Monty's training journal

[GJEC]

Glad you're feeling better -

Hope I didn't give you any bugs on Saturday ...

Gary

[Ros]

Hope I didn't give you any bugs on Saturday ...


Ha ha, thankfully I didn't have any GI issues.

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin training

Ros has done the main write up. I got out of my work colleagues car at 6.35pm walked into the house, turned round and walked straight back out again and got straight into our car to go off for training.

Spent the last two days up in Liverpool for work. Got back totally knackered so I wasn't one of the eight who stayed behind to spar(although I obviously had to stay behind and wait for Ros).

[Mitch]

Thursday, Enshin training

Ros has done the main write up. I got out of my work colleagues car at 6.35pm walked into the house, turned round and walked straight back out again and got straight into our car to go off for training.

Spent the last two days up in Liverpool for work. Got back totally knackered so I wasn't one of the eight who stayed behind to spar(although I obviously had to stay behind and wait for Ros).

2 days in Liverpool should have left you ready for any kind of sparring :D

Mitch

[GJEC]

The sparring is optional Monty, so you did the right thing. I don't want people doing it if they've (how did Ros describe it? Oh yeah) shot their bolt, that's when injuries happen.

Gary

[Ros]

The sparring is optional Monty, so you did the right thing.

...and I promise I didn't rip the p**s out of him, honest! :D

[Monty]

Friday, Gym Training

Hit the gym for the first time this week:)

10 Minutes cross trainer

then 1 minute rounds of....

Front/Reverse/Uppercut Left leg front

Front/Reverse/UppercutUppercut Right leg front

Sit ups

Mawashi geri/Ushiro mawashi kake geri with partner hold sabaki pad as a target

same again but with the extra mawashi geri on the end like green belt kata

Hit what the padman gives you

Burpee/right mawashi geri/left mawashi geri

Green belt kata
Yellow belt kata
Blue belt kata
White belt kata

Did the drills we did last saturday, springing forward and grabbing partner and Mawashi geri then similar but with Hiki Mawashi and Hiza geri

Finished off with some Mae geri defense/takedowns

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Good stuff Monty!

Hope you're back to your usual levels of energy.

Gary

[Last_Empire]

Have you got the hang of the new green belt kata?

[Monty]

Good stuff Monty!

Hope you're back to your usual levels of energy.

Gary

I'm up bright and early after a good nights sleep so I feel back to normal :) I suppose we'll find out in about an hour an a halfs time ;)

Have you got the hang of the new green belt kata?

I wouldn't say got the hang of it, If you said talk me through each move I could describe it too you but it's now a case of putting that into practise. I couldn't talk you through the attacks though and knowing them greatly helps learning the kata itself.

[Last_Empire]

If you said talk me through each move I could describe it too you but it's now a case of putting that into practise. I couldn't talk you through the attacks though and knowing them greatly helps learning the kata itself.

Thats more knowledge right there, then i have in 98% of my katas ^_^

[GJEC]

Good effort today Monty!

We'll be working a lot on maintaining composure leading up to Lee's test and the IESC for Ros, so it was great to see that in evidence today.

Gary

[Monty]

Saturday, Enshin Training

Well, that was quite horrible! But in a good way :D

Started off with 20 Minutes of bag work, Long distance, Short distance, 10 kicks, moving round and Cross over situps. Gary suggested that if I didn't want to do the cross-over situps I could do star situps(eg: arms and legs outstretched bringing right fingers to left toes) For some strange reason I thought "Yeah, That'll be easier", It wasn't:eek:

Ooh, and the lifting the rear leg seems to have been sorted:)

Then we did a three man drill with one person on and the other taking it inturn to attack. Trying to get flowing defence and takedowns and trying to keep attacker one in the path of attacker two.

Three rounds each of this for the three of us. Particularly knackering as I keep having to get up off my arse when the others had put me on it:)

next was kata, White, Blue and Yellow no count. We attempted green with no count but it wasn't good so we reverted back to "by the numbers". I then had a go(badly, really badly) at brown belt kata.

Finished with three minutes in the style of tabata.

[Ros]

jealousjealousjealousME! :)

[MJH]

The way I try and stay on top of the katas is to think of them as counters to attacks straight from the start, you can get very flat footed if you are not thinking about what's coming as well as what you are going to do. This i guess is the basis of sabaki, very counter attacking.

Osu

[GJEC]

Spot on!

If you visualise the attacker in every move you hard wire the responses much quicker.

Gary

[Monty]

Monday, Dojo Training

Ros has done the main write up of tonight. Really enjoyed tonight, especially the kata and, within that, especially my Yellow belt kata. I felt that had there been an opponent infornt of me the techniques would have been right on target :)

I must say that Ros did amazing in that last excercise, I was glad I was in the Holding back role rather than the being held back and having to do stuff role ;)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[sandman]

Monday, Dojo Training

I must say that Ros did amazing in that last excercise, I was glad I was in the Holding back role rather than the being held back and having to do stuff role ;)

Osu-EN1

Monty

I'm sure your time is coming! :eek:

:D

[GJEC]

I'm sure your time is coming!

