to go to the gym after getting annoyed at work and getting annoyed whilst shopping in town. I was just seeing a big Sales persons face on the bag as I was hitting it. Then when the Pads were used I was seeing the bloke in Specsavers face:D

Oh those full bastards, the name fits them well. I don't think I'll be trying them again:eek:

Osu-EN1

Monty

[Dent]

Osu!


Oh those full bastards, the name fits them well. I don't think I'll be trying them again:eek:

Want to bet? ;) :D

Osu!

[knuckleheader]

Besides ;)sweating, I've "boffed" a few times in practice...:eek:

cleans you out

[meguro]

Hey knuckleheader, are you using the English or the American English definition of boff?:D

[Monty]

Osu!



Want to bet? ;) :D

Osu!

Sorry Dent, let me re-phrase. I don't think I'll be trying them again of my own free will;)

[Monty]

Saturday, Enshin Training

This report is sponsored by Wetherspoons Pubs Free WiFi:D

Great session today. Just Me & Paul & Gary

Started of with the Bi-weekly 20 minute Bag work session. Long range, Short range, Max 5 and (what seemed like more than the usual amount of Cross over sit-ups).

Defence and counter against various kicks, Me doing the stuff from White and Blue belt kata and Paul doing any defence and counter he chose(Monty was flying about all over the place).

Did some defence against ushiro geris as well.

Then we did some defence against punches. Attacker did front, reverse, front and the defence was a kind of Soto Uke, Soto Uke, Gedan barai followed up by a Grab/Hook/Hiza geri.

did a couple of minutes of sparring type stuff where paul managed(not to tricky I guess) to back me into the wall:eek: So we did a drill where I "sabaki'd" out of the way of the attacks and then we did another minute of sparring type stuff where I was trying to move side to side.

had some fun with a defence against Punch, punch, low kick where you do a Hiza geri then attempt a rolling throw, Partner resists so you switch and take them down backwards.

Finished off with an amount of time(could have been a minute could have been 5(for all I know)) of alternating kicks into the bag I kick left leg mawashi Paul kicks right....... An amount of rest(again who knows how long, felt like about 5 seconds) and we swapped sides and went again. I stopped half way through but with Paul and Gary shouting at me I sucked it up and made it to the end(Just).

Now I'm sat in the pub writting it up:)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[FredInChina]

osu!



Want To Bet? ;) :d

Osu!
Rofl!

[GJEC]

Not sure what we need to do to get more down there. Probably make it easier for tender heads after a Friday night on the town.

Nah! I'll keep it intense and remember the golden rule:

"The important ones are the ones who show up"

Good effort holding that puke back!

Gary

[Ros]

...and I'm sat here at work feeling very jealous. Sounds like a great sesh.

[Monty]

Not sure what we need to do to get more down there. Probably make it easier for tender heads after a Friday night on the town.

Nah! I'll keep it intense and remember the golden rule:

"The important ones are the ones who show up"

Good effort holding that puke back!

Gary

Thanks, I'm gonna get a reputation at this rate as Vomit boy(or nearly vomit boy) ;)

From a purely selfish point of view I say do nothing, I'm very happy with Saturdays as they are :) (well apart from when you dream up evilness to inflict upon us).

Here's a thought, Perhaps you should tell people that they can't come on a saturday, use a bit of the old reverse psychology. Then they may think "Why can't we come?", "What do they do?", "I want to go now to find out!" :D

[Dent]

Osu!

Here's a thought, Perhaps you should tell people that they can't come on a saturday, use a bit of the old reverse psychology. Then they may think "Why can't we come?", "What do they do?", "I want to go now to find out!" :D

And up the fee for "Special training". Use words like "more advanced", "grading", "secret", and anything else being used as an ad in Black Belt magazine. :D

Osu!

[GJEC]

Throwing up is never the aim Monty.

I like the McLaren ethos, "Everything for a reason"

When applied to training, the reason for the finisher is just to prove to ourselves that we can take charge of the body and squeeze a bit more out no matter how tired we feel. It should obviously be demanding but not to the point where we make a mess.

It's strange with Saturdays. I've got juniors wanting to come but so far I've resisted as I don't want "drop the kids off at karate then go shopping".

Gary

[sandman]

Osu!



And up the fee for "Special training". Use words like "more advanced", "grading", "secret", and anything else being used as an ad in Black Belt magazine. :D

Osu!

...and promise that its a quick path to black belt :D

[Dent]

Osu!

...and promise that its a quick path to black belt :D

Ah! Forgot that one! "Do we get a Saturday class Masters Club patch, Sensei?" :rolleyes:

Osu!

[GJEC]

Sorry Dent and Sandman, our posts overlapped.

Looking to the future I don't intend to replace our ageing puzzle mats. (They've got bits breaking off and take ages to set up)

That will mean Saturdays will be THE session for bagwork and takedowns on the nice thick judo mats. Mondays and Thursdays will be for general training; kihon, kata, padwork, kumite etc etc.

I can see the difference already with the Saturday ones, working on mats more regularly certainly pays off.

Gary

[Dent]

Osu!

Sorry Dent and Sandman, our posts overlapped.

Looking to the future I don't intend to replace our ageing puzzle mats. (They've got bits breaking off and take ages to set up)

That will mean Saturdays will be THE session for bagwork and takedowns on the nice thick judo mats. Mondays and Thursdays will be for general training; kihon, kata, padwork, kumite etc etc.

http://www.getsmileyface.com/sm/evil/509.gif

Nice. Well played, Gary!

http://www.getsmileyface.com/sm/evil/509.gif

Osu!

[Monty]

Monday, Enshin Training

Ros has the write up for this tonight, Plenty of Kihon tonight :) My Mae Keage felt good tonight, Not sure if they are actually touching my shoulder yet but I felt they were getting higher.

Twice through blue belt kata managing to pants it up the second go through:(

Osu-EN1

Monty

[MilkManX]

That's nothing Monty. Wait till you learn green belt kata.:D
Osu-EN1

[sandman]

If you never pants anything up it means you aren't doing anything :) Keep up the hard work!

[GJEC]

Everyone makes mistakes Monty, that's why they put rubbers on pencils!

Everyones Kihon was good.

Fitness? Check

Kihon? Check

Kata and Kumite to check on the night. Should be a good test!

Gary

[Monty]

Kata and Kumite to check on the night. Should be a good test!

Gary

Looking forward to it (with more than a little nervous anticipation) :)

[FredInChina]

(...) why they put rubbers on pencils!(...)
LOL - to correct the "multiplications"??!! :D:D

I thought they were called "erasers" --- times are a'changin'
OSU!

[GJEC]

(with more than a little nervous anticipation)

That's where the sense of achievement comes in. If you think it's already decided where's the challenge?

This is another reason I like tests short and sharp, you've got to get things right on the night. If I test 100 things the odd mistake means little, but if I'm only testing a few (and nobody knows for certain what those few things will be) there's far less room for error ...

Gary

PS Fred, we don't need erasers here ...

[sandman]

PS Fred, we don't need erasers here ...

I can think of one British couple who could stand to stock up on rubbers though ;) :D

[Monty]

Tuesday, Gym Training

We both went to the gym after work this afternoon, not a huge session but still got a sweat on:)

Jab, Reverse, uppercut X 1 Min (left leg forward)
Kicks X 1 Minute
Jab, reverse, uppercut X 1 Min (right leg forward)
Kicks X 1 Minute
Medicine ball situps X 1 Minute
Russian Twists X 1 Minute

Mawashi geri/ushiro mawashi kake geri over partners head X 1 Minute
similar to above but two sets of kicks X 1 Minute

White and Blue belt kata against an opponent

White and Blue belt kata to the count with other person watching

Then one person held one of the bags while the other did a burpee then left mawashi geri, right mawashi geri for 1 Minute.

swapped over and the other person held the bag

did this twice each.