Shhhhh! It'll be a surprise for him ...

Gary

[MJH]

Osu

Trying to attack with someone holding you back is not just exhausting it's demoralizing too...it's horrible you want to hit the person holding you back as much as the opponent in front!!

[Dent]

Osu!

Shhhhh! It'll be a surprise for him ...

you want to hit the person holding you back as much as the opponent in front!!

And in Ros' case, I don't think Monty will be too surprised when she does turn and charge him! :D

Osu!

[GJEC]

it's horrible you want to BITE the person holding you back as much as the opponent in front!!


Welcome to my world!

(Nobby, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, aged 4 and 3/4)

[Monty]

Tuesday, Gym Training

Normal 10 minutes on the cross trainer to warm up.

1 Minute rounds of....

alternating Mawashi geri into long bag. Ros left leg me right leg.
Hit what ever the pad man gives you.
Right leg forward: Front, Reverse, Shovel.
Left leg forward: Front, Reverse, Shovel.
Sit-ups(I think I spied that Ros was doing cross over situps but I didn't want to seem too interested. She might have expected me to do them too;)).
Mawashi geri/Ushiro mawashi kake geri over squatting partner.
Russian Twists.
Burpee, Right Mawashi geri, Left Mawashi geri.

Green belt kata twice then Yellow then Blue.

Gary got there (thanks again for coming down Gary:)) and showed us some more stuff to do on the free weights. Even without any actual weights on the bar I found the thrusters pretty exhausting:eek:

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

You're very welcome. The clean/front squat/thruster is a nice little finisher to a skill session that will groove in good form on the individual lifts.

Don't do too many though, the stabilisers tire out fairly quickly ...

Gary

[Monty]

Thursday, Dojo Training

A deceptively nasty one tonight......

Started off with the full Enshin warm up.

Then it was three rounds of jogging round the dojo trying to get behind someone and tap them on the back.

Lined up and did 10 or 20 reps of some of the kihon strikes and blocks, then some of the kicks but done slightly differently, all done from zenkutso dachi.

Partnered up and did Mawashi geri/Ushiro mawashi kake geri X2 over squatting partners head, then similar but 2 kicks rather than 4.

Did a drill of three punches, hiki mawashi, hiza geri, mawashi geri

The pads came out and we did 3 lots of 10 Press-ups, get up and do lots of punches for an amount of time(possibly 20 Seconds)

some of the lower grades(including me) then had to hold the pads whilst the black belts did the same, I would have encouraged Declan to hit harder but he was doing just fine without ;)

3 rounds of 10 resisted squats followed by a sprint up and down the dojo.

Partnered up again and did some sparring drill with one person attacking for the first 30 seconds then switch roles then alternating for the last 30 seconds. The youngsters got up and picked a senior to partner and we did the same again but the last 30 seconds was them kicking and punching the senior as hard as possible. The little lad I partnered was laughing at the end and told me that my Tummy was all "Bony":D. I'm taking this to mean that it was hard because I was tensing it:)

6 of us stayed on and did some sparring:)

[Ros]

The little lad I partnered was laughing at the end and told me that my Tummy was all "Bony":D.

Sure he didn't say wobbly? :p:D

[GJEC]

A deceptively nasty one tonight......

I aim to please, but if that's not possible to at least make it challenging.

(possibly 20 Seconds)

Sorry Monty, only 10 but it probably felt like 20 ...

Ros looked good tonight. More than holding her own now and peaking up nicely. By next month she'll be ready to do some damage. (All in a sporting way of course)

Gary

[Ros]

Ros looked good tonight. More than holding her own now and peaking up nicely. By next month she'll be ready to do some damage. (All in a sporting way of course)


Thanks Gary. Felt pretty good too - it's great to have something to work towards and I'm definitely feeling far better about my ability now.

Let's hope we haven't seized up in the morning as we're planning an early gym session!

[MilkManX]

Osu-EN1

Sounds good guys!

[sandman]

Good stuff Monty :)

[GJEC]

Thanks Gary. Felt pretty good too

Brilliant - especially after a tiring session.

Imagine how great you'll feel on the day. Training will have been tapered off, you'll have had a good breakfast and you'll feel rested and good to go.

'AVE IT!

Gary

[MJH]

Osu
:p
No Monty I think Declan needs all the encouragement he can get at his age!!!!

[Dent]

Osu!

Imagine how great you'll feel on the day. Training will have been tapered off, you'll have had a good breakfast and you'll feel rested and good to go.

Is there a specific event you're preparing them for, Gary?