Finished off with a minute of medicine ball slams.

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Good effort!!

Gary

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Training

well it was a weird class tonight, gary had to raise his voice a few times to the kids and that kind of made for a strange atmosphere.

We started with Kihon as warm up and did 50 reps of Chudan zuki, Jodan zuki, ago uchi and shita zuki then Jodan uke, chudan soto nagashi and gedan barai.

We then stopped for Gary to demo what might appear to be self defence/release from grabs for the three "Blocks". The reason I say "Might appear to be" is because Gary continued to tell us that complicated releases would not be the best thing in a self defence situation and we should use this as a method of remembering how to perform the "Blocks" correctly.

Then it was back to sweating with 50 X Hiza geri, Mae geri & 50 Mawashi geri.

The higher grades got a set of pads and we did three Mae geri off right leg for a minute then three off the left then three mawashi geri off the right and three off the left then three hiza geri off the right and three off the left.

Still on the pads we did Mae geri and then depending on which way the pad man moved would decide if you swapped leg and did a mawashi geri and Hiza geri or stayed with the same leg and did them.

sprinting up and down the dojo for a finisher before the youngsters went.

The last half hour was doing Kata against an opponent. was picked up on a couple of things but I made less mistakes than last time so that's good:)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[MilkManX]

That's funny Monty! It happens at our Dojo sometimes too.

Osu-EN1

[GJEC]

well it was a weird class tonight

It was every instructors worst nightmare. Tests coming up, the juniors all want to move up but things like 'tight fists' and 'back hands up' seemed to have lost their importance. There'll be a few disappointed ones on test night if they go in with that attitude.

I broke my own rule last night, and spent more time going on at those that wouldn't try than encouraging those that were making an effort.

Normal service will be resumed on Monday. :)

Gary

[FredInChina]

(...)I broke my own rule last night, and spent more time going on at those that wouldn't try than encouraging those that were making an effort.(...)
I am sure you are already forgiven Gary. :)
Osu!

[Monty]

Saturday, Enshin Training

Very good session today, Ros has done the main write up today(well we're both sat in the pub looking over each other's shoulders).

One of the things that Ros didn't mention was that I was doing the attacks for Lee (Black, Brown and Green belt Kata). When I say "Doing" I mean being thrown round the dojo:) Ros assures me it was very funny to watch.

The main thing I'll take away from today is to move and block kicks rather than just block.

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

LOL

It looked like Tom & Jerry at one point, but you seemed to be enjoying yourself practising your falls.

As I put on Ros' page, keep aiming to touch the target, with control, when you practise together. Once you have to move it soon becomes automatic. I'm sure Ros will happily supply the impact!

Gary

[MilkManX]

Osu-EN1

Monty,

With a partner to practice it will come. Like you have realized you have to move and block/parry at the same time. That is the focus of Sabaki technique.

Osu-EN1

[Monty]

Monday, Enshin Training

Quick warm up and then into the Basics. 4 slow and 20 fast of all the basics.

Mawashi geri/ Ushiro mawashi kake geri over a partners head 1 Minute twice.

The black belts got a set of pads each, and we lined up in groups of three. Started off doing Mae geri then depending on which way the padman went grab, hook neck, hiza geri then Mawashi geri. Then we did the same but with 2 hiza geris and 2 mawashi geri. Then we were pushing against the pad man then when you are just about to move move to the side grab, hook, 2 hiza, 2 mawashi. Finished the pad section with pushing against the pad man then pushing them backwards to make space and then step off line and mawashi geri.

White belt and Blue belt kata

moved onto some sparring, 1 minute bout with 20 seconds lower grade attacking, 20 second higher grade attacking then 20 both attacking. Felt quite good about my sparring today, got some sabaki going in it :)

The finsher was "The Cards" jogging round doing either lunges/Lunge jumps, Sit ups/Pike sit ups, Press ups/hand clap press ups or (you guessed it) Burpees/Full Bastards. 1 to 5 reps of each depending on the card drawn and then unluckily the joker "Happened" to be the last card so it was 5 of each:eek:

excellent session tonight, sweat was flowing everywhere:)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[MilkManX]

Sounds Great man!

Osu-EN1

[GJEC]

Everyone was right on their game last night. Much better!

Onwards and Upwards!

Gary

[sandman]

So it sounds like Mr Grouchypants didn't need to make an appearance then? :D

[GJEC]

LOL

Not yesterday, but he's always prowling around.

Gary

:D

[MilkManX]

I noticed that at our dojo too Gary...

Osu-EN1

[Monty]

Tuesday, gym training

Wasn't really up for it today, Don't think Ros noticed ;) Made the usual "Menu" for the training and then we(Ros) changed everything around.

S'pose I ought to be nice to her as it's our 12th Wedding anniversary tomorrow:D But then again I suppose Ros should be nice to me for exactly the same reason;)

Still ended up with a sweat soaked t-shirt by the end of the session :-)

Osu-EN1

Monty

I guess I was the "Mr Grouchypants" in the Gym today

[Ros]

Wasn't really up for it today, Don't think Ros noticed ;) Made the usual "Menu" for the training and then we(Ros) changed everything around.

I guess I was the "Mr Grouchypants" in the Gym today


Yes, but it was changed for the better (well, harder anyway ;))

Here's an illustration of Mr Grouchypants in action last night:

Me: Shall we finish with a couple of minutes of punching with high knees on the bag.
Monty: No
Me: A couple of 30 seconds then?
Monty: No
Me: Med ball slams?
Monty: Mmm, spose.

Everyone has an off day - at least you came with me and I had fun! :D

(Happy anniversary, dear :))

[GJEC]

You've both been working really hard. Impressed!

I'd suggest tapering off a bit over the next week though so you're tip-top for next Thursday.

Happy Anniversary!

Gary

[Monty]

You've both been working really hard. Impressed!

I'd suggest tapering off a bit over the next week though so you're tip-top for next Thursday.

Happy Anniversary!

Gary

Yes, we'll be taking it easy till after the test (we'll still be there bright and early Saturday though :) )

[Dent]

Osu!

Congratulations, Ros and Monty! What's that you say? "The couple that kicks together, sticks together!" :D

Osu!

[Minas]

Happy aniversery!! :)

[meguro]

Congratulations, Monty & Ros!

[MilkManX]

Osu-EN1

Happy Anniversary!

[Monty]

Thanks everyone :D

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Training

Jolly good session tonight:)

Full enshin warm up

20 Reps of all kihon strikes, blocks and kicks (apart from Mawashi geri which was 50 of).

partnered up and did Mawashi geri/Ushiro mawashi kake geri over your partners head for 1 minute. Changed partners and did another minute.

Then the black belts got the pads and we did a combination of punch, punch, punch, grab and hook neck, hiza geri, mawashi geri. 1st minute was with the padman standing still 2nd minutes was with the padman moving round. 3rd minute was pushing against the padman then on go pushing them back and depending on how far they went either Hiza geri or Mawashi geri.

Then the kids went home and we got our mitts and pads on. Started off in three's doing one person "On" and the other two took it in turn to "attack" allowing the "on" person time to do some sabaki defence. Felt my defences worked well and I'm certain that our saturdays are paying off.

Finished off with a few rounds of sparring.

Osu-EN1

Monty

[MilkManX]

Sounds like another good set. I am t minus 3 hours till I get to go train tonight....

Osu-EN1

[sandman]

Sounds great Monty! :)

[Monty]

Saturday, Enshin Training

Ros got the main write up, I was too busy driving to Leicester to get my hair cut.

I think Ros has said it all, Excellent session, lots learn't.

Ros didn't mention that we were under threat, Our attacks on each other had to be acceptable to Gary or he would take over and do the attacks:eek::D

Osu-EN1

Monty

[sandman]

Ros didn't mention that we were under threat, Our attacks on each other had to be acceptable to Gary or he would take over and do the attacks:eek::D

Osu-EN1

Monty

:eek:

[Minas]

saturday, Enshin Training


Ros Didn't Mention That We Were Under Threat, Our Attacks On Each Other Had To Be Acceptable To Gary Or He Would Take Over And Do The Attacks:eek::d

Osu-en1

Monty

Lol :D

[Monty]

Monday, Enshin Training

Good session tonight, Very light and concentrating soley on Kata.

Started off with a full enshin warm up then did white and blue belt Kata to the count several times, Then no count several times and then against an opponent three times.

Glad I was able to brighten everyones evening by having the rip taken out of me for my "Chicken Legs" :) And now Ros has just amused herself by saying that at least I no longer look like a matchstick that's swallowed a pea:)

Last class before the Test on Thursday:eek:

Osu-EN1

Monty

[MilkManX]

You guys have this test! I know it!

I don't think Gary would even bother if he didn't know ya had the muster!

Just relax and do your best. Also remind me of that when I go for Shodan in the Winter....

Osu-EN1

[GJEC]

Sorry Monty, no offence intended. :)

We've all been staggered by the change in Ros, but I notice you've trimmed down as well. Not sure if that's because your house is full of salad or if you've sworn to abstain from beer until about 9:30pm on Thursday. ;)

Gary

[Monty]

Sorry Monty, no offence intended. :)



None taken :D


We've all been staggered by the change in Ros, but I notice you've trimmed down as well. Not sure if that's because your house is full of salad or if you've sworn to abstain from beer until about 9:30pm on Thursday. ;)


Thanks, I don't want to go back to the 9 stone weakling I was from age 18 right through till age 33 though :) I guess I need to work on building up the muscles.

[GJEC]

I guess I need to work on building up the muscles.

Up to you. I'd focus on skills for the time being with some strength/power training thrown in, rather than pumping up.

I don't think you'll ever get like Miles or Hiza, so being nippy but a sharp hitter might serve you better.

Gary

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Test Night

Ros got the main write up for the test. The main thing to say is we both graded to 5th Kyu ! :D

I had my camera with me but then Gary went and said "Pub" so the plans to take some photos went out the window.

I actually felt physically sick after we got up and did the Kata first time, sat down afterwards and took some deep breaths and it was ok after that.

Was expecting two rounds of sparring and got three:eek: Then had to demo the finisher to everyone:eek:

Everyone did reallly well tonight, thanks to everyone who was there to help and/or support.

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Good night all round. Gloucester raised the bar, Loughborough jumped clean over it.

I'm a happy man :D

Gary

[Godai]

Congratulations to you both. Good job :)

Osu-EN1

[MilkManX]

Osu-EN1

Told ya Monty.

That sick thing happened to me on my 5th Kyu test also. My full write up is on my blog if ya want to read it.

Hehe.

:D

[FredInChina]

(...) The main thing to say is we both graded to 5th Kyu ! :D(...)
Great job Monty :) - I thought the main part was at the pub though... :D
Osu!

[MilkManX]

I think for the winter grading I am gonna have a party at my place and pre ice big piles of beer as I will need it afterwards...

You guys are welcome to join us!

Osu-EN1

[sandman]

Osu!

I'll have a beer right now to toast you! Congrats to you both :)

[Monty]

Thanks everyone :) I'm a bit achey this morning:( Oh well a 3 hour drive to Lancaster should help.

[Hangtime]

Excellent! Congratulations Monty!

[Monty]

Saturday AM, Kendal weekend seminar

about 35 people on the seminar, we started off altogether doing some forward rolls, shoulder rolls, break falls across the Dojo and back (and it is a LARGE dojo)

Then we were split into two groups, we've got put in the "Knows a bit of Judo" group because we were here last year.

First session was working on "Traditional" Judo sweeps, quite helpful really :)

Second session was working on one of Iain's "mini kata" a combination of Head butt, Knee, push away, Kinteki geri, palm heel, slap and hammerfist. The techniques sort of flow nicely together(for example the push away cocks the hip for the kinteki geri that then cocks the other hip for the palm heel etc etc.

Third session was applying the sweeps from session one without using the Judo grabs and a bit of ground work.

Lunch now, back later.

Gary, met someone who knows you. A Martin Malborough(possibly?)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Gary, met someone who knows you. A Martin Malborough (possibly?)

He's the IKO Branch Chief for Scotland. (5th Dan I believe)

I don't know him that well.

Gary

[FredInChina]

I don't know him that well.
LOL - that is code for what precisely? :D
osu!

[GJEC]

Senshido knows him better than me, me being the 'Auld Enemy' and all that.

Gary

[Ros]

He's the IKO Branch Chief for Scotland. (5th Dan I believe)

I don't know him that well.

Gary

Funny, he says he's got some stories to tell us...;):D

[GJEC]

:)

From the past ...

Gary

[knuckleheader]

Funny, he says he's got some stories to tell us...;):D

Congratulations Monty and Ros.


Did I mention, I like stories.

[Monty]

Sunday, Kendal weekend day 2

Yesterdays warm up was done by Mike so it was judo based, today's was done by Ian so it was sparring based.

Started off with you partner with one person being the "Mover" and one the follower. The "mover" moves where ever they want and the follower has to keep their sparring distance between them. Added into this some punches to parry, then some hooks to block then some thigh kicks to either block, avoid or take(working on the principle it's better to take a kick to the thight than take a punch to the chin).

Split back into the two groups and we went off with Mike and worked on some throwing drills and some Strangles. By the end of this session Ros was getting the throws pretty good.

Swapped over again and Iain went through some power generation stuff. Firing the hip slightly before the punch, definitely gonna be trying this out on the bags on Tuesday:) Then we did some more Bassai Bunkai, Ros got a good comment from Iain(as she threw me to the floor).

Back to the Judo area for the next session and we carried on with more strangles, chokes and Locks. Also did some ground work, pinning and controlling your opponent.

Moved back to the karate area and did more bunkai form Bassai dai, some nice gouges :) and a particularly nasty low kick to just under the calf muscle. I was practising on Ros, kicked her a couple of times and didn't get the "sweet spot", Moved the kick up an Inch and got a "Yes, That's the F*****ng spot" as she hopped around on one leg ;)

Over all a very enjoyable and interesting weekend. Hope to be able to transfer some of it to our normal Training.

Osu-EN1

Monty

PS Didn't get a chance to talk to Martin, so no stories I'm afraid.

[MilkManX]

Osu-EN1

Funny but I was helping with sweep takedowns and someone got me in that same spot in the calf muscle. Feels great....

Osu-EN1

[GJEC]

Glad it went well. :D

Also glad that we were spared Martins "stories" if I'm being honest. ;)

Gary

[sandman]

Osu!

Sounds like a great weekend - thanks for sharing with us Monty! :)

[FredInChina]

Yes Monty, that is a big duck! :)
Back on topic please? :D
Osu!
http://tjwwmg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pImYli9XCIPvmLLMXQXzDGC3-dVRr97i_5Sf8LSZB0IPrQhuLknBkYsWehxVa0d7veVVAcc-F9V1pH-2XKDrM_SIo6p7_KCHP/IMG_1510.jpg

[Monty]

Yes Monty, that is a big duck! :eek:
Back on topic please? :D:D
Osu!