Osu!

[GJEC]

European Sabaki Challenge coming up at the end of October. Ros is entered already and looking good.

Gary

[MJH]

Osu Ros

Give em hell!!

And remember train hard fight easy!

[Last_Empire]

Wow go ros!

[sandman]

Awesome! 'Ave it Ros! :)

[Dean]

Respect to you Ros. I am sure you will enjoy it and learn a lot from the experience.

[sandman]

So where does the tournament take place? Is there a website with details?

[Dent]

Osu!

European Sabaki Challenge coming up at the end of October. Ros is entered already and looking good.

Great!

Looking forward to more reading about it, Ros!

Osu!

[GJEC]

It's in Freiburg Sandman late October. Brief details at www.enshin.de

Gary

[FredInChina]

WOW Ros!
Nice... :):cool:


Monty? :rolleyes:

Osu!

[sandman]

Freiburg - nice! Make sure to plan some time poking around the city - its a nice one :)

[Hangtime]

Ah, so I didn't miss anything, I just hadn't poked around enough, lol.

Great Ros!! Again, best of luck!

[Last_Empire]

I hope we can get some visual of this!

[Ros]

Thanks, everyone. :)

I think Monty will be on recording fight duty, so there will surely be some footage afterwards...whether I let him show it is another story! ;)

[MilkManX]

Osu-EN1

That is awesome ROS!!

Monty! I want some good video!!

Osu-EN1

[Monty]

Monday, Enshin Training

Warmed up doing the following in line

Front, Reverse punch
Front, Reverse, Shovel hook
Front, Reverse, Shovel hook, Hiza geri, Mawashi geri
Front, Reverse, Shovel hook, Hiza geri, Mawashi geri, Sweep, Reverse punch(to downed opponent)

Then the pads came out and we did the last set of techniques but with an actual opponent

Next we changed the single leg sweep to a double legged sweep

Finally we changed the double legged sweep to a different single legged sweep

The mats came out and we spent the last section with one person "On" defending and countering against various attacks

This got me thinking back to the first time we trained with the mats down, Doing the same defence against a grab & high round house kick, as the opponent starts the kick you counter grab, turn into the opponent, pull on the grabbing arm, push their opposite shoulder and sweep their supporting leg. I don't think I managed to get it to work once:(

This time however most of them worked(some better than others but ...)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

This time however most of them worked

IMPROVEMENT! That's what it's all about. You and Ros were both throwing well.

Gary

[FredInChina]

(...) You and Ros were both throwing well.
Good Work Monty :)
Osu!

[Monty]

IMPROVEMENT! That's what it's all about. You and Ros were both throwing well.

Gary

Thanks.

I (as I assume most people) find it tricky to judge inprovement in oneself.

[MilkManX]

Very true Monty.

I was discussing this with another student who is now 2nd Kyu.

I told him to look at the 5th Kyu and remind him that was us not so long ago.

Osu-EN1

[Monty]

Tuesday, Gym Training

Tried to time it right and get there at the same time as Ros but managed to mis-judge it again. So add 10 Minutes on the treadmill for me:)

then when Ros got there it was...

10 Mins on Cross Trainer

1 Minute rounds of.....

Front, Reverse, Shovel - Left leg forward
Front, Reverse, Shovel - Right leg forward
Sit-ups
Right Knee Heavy bag
Left Knee Heavy bag
Russian Twists
Mawashi geri into heavy bags

Got changed into our Gis and did......

Sweeps we worked on yesterday(with varying degrees of sucess ranging from bad to ****)

High Mawashi geri defence

Grab defence(where I turned into a punch bag for Ros)

Alternating attacks on each other

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Grab defence(where I turned into a punch bag for Ros)

Sooner you than me Monty, she's hitting hard now.

Trained with LW today:

LW "You make those sweeps look easy"

GC "They ARE easy"

LW "How do you get them like that"

GC "Practise till you're sick of doing them"

LW "That's it?"

GC "Yeah - it's that easy"

Gary

[Ros]

[B]
GC "Practise till you're sick of doing them"


Today that would have been about 10 minutes then! :D

I had great fun whacking Monty hard (and I got him to punch me a bit too) and bambambam felt like it was coming in well too. :)

[GJEC]

Today that would have been about 10 minutes then!

LOL

Not quite what I had in mind. The first ten years are probably the worst ...

Gary

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Training

Ros was meant to be doing the write up but:

a) she's a lazy cow(she told me to put that)
b) She felt a bit poo so went to bed

Full Enshin warm up to start

Got into groups of three and did 10 seconds on 20 seconds rest X 2 of

Fast feet
High knees
Tuck jumps

Lined up and did varing reps of all Kihon strikes, blocks and kicks

Partnered up and did some kicking drills.

First was standing side to side stepping up and mawashi geri off the front foot aiming for the partners face(with their hands just infront of it ).