Duck? What Duck? There ain't no Ducks around here :D

[FredInChina]

Duck? What Duck? There ain't no Ducks around here :D
Really!? :D

[Monty]

Really!? :D

Truely, It's a Signet ;)

This, is a duck....

http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pMfTFULBbsSWAzWtokV59GlOzYH4_Ptd3MgoXCvo5YmTB0D2 MKhWSWvoyIyHkqOwHUG_y3oVP7dtCaNU8Un2MPA/IMG_1507.jpg

[Hangtime]

What the duck is going on around here? :D


Sorry, inside joke with a former coworker...

[Dent]

Osu!

If you all keep posting food pictures on this thread, please include the recipes! :D

Osu!

[meguro]

Sorry for straying off topic, but. . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eng_3c3XFxw

[Dent]

Osu!

I wonder how good Fred is in the kitchen...?

:D

Osu!

[FredInChina]

Sorry for straying off topic, but...

Delicious stuff :), but that's 8,000,000 Kcal per serving! :eek:
Osu

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Training

Well, first class for a week, first class as a yellow belt. Surely it'll be an easy one?

Started off with a very quick warm up and then straight into kicks.

Various amounts of reps ranging from 10(yoko keage) to 50(most of the others) to 120(Mawashi geri). There was no fear of us not sweating by the end of them :)

Three of the black belts got the pads and we split into three's and then did three reps of hit what you're given. Using the first two as range finders/positioners then power on the last one. Then it was push the pad man back and grab/Mawashi geri then grab/hook/hiza geri concentrating on moving to the outside position.

Next was Kata time. Yellow and Blue belt to the count then Yellow against an opponent twice. I am so glad that a) I've got the Kata DVDs and b) I have my own office so I was able to do a bit of research/practice before tonight;)

Finished off with a tabata of sprints and Burpees, Jump squats, V situps & Handclap press ups.

Very wobbly by the end of it:) But it felt good to be back in the Dojo

Osu-EN1

Monty

[MilkManX]

Osu-EN1

What I noticed was that after any lower grades rank up...we tend to go faster and more intense till we get some more new students.

Osu-EN1

[knuckleheader]

Thursday, Enshin Training

Well, first class for a week, first class as a yellow belt. Surely it'll be an easy one?

Nnnnooooooooo!


Very wobbly by the end of it:) But it felt good to be back in the Dojo

Osu-EN1

Monty


Monty, if you keep training.

I think you just get use to putting in a good effort. Somedays you just have more zip. Good hustle,Osu-EN1

[sandman]

Sounds great Monty! Well done :)

[GJEC]

It's always a bit flat after a test, but we'll start working again on Saturday.

Gary

[Monty]

It's always a bit flat after a test, but we'll start working again on Saturday.

Gary

:eek: Looking forward to it:)

Oh, and I couldn't believe(last night), that I flicked my eye's up to the clock just at the wrong time and you caught me doing it :(

[GJEC]

LOL

I've got eye's like a barn owl. I miss nothing ...

Gary

[Dent]

Osu!

I couldn't believe(last night), that I flicked my eye's up to the clock just at the wrong time and you caught me doing it :(

Ah! The Dent rule: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong when Sensei is watching you.

The Chamberlain Corollary: Sensei is always watching you.

:D

Osu!

[FredInChina]

The Dent rule: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong when Sensei is watching you.

The Chamberlain Corollary: Sensei is always watching you.
Therefore everything will always go wrong... :D:D

That was easy!
Osu!

[GJEC]

http://www.enshin.co.uk/Noclock.htm

Monty,

Please read and copy out 100 times before the next lesson. ;)

Gary

(Deputy Head)

[sandman]

LOL! Tried to rep you for that one Gary, but I couldn't...

[Monty]

http://www.enshin.co.uk/noclock.htm

Monty,

Please Read And Copy Out 100 Times Before The Next Lesson. ;)

Gary

(deputy Head)

Lol :D

[knuckleheader]

LOL! Tried to rep you for that one Gary, but I couldn't...

Took care of that Sandman san

[Hangtime]

Took care of that Sandman san

And doubled.

I love that Gary. I learned this lesson on my own a few years ago. Training is just better that way. Worry about right now, because right now, nothing else matters. :)

OSU!

[Monty]

Ouch my wrist hurts, and I've only written it out 20 times so far ;)

I don't look at the clock to see how long is left of the class, or how much we've done. I simply like to know what the time is. If I go to work without a watch I feel strange all day until I can get home and regain my timepeice:)

Anyhoo, I'll have the lines finished for you before tomorrow AM :D

Osu-EN1

Monty

[MilkManX]

Osu-EN1

Ah the old clock watch.

Sensei Rhoads always catches the clock watchers.

My favorite was "You got a bus to catch?!, No? Then keep focus!"

I laughed inside...

Osu-EN1

[Monty]

Friday, Gym Training

Got to the gym a bit before Ros today so add an extra 5 Minutes on the running machine for me:)

We started(when Ros eventually got there :rolleyes:) with 10 minutes on the cross trainer as a warm up.

We both did a few goes through Yellow belt Kata, Gonna watch the DVD later and see which bits we mucked up;)

I grabbed some focus mits and Ros spent a couple of minutes doing Jab, Cross, Hook, Cross

Then I spent a couple on the heavy bag doing some combos.

Last 20 minutes we spent on various weight machines.

Osu-EN1

Monty

[Monty]

Saturday, Enshin Training

Ros got the main wriite up for todays session. I have to agree it was another good one :) It was really good to be able to spend the majority of the time working on Yellow belt kata.

Ros forgot to mention that the real finisher was the "Looking for Gary's watch" thing, Could it be here? might it be there? No it's on his wrist :rolleyes:

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

:)

Don't laugh, you'll be old soon.

Time for my soup ...

Gary

[knuckleheader]

Ros forgot to mention that the real finisher was the "Looking for Gary's watch" thing, Could it be here? might it be there? No it's on his wrist :rolleyes:

Osu-EN1

Monty

Thats funny. I remember deliberately forcing myself not to look at The Clock while training.

[Monty]

Monday, Enshin Training

Full Enshin warm up to start with.

20 reps of all Kihon strikes and blocks, each of us had a chair at one point and got a little sit down, then we had to raise our self 1 inch above the chair in Kiba Dachi and do 20 Reps of Shita zuki then we got a little sit down then up again for 20 reps of Hijiata then 20 reps of Shuto uchi oroshi.

Kicks next with a partner proving a target. Was struggling to keep up with the count doing Kakato Otoshi geri, glad I was partnered with Lee who was encouraging me on :)

Two of the black belts got a set of pads each and we all had several goes at the first five moves of our next kata.

Then we did the first five moves to the count.

Finished off with 5 rounds of sparring drills, lower grade attacks for first 30 seconds and higher grade defends/counters then swap roles for the last 30 seconds.

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

:)

Lee has his own unique way of encouraging people ...

Funny how we can always find always find an extra inch here and there when we're being growled at. ;)

Gary

[Monty]

:)

Lee has his own unique way of encouraging people ...



It's the way he chastises himself that scares me ;) At first I thought it was directed at me:eek: then I realised he was talking to himself.

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Training

:D Really enjoyable class tonight.

Quick warm up and then straight into it, from fighting stance straight front punch 20 off each side, reverse punch 20 each side, front hook 20 off each back shovel hook 20 off each side.