Next was Mae geri off the back leg partner kushus(sp?) back to avoid then they kick and you kushu back and so on. We did this one twice with different partners.

Kata was next and we did Yellow belt twice, white belt once and exercises when the others were doing a kata we didn't know.

The pads came out and we did some Three punch, Hiki mawashi, hiza geri then we did the same but with a Mawashi geri on the end as well. Felt that my Hiza geri and Mawashi geri were nice and powerful tonight :)

bit of sparring at the end for those who wanted to.

Osu-EN1

Monty

[MilkManX]

Sounding good Monty!



Osu-EN1

[sandman]

Good stuff Monty :)

[GJEC]

Monty

Yeah, I noticed them going in nicely!

Ros

Hope you feel better soon. A nice relaxing weekend I hope!

Gary

[Ros]

A nice relaxing weekend I hope!


Does that mean no raucous behaviour that I might be ashamed of in the morning, then? ;):)

[GJEC]

LOL

I think that's asking a bit too much. But you mentioned URTI last night (and I'm a world expert on them) so a bit of a break from hard graft might help.

Gary

[Ros]

But you mentioned URTI last night (and I'm a world expert on them) so a bit of a break from hard graft might help.


Yes, I think so too. In fact I might pack Monty off to the hotel gym early on Saturday morning while I snuggle up in bed with a coffee and a book. :)

[Monty]

Yes, I think so too. In fact I might pack Monty off to the hotel gym early on Saturday morning while I snuggle up in bed with a coffee and a book. :)

I like that idea, I just have 2 changes to make.......

1) Change Saturday Morning to Friday Evening

2) Change Gym to Bar

;)

[Ros]

LOL

...and if that change comes about, I will be changing coffee and a book for something else! :p:D

[Monty]

We've been down at the BKK British Open this weekend, Great to meet some of the K4Lers :)

I've got 495 photos to sort through.

Didn't stay out long last night as Ros was feeling ill, so I left her in bed this morning and went to check out the gym.......

Sunday, Gym Training

10 Minutes on the Treadmill

10 Minutes on the Arc Trainers

Move onto the free weights and did 5 X 5 Reps of

Cleans

Presses

Thrusters

Then went and got Ros and went for a nice cooked breakfast :) :)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Good effort.

Ros - hope you're feeling better soon.

Top tip - drive back in daylight if you can. Nightmare last night, raining so hard the wipers couldn't keep up and surface spray was ridiculous ...

See you Monday!

Gary

[Monty]

Good effort.

Ros - hope you're feeling better soon.

Top tip - drive back in daylight if you can. Nightmare last night, raining so hard the wipers couldn't keep up and surface spray was ridiculous ...

See you Monday!

Gary

Thanks for the tip, gonna drop senshido and wullie off at the airport then we're heading back. It's not raining at the moment but I'm sure that won't last long.

[sandman]

Sounds like a great day Monty, except for the part about Ros feeling sick - hope she feels better soon :)

[FredInChina]

Osu,

Good to hear you had a good time & I hope the breakfast puts Ros back on her feet.
Please say hello to Wullie & Lain for me & be prudent on the drive back...
Glad Gary made it in spite of nightmarish conditions. :)

Ave It!

[GJEC]

Glad Gary made it in spite of nightmarish conditions.

Annoying thing was, I missed the party as I had an early start next day taking the boys to football and Rugby matches. They were cancelled due to waterlogged pitches :mad: so I could have stayed and had a beer.

Oh well, here's to December.

Gary

[FredInChina]

(...) Rugby matches (...) were cancelled due to water (...)
It lost its empire last century, but this one does not seem to start well for Great Britain... :rolleyes:
Tuscany is looking better by the day... ;)

Osu!

[GJEC]

LOL

I think it's elf n safety again. If the scrum collapses in three inches of mud the hooker and the props will drown. Can't see why the footie got cancelled though, although I must admit staying indoors today and doubling up on the dinner was a better option.

Gary

[Monty]

Monday, Enshin Training

Ros has done the main write up.

I think a time/space anomily must have passed through the dojo tonight. Gary mentioned after we'd finished the kicks and were all sweating like pigs that we'd only been going for 16 Mins and had 1 hour 14 to go. He then mentioned we'd got an hour to go. Next thing I knew we had 5 Minutes left and we were doing Tabata:)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Time flies when you're having fun!

Good effort, no great effort, no tremendous ef ...

I'm a happy man as I'm running out of superlatives.

Gary

[Dent]

Osu!

Time flies when you're having fun!


Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

;)

Osu!

[FredInChina]

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Osu Sensei

:confused::confused::confused:

There must be a hidden message in that one, but what??
Think bunkai? :rolleyes:

Osu!

[sandman]

Osu!



Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.



Osu!