Again in fighting stance, push your imaginary opponent back to create space and then mae geri(20 off each side) then similar with mawashi geri.

Oh and there was a grab and Hiza geri thingy as well.

Then the pads came out and we did Front straight punch X 5 into the pads then swap sides and same again, 5 X reverse off each side, 5 X left hook & 5 time right hook, pad man moved slightly to the left or right and we'd do either right or left shovel hook depending on which way he went X 10.

5 x Hiza geri off each side

Push the pad man back and do either Mae geri or mawashi geri depending on what he gives you.

Partnered up and did some defences/take downs against a mae geri. Really glad we do this kind of stuff on a Saturday:) Helped alot with tonights drills.

Got our mitts and pads on and did several (8 or 10) rounds of sparring, managed to get some of the low kicks blocked properly(but not all of them, Ouch! My left thigh is going to hurt in the morning).

Finisher was 2 teams of 5, we had to do 50 burpees between us as quick as possible. I was determined to do more than ten but thought I ought to stop at eleven so everyone could have a go;)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

You're both doing great. I thought you gave Mitch too much space, hence my comments earlier. But you didn't stop trying which was good to see.

AVE IT!

Gary

[sandman]

... but thought I ought to stop at eleven so everyone could have a go;)



Mighty gentlemanly of you Monty! :D

Sounds like a great class :)

[Monty]

You're both doing great. I thought you gave Mitch too much space, hence my comments earlier. But you didn't stop trying which was good to see.

AVE IT!

Gary

Ah yes, Tall and likes to kick! So close him down. I get it now:)

Mitch is a little over zealous for my liking so, much as I'd like to get his Leg and take him over(in a controlled manner, obviously), I found my self just concentrating on avoiding being kicked by him:(

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

I think he's got to find where he is in the grand scheme of things. He was being put down by Paul and kicked around by Declan, so I think he was trying to salvage some dignity.

He'll settle soon, in the meantime back him up a bit. Always dangerous to give a kicker plenty of space.

Gary

[MilkManX]

. Always dangerous to give a kicker plenty of space.

Gary

Yup. I just get right inside and blast em with Shita Zuki then Hiza Geri.

Osu-EN1

[Monty]

Saturday, Enshin Training

Ros got the main write up in her log, As she said it was a tough one today:)

Particularly the 2 minutes of Burpee, Left Mawashi geri, Right Mawashi geri:eek:

Respect to the MMA guys and Gals, 50 lots of two minutes! I'm dead after our 20 Minute bag sessions.

Enjoyed the takedown work, apart from the one where Ros decided to knee me in the back of the head on the way down;)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

If I'd known they were doing that today I'd have volunteered us all to join in. (Make that YOU all)

Personally, I'd have paid a lot to NOT have to do it, but fair play to them.

50 x 2 minute rounds = sore shoulders. :eek:

Gary

[sandman]

Saturday, Enshin Training


Enjoyed the takedown work, apart from the one where Ros decided to knee me in the back of the head on the way down;)



LOL! That was probably her favorite part of it! :D

[Dent]

Osu!


Enjoyed the takedown work, apart from the one where Ros decided to knee me in the back of the head on the way down;)

How did you turn backwards in time? :D

Osu!

[Monty]

Osu!



How did you turn backwards in time? :D

Osu!

It's tricky to do, but I've practiced for hours and can now do this with ease;) :)

[sandman]

Osu!



How did you turn backwards in time? :D

Osu!

It's tricky to do, but I've practiced for hours and can now do this with ease;) :)

Must be an advanced Enshin technique :D

[Monty]

Monday, Enshin Training

Warmed up with some punches and kicks from fighting stance....

10 front lunge punch off left then right, 10 front/reverse punches off left then right, 10 Front/reverse/hook off right then left and then 10 front/reverse/hook/shovel hook off left then right.

10 Hiza geri off left then right, 10 Hiza/Mae geri off left then right, 10 Hiza/Mae/gedan mawashi geri off left and right, 10 Hiza/Mae/Chudan Mawahi geri off left then right and finally 10 Hiza/Mae/Jodan Mawashi geri off left then right.

Proper sweaty by the end of that 10 minutes!

The Mats came out and we made three matted areas, Highest grade on the mat and everyone else taking it in turns to attack with Mae geri, Person "On" had to defend and take down the attacker each person was in the middle for a minute. Same deal but with defending against mawashi geri, ushiro geri, grab/Jodan mawashi geri and grab and hook neck. I was glad we'd done some of this on Saturday so it was fresh in my mind.

Next each person took it in turns to be on the mats for 2 minutes defending against a constant stream of any of the previous attacks.

The finisher was 2 minutes of Burpee then left mawashi geri/right mawashi geri(thanks Joe, next time when given a choice you say 1 Minute ;) )

I then had to be the "Mat Monkey" and get up on top of the door way and have the mats passed up so I could stack them up. I think I might have put the 5th Mat in the wrong way up;)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[sandman]

Osu!

Sounds like another great session Monty.

By the way, whats the difference between a "normal" hook and a shovel hook?

[Monty]

Osu!

Sounds like another great session Monty.

By the way, whats the difference between a "normal" hook and a shovel hook?

Shovel hook is more like an Uppercut.

[MilkManX]

Osu-EN1

Sounds like another fun one. Yeah I use to practice shovel hooks on my bag all the time.

[Monty]

By the way, whats the difference between a "normal" hook and a shovel hook?

Just dawned on me on the drive into the office this morning. I think the reason it's called a shovel hook is because the hand tracks the same trajectory as your back hand would if you were shovelling a load of dirt.

So it starts at the right hip, travles upwards and across the body and ends infront of the left shoulder, with the impact point being somewhere in the middle of the two points.

So I spoke this out loud and got a "Well of course it is" from Ros:o

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUlR_W6FNt4

As above, a 45 degree punch to the floating ribs, solar plexus or liver.

(Anywhere that hurts, basically)

Gary

[sandman]

Now its clear - thanks Monty and Gary! :)

[knuckleheader]

Monday, Enshin Training

Warmed up with some punches and kicks from fighting stance....

10 front lunge punch off left then right, 10 front/reverse punches off left then right, 10 Front/reverse/hook off right then left and then 10 front/reverse/hook/shovel hook off left then right.

10 Hiza geri off left then right, 10 Hiza/Mae geri off left then right, 10 Hiza/Mae/gedan mawashi geri off left and right, 10 Hiza/Mae/Chudan Mawahi geri off left then right and finally 10 Hiza/Mae/Jodan Mawashi geri off left then right.

Proper sweaty by the end of that 10 minutes!

The Mats came out and we made three matted areas, Highest grade on the mat and everyone else taking it in turns to attack with Mae geri, Person "On" had to defend and take down the attacker each person was in the middle for a minute. Same deal but with defending against mawashi geri, ushiro geri, grab/Jodan mawashi geri and grab and hook neck. I was glad we'd done some of this on Saturday so it was fresh in my mind.

Next each person took it in turns to be on the mats for 2 minutes defending against a constant stream of any of the previous attacks.

The finisher was 2 minutes of Burpee then left mawashi geri/right mawashi geri(thanks Joe, next time when given a choice you say 1 Minute ;) )

I then had to be the "Mat Monkey" and get up on top of the door way and have the mats passed up so I could stack them up. I think I might have put the 5th Mat in the wrong way up;)

Osu-EN1

Monty

Well, now we know who handled the mats. BUT! I want to know who cleaned the floor before class:p

[Monty]

Tuesday, Gym Training

I'll let Ros tell you all about it in her log, surfice it to say it was a sweaty one and it worked much better going in with an actual plan of what we were going to acheive. We didn't stick to the plan ;) but it still worked better:)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

BUT! I want to know who cleaned the floor before class

That would be me ...

it worked much better going in with an actual plan of what we were going to acheive

No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy — Field Marshall Helmuth Carl Bernard von Moltke (and others)

I usually start off with an idea of what I want to cover, but when I write things up afterwards I often realise it went to RS.