Osu Sensei

:confused::confused:

There must be a hidden message in that one, but what??
Think bunkai? :rolleyes:

Osu!

Try it this way:

Fruitflies like a banana

;)

[FredInChina]

(...) Fruitflies like a banana
:D
Gotcha!
:D
Thanks
osu!

[Monty]

Tuesday, Gym training

Made it to the gym after work to do a quick session, still ended up being an hour by the time we'd finished:)

Warmed with 10 mins on the treadmill

put our Gis on and moved onto the mats with our sabaki pads and did some of the drills from last night...

Front, reverse, shovel of both left and right

same again but adding a hiki mawashi and hiza geri

then added a mawashi geri on the end as well

Mae geri, inside low kick, knee to the face

finished off with several goes at Green belt kata

Osu-EN1

Monty

[Dent]

Osu!

Try it this way:

Fruitflies like a banana

You're making my job as Mr Miyagi much harder, Sandman! :cool:

:D

Osu!

[FredInChina]

(...) You're making my job as Mr Miyagi much harder, Sandman!(...)
oooops!
Back at mowing the lawn with chopsticks... :o

:D
Osu!

[sandman]

Side - side Fred! Not up - down! ;)

[Dent]

Osu!

Side - side Fred! Not up - down!

Me: Right, Fred, it's time to paint the fence around the property.

Fred: Um, but there isn't a fence around the property?!

Me: :cool:

http://earth.bao.ac.cn/herschel/workshop2007/picture/greatwall3.jpg

Fred: :eek:

:D

Osu!

[FredInChina]

LOL - well played Dent!
Me: Right, Fred, it's time to paint the fence around the property (...)
You can only be in one of 4 places: IN - OUT - AROUND - IN BETWEEN :)

Both sides? ...the paint!
:confused:
Osu!

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Training

Quick warm up to start then straight into Kihon Strikes and blocks. Started with 30 reps of each then settled at 20 :)

Did a kicking combo of Hiza geri, Mae geri, Yoko geri, Ushiro geri & Mawashi geri 4 sets of 50 kicks.

Then it was Mawashi geri & Ushiro mawashi kake geri(but not over a partners head this time)

partnered up and did 1 minute(or was it 1 & 1/2) of.....

Side step up and mawashi geri off the front leg at partners head
Mae geri as partner Kyushus back
Quick mawashi geris

Then we did some sparring drills with alternating attacks and sabaki defences

Finished with some light sparring

8 of us stayed behind and did some heavier contact sparring:)

Felt a bit wobbly at one point and wasn't sure if I was going to do the "afters" sparring but it passed quite quickly:)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[MilkManX]

Nice work!

Sounds like a crack open some beers after training night to me.

:D

Osu-EN1

[GJEC]

Felt a bit wobbly at one point

You hid that well!

Another good effort Monty, it's all coming good now.

Gary

[Monty]

You hid that well!



It was just as you said put your pads on, that gave me the rest I needed:) I must have a kind face because it's very rare that a Junior won't grab me when they have to pick an Adult to work with. I kept hoping I would be one of the spare adults but no such luck. I even tried hiding behind someone else but still managed to get picked :(

[Monty]

Friday, Gym Training

Quick session today.

Warmed up with 10 Mins on the treadmill and 5 Mins on the rower

Then we just did weights, cleans, presses, Front squats(aborted due to my back feeling like it was just about to go) and Bench presses.

[meguro]

I I even tried hiding behind someone else but still managed to get picked :(

Does this happen in nightclubs too?:D

[Monty]

Does this happen in nightclubs too?:D

Unfortunately not :( Well not anymore anyway :( Well it never did actually ;)

[Hangtime]

Well not anymore anyway :(

Ummm...
Well it never did actually ;)

...Smart man :D

OSU!

[Ros]

Don't worry Hangtime, for a few years when we were younger we used to hang around in a similar circle, so if I ever need any ammo I've already got plenty. :D

[Monty]

Monday, Enshin Training

Quick warm up followed by a sort of shadow sparring drill wher you were either a) Moving round in fighting stance or b) Doing defence and counters then we'd do 5 second burst of all out attacking

Sweat was flowing well by the end of the third go through :)

Partnered up and did three rounds with one person holding the pads whilst the other did an attack combination. Like we did on saturday it was up to the attacker when they went for it and you we were concentrating on each set being consistently strong.

Still in pairs, we moved on to 5 sets of five Mawashi geri (off each leg) each set the pads were moved up an inch or two until the kick lost power.

Kata next: White, Blue, Yellow X 2 & Green X2

Padded up, got into threes and did some sparring drills. One person "On" and the other two taking it inturns to attack.

Finished off with 2 minutes of sprint for 6 seconds rest for 9.

Another session where the time flew by:)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Another session where the time flew by

Weird that!