Gary

[sandman]

I also often end up having to tweak the plan once I get started. But for me, it has been a huge help to sit down ahead of time, think about what I want to accomplish, and put a plan on paper. Then if something comes up - like if someone is using the equipment you needed - its easy to come up with another approach to accomplish the same thing. My training sessions have become far more productive since I started planning them out.

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Training

Started of with a partner, one of you lays face down on the floor whilst the other does a sideways jump over and back then partner gets up and you get down and they jump over and back.

Then we all lined up and did 50(ish) reps of Chudan Tzuki, Ago uchi, Seiken Mawashi Uchi & Shita Tzuki. We then did 50 reps of Jodan Uke, Chudan Soto Nagashi & Gedan Barai but with a twist, all of them were done open handed.

It was a very warm night and the sweat was starting to flow quite freely, and just to make sure it continued that way we did 50 reps of Hiza geri, Kinteki geri & Mae geri. We then partnered up again and did 50 Gedan Mawashi geri and 50 Chudan Mawashi geri using your partner as a target aiming to just touch.

The rest of the session was all kata:D Each move of our grade kata against the padman for 2 minutes for each move.

Then to finish off we partnered up and spent 2 X 2 minutes doing any two of the kata moves against an opponent.

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Sticky one last night. Strange that, I'd planned a 'steady' one but the sweat flowed ...

Gary

[Monty]

We were thinking, we need a "Gary" Dictionary;)

Easy: 1) Adj; Hard, Today is going to be an Easy one. 2) Verb: To Sweat

Sweat: 1) A way of showing Gary that we are working hard enough

Challenging: 1) Adj; Hard

Steady: see Easy

Fun: 1) Adj; A word to describe a easy session that is also challenging and will result in Sweat

Hard: 1) Adj; :eek:

This won't hurt: 1) popular phrase that normally requires qualifying further IE "This won't hurt me! You, however, will be limping for a week"

:D:D

[GJEC]

LMAO

Very, very good.

Gary

[Ros]

You're on form today, dear! PMSL. :D

[Monty]

You're on form today, dear! PMSL. :D

Why thank you kind lady, it must be the weather :)

[sandman]

Thats funny Monty!

Great training session :)

[Hangtime]

I LOL'd (seriously).

[FredInChina]

Great definitions Monty, very appropriate and funny :D - Osu!

[MilkManX]

Nice Monty! LOL!

Osu-EN1

[Dent]

Osu!

Very good, Monty!

And another compliment to Gary. I've been keeping an eye on the rep numbers for the Kihon. There's a wave pattern emerging with the 20's and 50's, combining the technical side with some effort/ endurance work, but not sloppy numbers. (Anyone who's done the 500 Mae Geri as a warm up for each class knows what I mean... :rolleyes: )

Osu!

[Monty]

Friday, Gym Training

I hasten to add that we did have a plan, it was documented, sent to Ros for checking/amending, returned to me and printed. Only to be left on the bloody desk at work:mad:

Beat Ros to the gym again tonight so add 10 Minutes on treadmill to me:)

Then when Ros Finally ;-) got there we did...........

10 Minutes on Cross training machine

1 Minute, three Mawashi geri into the heavy bag trying to get it to the wall and keep it there. Me right leg and Ros Left leg. Swap sides and do another Minute

1 Minute, 1 Mawashi geri going for Height rather than power. Again, Me Left leg and Ros Right leg. Swap sides and do another minute.

2 1/2 mins doing Ushiro geri into the heavy bag

1 Minute alternating Gedan Mawashi geri onto partners legs (like what we did last night)

same again for another minute but this time Chudan


White belt kata to the count
Blue belt kata to the count
Yellow belt kata to the count

It's official, yellow belt kata has taken residence in my brain in the place where white belt kata used to live:(

Yellow belt kata against an opponent

finished off with 1 minute of Burpee/Left Mawashi geri/Right Mawashi geri

Osu-EN1

Monty

[Dent]

Osu!

Monty, you and Ros are going have the material ingrained in a way that most will wish for, but not work for. Good going!

Osu!

[Monty]

Saturday, Martial Arts show Birmingham, Day 1

Left the house bright and early, well 7.45am, and headed over to Solihull to meet one of our karate Buddies from our old style. Arranged to meet in the wetherspoons pub (coz they open at 7am for breakfast). Got to the pub, saw Ryan drive past then waited 15 Mins and he still hadn't arrived!

I happened to look at the sign next to the door that said "Welcome to the Assembly rooms" and though S**t we're in the wrong pub! Caught up ith him eventually though.

Anyhoo, got to the NEC and did the first of the seminars we'd signed up for, "Street effective self defence" with Mr John Skillen.

We worked on Striking from any position, arms folded, leaning against some thing, even from sitting down. Very fun:) looked at power generation as well, rocking slightly forward then backward then firing the hip then the fist. I did feel sorry for the bloke that John decided to demo most of the stuff on coz he kept getting smacked in the face! Peter Consterdine was there as well helping out, I'm kinda glad(but at the same time sad) that he didn't come and help us because Ros's punches were hurting me enough through the pad, I'd hate to think what his would have felt like.

Had a bit of a walk round and watched some demos, Kuk Sool won, chinese water boxing?? & Shastar Vidiya to name a few.

Back to the seminar area for our next one, "Fight Tactics" with Alfie Lewis. I have to admit I wasn't expecting to sweat in these mini seminars but sweat we did! We did a proper warm up, Running, press-ups, stretches etc etc then we did several kumite drills that were a bit to complicated for this boys little brain :( The first one was front punch coming in which you block and counter then reverse punch comes and you block and backfist then reverse punch comes again and you block with the hand that just backfisted and backfist with the one you just blocked with.

Enjoyed the drill where your opponent throws a mawashi geri and you step off and low kick under the leg that's coming towards you and then backfist. Alfie even walked past and said "Well it looks like you two have got that one" :)

Back at the hotel now with a beer and an Internet. Hoping to get on the Peter Consterdine workshop tomorrow.

Osu-EN1

Monty

[MilkManX]

That's cool Monty.

There are no seminars here really...maybe MMA ones but that's about it.

Osu-EN1

[GJEC]

I did feel sorry for the bloke that John decided to demo most of the stuff on coz he kept getting smacked in the face!

Oooooh that's got to sting a bit. He's a big hitter. Even when he just taps you on the jaw you feel it in your knees.

Gary

[Monty]

Sunday, Martial arts show, Day 2

Aren't buffet breakfasts great?

Didn't do much today, only spent a couple of hours at the show before jumping back in the car and driving home.

Did watch an hour Demo by Sean Bowland on Muay Thai, very interesting bloke and an Informative talk.

Started watching Zara Pythian's Team Elements but it was more Dance than Karate so we decided to move along.

Forgot to say yesterday, whilst doing the "Fight tactics" seminar I managed to kick Ros in the thigh:( She hasn't shut up about it all weekend ;) ;)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[Ros]

Forgot to say yesterday, whilst doing the "Fight tactics" seminar I managed to kick Ros in the thigh:( She hasn't shut up about it all weekend ;) ;)


Monty's heel full force, right into the nerve. Shut me right up for a couple of minutes, but yeah, after that I complained about it non-stop! :D

[GJEC]

Glad you had a "fun" weekend!

Did you train with PC?

Gary

[Ros]

Unfortunately not - his seminar wasn't on until late afternoon and we left around lunch time.

[GJEC]

That's a shame. Down to earth and an impact specialist. Another top man IMO.

Gary

[Minas]

Monty's heel full force, right into the nerve. Shut me right up for a couple of minutes, but yeah, after that I complained about it non-stop! :D

LOL :D
I guess nothing can make us women shut up for more then a few minutes :p

[Monty]

Monday, Enshin Training

Ros has the main write up this evening, Lot's of pad work and Cake at the end :) What could be better?

Thought there was meant to be photos taken at the end for the website but they never happened:(

Gary, If you want me to bring my Camera kit on thursday I can set up the tripod and use my new toy(RF Shutter release). It also has a nice sports mode for action shots?

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Somewhat!!

That sounds brilliant. I'd really appreciate that Monty, so we can get some good action shots.

Gary

[Monty]

Tuesday, Home Training

Decided to get the Puzzle mats out and go out into the back garden and do some training(well I suppose Technically Ros decided;))

Did 1 minute rounds of......

Skipping (X2 for Ros and just 1 for me)
Jab/Reverse with left foot forward
Left Mawashi Geri
Right Mawashi Geri (Really got some good smashing of the pads I felt)
Jab/Reverse with Right foot forward
Situps
Left leg Ushiro geri
Rightleg Ushiro geri
The 2 pesky bits of Yellow belt Kata
Burpee/Left Mawashi geri/Right Mawashi geri

Tabata of Fast feet with Squats, Situps, Press Ups & High knees

Osu-EN1

Monty

[MilkManX]

Osu-EN1

Sounds good Monty!

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Training

Ros has the main write up, Today's lesson had some highs and lows for me. I thought my Basics were good today :) but I thought my defending against opponent 1 then opponent 2 then opponent 1 again (and so on) wasn't working well today:(

The conditioning at the end was nasty, Seiken press-ups are not my favourite!

Took some pictures at the end for the Enshin UK web site.

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

We all get highs and lows.

Remember the rule, get home, write notes, then forget about it.

Next session it will just click in and away you go ...

Gary

[Monty]

Remember the rule, get home, write notes, then forget about it.


Done, Done & Done:)

Friday AM!!!! Gym Training

As Ros is off for a Tattoo this morning we thought we'd better do the Gym this AM rather than after work.

Started off by warming up on the Cross Trainer for 10 Mins

then Minute intervals of.....

Jab/Reverse Left leg forward
Jab/Reverse Right leg forward
alternating three mawashi geri with me kicking left leg Ros kicking right
swap sides
Ushiro geri left or right (Starting with back facing the bag)
Ushiro geri left or right (Starting front facing the bag and turning)
Sit-ups

Moved on to a bit of kata

Yellow belt to the count

Yellow belt against an opponent X 2

The two tricky moves against an opponent a few times each

Then it was back to work for me and off for Breakfast for Ros:)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[MilkManX]

Osu-EN1

Yeah the setups for the Ushiro Geri's in the middle of Kiiro are tricky. The final sweep out is the fun part.

Osu-EN1

[Monty]

Saturday, Enshin Training

Ros wasn't with us today so it looked like it was only going to be Me, Gary and Gary's son training today.

Jogging up and down for a minute(I guess) then stopping and doing the normal warm up exercises then jogging then more warm up exercises...

Just as we were finishing the warm up one of the gloucester bunch turned up and joined in.

Started with one person one side of the heavy bag one the other and one behind holding it. Did Left Gedan Mawashi geri then other person did Right Gedan Mawashi geri for 1 Minute(again I'm guessing) then straight into Left Chudan Mawashi geri(for another minute).

Swapped sides and did the same but with Right leg. there were some nice slapping noises coming from the bag today, probably because we weren't wearing leg pads.

Then we each had a go at 1 minute of VB/Left Mawashigeri/Right Mawashi geri.

Did some work on defence against straight punch, Punch comes in and you move/parry/grab the arm and push it away from you(to stop the opponent being able to counter) then hook the neck and rolling throw

The gloucester contingent thought that pulling the arm towards you was better than pushing it away and tried to show Gary the error of his ways :eek:

Then we worked on take downs, Mae geri defence and Mawashi geri defence + takedown. I felt quite good about some of them:)

Finished with ten second sprints(20 second rest) X 6

The main thing I've learnt is don't argue with Gary when he's showing you a technique;)

Osu-EN1

Monty

PS Right then, Off for some Ink.

[GJEC]

The main thing I've learnt is don't argue with Gary when he's showing you a technique

I encourage questions if anyone is unsure of what we're doing, but simply don't understand the point of someone driving for three hours to dispute what I'm teaching :confused:

After all, I leave the house at daft o'clock on a Saturday to escape arguments.

Gary

[Ros]

Sounds like fun! I hate working Saturdays. :(

[FredInChina]

F*** mini babybelI meant to ask you what's your beef with cheese Ros? :D
Osu!

[Ros]

I meant to ask you what's your beef with cheese Ros? :D
Osu!

It's from the film 'Four Lions' - I'll see if I can find a clip. :)

[Dent]

Osu!

It's from the film 'Four Lions' - I'll see if I can find a clip. :)

A polite one, I hope... :)

Osu!

[FredInChina]

It's from the film 'Four Lions' - I'll see if I can find a clip. :)
Ahhh, thank you - a nice (and polite) clip would be nice indeed :)
Osu!

[Ros]

Good job I couldn't find the clip I was looking for! :D Here's a polite clip (in case you don't know, the film is a comedy about inept suicide bombers)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZVfyQyu9RY

[FredInChina]

All right, thanks Ros - Now I have to see this! :D
Osu!

[Monty]

Monday, Enshin Training(York Dojo)

Ros got the main write up, Just wanted to say it was great to train with Sensei Matt and we really appreciate him opening the dojo on a bank holiday for Ros and I :D


Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Matt's a top man!

Glad you enjoyed his session.

Gary

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Training

Great atmosphere at class tonight, the youngsters and the Oldies were back in the one class again tonight(due to the Bank Holiday week).

Started off with a quick warm up that included so kicking whilst holding the wall bars.

Kihon strikes and blocks X 30
Kihon kicks X 20 (including the axe kick that we don't do too often in Kihon)

Partnered up and the adults did Mawashi geri/Ushiro mawashi kake geri X 2 over partners head for 2 minutes then it was the youngsters go, I volunteered to stay up for the second 2 minutes, proper sweaty by the end of that :)

next was push partner away then Ushiro geri then the youngsters did it whilst the oldies(apart from the volunteers) had a rest.

Kata time, yellow belt X 2, one following a black belt then the second with an attacker.

Really enjoyed the next bit, pads came out and so did the cards, depending on what Gary pulled from the pack determined number and technique including Punches, Mae Geri, Mawashi Geri & Hiza geri. Oh and as we didn't show enough sympathy for his foot we had to do a Burpee before each set of techniques:eek: When the joker was drawn it was 5 of each technique. I never knew there was 4 jokers in a pack of cards!!

Finished off with some sparring, oh and being a moving punch bag for the kids:eek:

Osu-EN1

Monty

[Ros]

You've missed a bit:

with partner, grab left sleeve (bring right leg back) and jodan mawashi geri, then grab right sleeve (bring left leg back) and jodan mawashi geri

Then as above but preceded by hook, hiza geri to left side then hook, hiza geri to right side

:)

[GJEC]

Cracking effort tonight from everyone.