I planned less volume tonight but better quality. Everyone looked tired at the finish and I was impressed by the impact and self-discipline. People were really going for it.

More is not better. Better is better.

Gary

[MilkManX]

Sounds awesome.

Pretty much how our Sat session was too. Fast and sweaty.

:D

Osu-EN1

[sandman]

Pretty much how our Sat session was too. Fast and sweaty.



Are you still talking about training? :confused:

:D

[MilkManX]

:p

Silly Sandman!!


Osu-EN1

[Ros]

Are you still talking about training? :confused:

:D

:p

Silly Sandman!!


Naughty Sandman! :o

[Hangtime]

teehee...

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Training

It should be Ros's write up but due to a) going for a beer after training and b) Ros being very busy at work I'm gonna do it....

Started off with a full Enshin warm up then it was Various(mostly 30 but some were 10 and some were 60(I think)) reps of all the Kihon strikes, blocks and kicks. My legs felt super heavy last night so I wasn't liking my kicks much :(

Next we partnered up and did minute rounds of....

Move to the outside shoulder, grab and do Jodan mawashi geri.

Hiki Mawashi and Hiza geri.

Then the pads came out and we did 2 minute rounds working on the first four moves of our grade kata against an opponent.

Now I know there was something else we did at this point but I can't for the life of me remember what it was...

Got into three's, one person held the pads whilst the other pair took it in turns to do burpee, left mawashi geri, right mawashi geri

There was a bit of a wager occured at this point, MJH and Wilk tried to do 78 sets of the above between them(in two minutes), had they succeeded Gary would have been running round Loughborough naked :eek:

Next we did Green belt kata

Partnered up again and did 20 reps of...

Partner sits on the floor, your feet are under their thighs and they hold onto you behind the calfs (Calves?), you sit down, do a sit up and then stand up again.

Partner holds you in a wheel barrow position and you do press-ups

Seven of us stayed behind and did some sparring. Ros got me with a cracking Hiki mawashi, Hiza geri, Mawashi geri combo:)

And then we went to the pub.......

Osu-EN1

Monty

[MJH]

Osu osu

Hows the leg Monty?

..we nearly had him!!!:p

Matt

[Monty]

Hows the leg Monty?


It became un-deaded by the time the second pint had been drank :)

[FredInChina]

Osu osu

Hows the leg Monty?

..we nearly had him!!!:p

Matt
Wow, that's under 2 sec for each burpee/kick... impressive!

Osu!

[sandman]

Wow, that's under 2 sec for each burpee/kick... impressive!

Osu!

Not nearly as impressive as the sight of Gary running naked through Loughborough :eek:

:D

[MJH]

Wow, that's under 2 sec for each burpee/kick... impressive!

Osu!

Osu

Think we managed 60 maybe nxt time if we dont do it twice before we may stand a chance!!:)

[Ros]

Think we managed 60 maybe nxt time if we dont do it twice before we may stand a chance!!:)

I'm sure Gary looked very slightly worried at one point! :D

[sandman]

I'm sure Gary looked very slightly worried at one point! :D

LOL! He was about to be given another chance to prove to his neighbors that he's off his rocker. He was worried that the Litvi sprints down the street wasn't convincing enough :D

[GJEC]

I think rolling my tyre naked through the market place with a 32kg KB dragging behind me kicking up sparks and tied to my dangly bits would just about clinch it ...

Gary

[Monty]

I think rolling my tyre naked through the market place with a 32kg KB dragging behind me kicking up sparks and tied to my dangly bits would just about clinch it ...

Gary

Yep, that would definitely make it onto the front cover of "The Echo" ;)

[sandman]

PMSL!!! Yep, that'd just about do it! :D

[Ros]

Write your own headline! :D

[MilkManX]

LMMFAO!

What a nice friday laugh.

Please if that ever happens get a pic.

Osu-EN1

[MJH]

Please everyone stop it! I feel bad enough that I failed all of you!!


Osu!

[Monty]

Saturday, Enshin Training

I have the honour of doing the write up again today as Ros has dropped me off at home so she can go into the lab and continue with the trial stuff she'd doing for work.

Normal Rossy write ups will resume next week.

Being a man of his word, Gary told us it was goinf to be a F******** Horrible one today and it was:eek:

We started off with 20 minutes on the bags but with a difference. Normally we do varying amounts of time doing.....

Close range: Punches/Elbows/Knees
Long range : Kicks
Excercise : Situps or cross over situps
Max 5 : 5 Kicks of one leg
Moving: Moving round the gym practising sabaki movement

But today was .......