My comments at the end: Every club needs a small hardcore of members that are there regularly pushing each other along. We had one for years (Paul Steve Declan Matt Giv et al) but the last few years - as some have moved - it's not really been there.

Tonight I could see the next group emerging, pushing each other along.

I felt energised when I went home, and optimistic. Cracking!

Gary

[MilkManX]

Osu-EN1

Awesome.

I feel like at times I am with you guys!

[Mitch]

Osu-EN1

Awesome.

I feel like at times I am with you guys!

You'd love it. Watching people like Ros and Monty train is a pleasure. :)

Osu!

Mitch

[FredInChina]

(...) Every club needs a small hardcore of members that are there regularly pushing each other along.(...)
Interestingly, a company needs that too before it can produce results. :)
I discovered that the hard way...
Osu!

[Monty]

You've missed a bit:

with partner, grab left sleeve (bring right leg back) and jodan mawashi geri, then grab right sleeve (bring left leg back) and jodan mawashi geri

Then as above but preceded by hook, hiza geri to left side then hook, hiza geri to right side


Oh yeah, and after we were discussing which order we did stuff in aswell !!


You'd love it. Watching people like Ros and Monty train is a pleasure. :)


Thanks Mitch:D

I felt energised when I went home, and optimistic. Cracking!

:D:D

[Monty]

Friday, Gym Training

Pheew it's a hot one hear today! Just the sort of weather for going to the gym and sweating like a piggy:)

I was a bit early getting there so squeezed in a quick 5 mins on the treadmill, Ros joined me and we did 10 Mins on the Cross-Trainer.

Moved onto the mats and did White, Blue & Yellow belt Kata to the count then Yellow belt against an opponent.

Grabbed a kick shield and we took it in turns to spend an amount of time working on Ushiro geri.

2 sets each of 1 Minute of Burpee, Left Mawashi geri, Right Mawashi geri

Sit-ups X 1 Minute

Playing with what we did last night(that i forgot all about in the write up) we did a minute each of moving off line to the left and doing a Right Mawashi geri then moving off line to the right and doing a Left Mawashi geri

1 minute of Mawashi geri/Ushiro Mawashi Kake geri over partners head.

Finished with a Tabata of running on the spot whilst punching the bag(I have to admit that a) Ros had to force me to do this and b) I had to stop the running and just punch for a couple of the sets:()

Didn't go on the weights again, people just get in the way! Need to find another way of building up our strength.

Osu-EN1

Monty

[MilkManX]

This is alot of what I am basing my current training around.

http://www.rosstraining.com/nevergymless.html

Osu-EN1

[FredInChina]

This is alot of what I am basing my current training around.

http://www.rosstraining.com/nevergymless.html

Osu-EN1
Great book! :)
Osu!

[Monty]

This is alot of what I am basing my current training around.

http://www.rosstraining.com/nevergymless.html

Osu-EN1

Thanks, i'll have a look:)

[FredInChina]

Thanks, i'll have a look:)
Hey Monty, if you speak to Gary, he may have it; I know he is a fan of Ross Enamait and is using Infinite Intensity for his own training (and yours too ;)).
if he doesn't, you can purchase it and form a coop with Gary... :D

Osu!

[Monty]

Saturday, Enshin Training

Ros has ran off to have a shower at her Mum's house (ok it's only 2 seconds across the garden but hey) so it falls to me to do the main write up again.

Warmed up on the bags, there were three of us (plus Gary) so it was Ros holding the bag whilst Rik and I did front/reverse/uppercut punch for a minute, then Rik held the bag while Ros and I did the same(but swapped sides) then I held the bag. Ros managed to miss the bag and land an uppercut right in my ribs:eek: and there was a strange noise that came from me:(

Did the same again but this time with Mawashi geri.

Then we spent some time working on defending against kicks. Blocking the kick, sticking in a punch then grabbing and Hiza geri then taking your opponent down. One person was "On" and the other two took it inturns to attack.

Again it was defence against kicks but now we were free to defend in any way we wanted. Trying to finish off for a three pointer each time.

Then it was defence against any technique and, again, going for the three pointer.

Finished off with gary showing us some Strength training we could do on the free weights. 5 reps (lowest weight), 4 reps (middle weight), 3 reps (Heaviest weight), 3 reps (Middle weight) and then 3 reps (lowest weight). As Gary put it, there's certainly lots of room for improvement with us :(

Osu-EN1

Monty

[FredInChina]

(...) Ros managed to miss the bag (...)

Oh yeah?! :rolleyes:

"We have a strong and resilient economy"
"I did not have sex with this woman"
"The subprime crisis is contained"

(...)

You've just made the top 10! :D:D
Must be an Anglo Saxon gig...

Osu!

[Ros]

I have another one for the top ten Fred, but it's too rude! :D

[GJEC]

As Gary put it, there's certainly lots of room for improvement with us

That's exciting though! When you start strength training you feel the benefits almost immediately.

It adds a dig to your strikes and makes you harder to pull around, so for a fairly modest investment of time, say 2 x 20 minutes a week, you gain a lot.

Gary

[Monty]

That's exciting though! When you start strength training you feel the benefits almost immediately.

It adds a dig to your strikes and makes you harder to pull around, so for a fairly modest investment of time, say 2 x 20 minutes a week, you gain a lot.

Gary

Yes, it is exciting :).

[GJEC]

A good though basic start is what Dan John refered to as the "Southwood" program.

Power cleans

Overhead presses

Front squats

Bench press

All 8. 6. 4.

12 sets in about 12 minutes. You'll need a little coaching on the power cleans which I'm happy to do should you wish ...

Gary

[Monty]

A good though basic start is what Dan John refered to as the "Southwood" program.

Power cleans

Overhead presses

Front squats

Bench press

All 8. 6. 4.

12 sets in about 12 minutes. You'll need a little coaching on the power cleans which I'm happy to do should you wish ...

Gary

Yes, Please.

[GJEC]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYKHa9pfelU&feature=channel

Here's a good vid. One of the best exercises IMO

Gary

[FredInChina]

Yes, Please.
Osu Monty,
Gary had some KBs to sell since he bought the competition ones.
If you are lucky, they might still be there... :)

Osu!

[GJEC]

They're long gone.

As the KB's need a bit more skill (if they're not going to bite) I'd always recommend barbell/dumbell work as a foundation. They teach a bit of balance, strengthen the core and connective tissues and prepare the body for more ballistic work.

Gary

[Ros]

Thanks for the workout and vid, Gary. My ankle's not very happy when I try and do squats (either arse sticks out or heel has to lift off the floor a bit) so I might have to replace with something else.

[GJEC]

No problem. I've got a range of evil exercises ...

Knowledge is power
Power corrupts
Educate yourself
Be Evil :)

Gary

[Monty]

No problem. I've got a range of evil exercises ...

Knowledge is power
Power corrupts
Educate yourself
Be Evil :)

Gary

LOL, I like that :)

[MilkManX]

Thanks for the workout and vid, Gary. My ankle's not very happy when I try and do squats (either arse sticks out or heel has to lift off the floor a bit) so I might have to replace with something else.

If you lift both heals you should be okay. They call that typically a "Hindu" Squat. Not really recommended with weights but as a bodyweight squat it works well.

Osu-EN1

[Monty]

Monday, Enshin Training

Ros has the main write up for tonight.

Exhausting class tonight, the chasing each other up and down the dojo was bad enough but the circuit of techniques was horrible:eek:

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

You did well!

Bet you were hoping for something easy like burpee / double kicks, no?

Gary