Close range: Press Ups(5 or 3 or 2) then Punches/Elbows/Knees
Long range : Squats X 3 then Kicks
Excercise : Cross over situps
Max 5 : 5 Kicks of each leg
Moving :Grab the nearest person to you and try and pull them round the gym also attempting to take them over

By the end my punches were barely moving the bag(although the shovel hook still seemed to be effective :))

Gary offered anyone who could take their opponent down in the last 4 minutes the option to have a rest and not complete the remaining time. Guess what? Ros managed to take me over! Guess what else? She refused the rest and carried on with the rest of us:)

Next we moved onto defence and takedowns, Ros was on first and the other three of us took it inturns to attack. She got me, again, with her Hiki mawasi, hiza geri, mawashi geri. This time taking a chunk of skin out of my Eyebrow(ok that may be a slight exageration, but there was blood, everyone saw it;) )

Time flew by again and the next thing we knew the MMA guys were there and warming up for their class so we had to call it a day. But not before Gary lined us up for a Tabata(and then told us he was only joking).

Ros wanted me to say that she wasn't winking at you all class Gary, It was her contact lens palying up.

[GJEC]

Cracking effort from all four of you!

I swapped the 'Moving round the gym practising sabaki movement' for 'Grab the nearest person to you and try and pull them over' as last time I noticed people taking a breather and dropping their hands.

I don't mind breathers, but not if they lead to bad habits. The pulling around is ****ing horrible and really sucks the energy out of you. The push ups/squats before striking is OK in theory but in practise took too long.

Twenty minutes is enough IMO. (But the tape lasts for 40 if you're having too much fun)

The second part went really well, and if we can tidy up some of the controlled strikes after the takedowns we're moving towards consistent three point scores instead of single points. V Good!

I'm trying to encourage a positive recollection of sessions rather than writing down what went wrong. Don't beat yourselves up over the odd thing and don't let self-talk be your enemy. None of us like negative criticism from others so it makes no sense doing it to ourselves!!

Obviously we shouldn't ignore glaring mistakes and must take steps to correct them, but let's focus on and remember what works well. That breeds confidence.

The idea of Saturdays is to make them tough so the lazy ones stay away. That sounds elitist but with only an hour I can't be arsed coaxing people. Everyone who turns up has got to be up for it from the word go. You four are there regularly, so well done to all of you. I noticed a couple trying not to boff so you're definately pushing out of your comfort zone. That's where the growth is, mentally and physically.

Gary

[FredInChina]

(...) The idea of Saturdays is to make them tough so the lazy ones stay away (...)
I love that Gary: have them want and deserve to "make the team". :)

Osu!

[GJEC]

I love that Gary: have them want and deserve to "make the team".

Yeah - we've got a tight little group there. Others come and go as work/enthusiasm allows, but they now find themselves being practised ON instead of WITH. Rik drives up from London at breakneck speed - and Pawel comes from Gloucester at a more sensible pace - to attend. It's an 'open' class so any K4L members can jump in at any time.

Gary

PS Fred, You'll be there soon. Got something really special planned ;):D

[Monty]

Rik drives up from London at breakneck speed - and Pawel comes from Gloucester at a more sensible pace - to attend.



And they both still manage to get there late ;) How's that work then?

PS Fred, You'll be there soon. Got something really special planned

:eek:

And then afterwards you can come to the pub for breakfast and then Ros will drag you round loughborough shopping;)

[MilkManX]

Osu-EN1

Sounds like fun.

We usually do this kind of stuff on Tuesday night since for some reason only the hardcore show up that night.

Fred is going to be in for a treat.

:D

Osu-EN1

[GJEC]

Ros wanted me to say that she wasn't winking at you all class Gary, It was her contact lens playing up.


Tell her I've only just calmed down after our conversation in the car on the way down ...

;););)

[Dent]

Osu!

And then afterwards you can come to the pub for breakfast and then Ros will drag you round loughborough shopping;)

If he pays extra, can he avoid the shopping? :D

Osu!

[sandman]

That sounds like an awesome session!

[Monty]

Osu!

And then afterwards you can come to the pub for breakfast and then Ros will drag you round loughborough shopping;)


If he pays extra, can he avoid the shopping? :D

Osu!

It might be worth a try but I wouldn't rate his chances too highly;)

[meguro]

Next we moved onto defence and takedowns, Ros was on first and the other three of us took it inturns to attack. She got me, again, with her Hiki mawasi, hiza geri, mawashi geri. This time taking a chunk of skin out of my Eyebrow(ok that may be a slight exageration, but there was blood, everyone saw it;) )


Osu! Do you practice defense against hiki mawashi, Monty? Does Enshin allow standing elbow locks? I think the kyokushin kihon style shuto hizo uchi would work great against the arm grab portion of the hiki mawashi.

[GJEC]

Do you practice defense against hiki mawashi?

SOP is to twist through slightly faster than being pulled. A skill that works well in practise but is hard to pull off for real. I personally prefer to target the ribs on the side of the arm that hooks the neck, they are usually briefly exposed ...

Does Enshin allow standing elbow locks?

There's nothing in the rules to say no, but I fail to see an oportunity there to be honest. It's not a static position so once you're moving thinking about avoiding the incoming knee takes precedence.

I think the kyokushin kihon style shuto hizo uchi would work great against the arm grab portion of the hiki mawashi.


Having practised both styles I doubt it. Of course the relative skill of the grabber and defender is crucial, but I think the answer above applies. On my first trip to Denver I studied the Sabaki Method book on the plane and had a few tricks planned. I was still on the floor more often than a cleaners mop ... :)

Gary

[meguro]

SOP is to twist through slightly faster than being pulled. A skill that works well in practise but is hard to pull off for real. I personally prefer to target the ribs on the side of the arm that hooks the neck, they are usually briefly exposed ...



There's nothing in the rules to say no, but I fail to see an oportunity there to be honest. It's not a static position so once you're moving thinking about avoiding the incoming knee takes precedence.



Having practised both styles I doubt it. Of course the relative skill of the grabber and defender is crucial, but I think the answer above applies. On my first trip to Denver I studied the Sabaki Method book on the plane and had a few tricks planned. I was still on the floor more often than a cleaners mop ... :)

Gary

Osu! Thanks Gary. That's practice vs. theory for you.:)

[Monty]

Monday, Enshin Training

As you will see if you check out Ros's write up the computer got her with it's mystery deleting problem and she's given up and gone for a shower.

I will step in and do the write up for her.

Warm up was in fighting stance doing.....

Front punch X 20 off each side then front & reverse X 20 off each side then Front & Reverse & Shovel X 20 off each side

Double block X 20 off each leg then double block & Gedan mawashi geri X 20 off each side then Double block & Mawashi geri & ushiro mawashi kake geri X 20 off each side.

Next was 2 minutes of sprinting up and down the dojo, that was particularly nasty :)

The pads came out and we did 30 seconds of hitting whatever the pad man gave you(but no grabs allowed). We moved between padmen and depending who you were in front you either had 2 X 30 seconds off and 30 seconds on :) or 30 seconds on 30 seconds off :(

We then partnered up and did 5 rounds of grabbing and pullling each other round one person was on for 30 seconds and had to do a shita zuki on the opponent to the count. On the last round I was partnered by Ros and I was glad I knew what was coming so I could tense, If she'd have got me by surprise I'd have been on the floor I reckon(more of which later).

Worked on the second half of our grade Kata against an opponent next, I was trying very hard to get power into my Mawashi geri when (for some reason) my supporting leg gave way/slipped/something and I ended up in a heap on the floor :-( My right hip is now hurting like a b*******!

Cracking session thought :-)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[MilkManX]

Sounds like another good time Monty.

Osu-EN1

[GJEC]

My right hip is now hurting like a b*******!

Ouch!

Sorry to read that. Heard the bang but didn't see what caused the fall.

Gary

[jcarmello]

Hope you mend up well Monty!! I have gone for mawashi jodans with quite the momentum and pulled my supporting leg out from under me. And when I land there is the typical thud and floor tremble, with a chorus of "OOOOOOHHHHHH!!" But what stands out most is how landing on your hip hurts like heck!

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Training

Ros has managed to do tonight's write up;)

Yet another session where the time flew by :)

Quite a few of us stayed behind for sparring tonight, really enjoyed it :)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Yet another session where the time flew by

Yeah I noticed that. Maybe I was talking too much - as usual.

Gary

[Monty]

Saturday, Enshin Training

Ros was working this morning:( so she deposited Gary and I at the Gym and then tootled off to work.

Just to wind her up a bit.... What a great session :D

There were three of us training, we started off with one person "ON" and they did 15 seconds of smashing the hell out of the punch bag whilst the others jogged up and down the dojo. each person had three goes in total on the bag.

Then we did the same but this time 30 seconds on the bag

Then we did the same again but 45 seconds on the bag!

Next was two people grabbing and counter grabbing then trying to pull each other round the dojo and take each other over. As soon as you took someone over they were replaced by the spare person. I did feel a bit for Hisa as he was so good at taking us over he was up for the majority of the 5 minutes.

The rest of the session was taken up with one person on with the other two taking it in turn to attack. We were concencentrating on taking the opponent over, turning them towards the "ref" and scoring 3 points. I'm not sure what is more tiring, being the defender or being the attacker and having to get up and down off the floor alot.

I got in trouble at the end with Mark as when asked if I found the bag work this morning worse than last weeks horribleness I said "No, this week was better":eek: I later clarified to him that I found it better because at least this week you got a chance to breath when you were jogging up and down.

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Absolutely superb effort today from all three of you. A pleasure to be there.

I want Saturdays to be just for those who don't make excuses and won't quit.

Mark admitted on the way back he came close to giving up on several occasions.

All I could say was, "But you DIDN'T, did you?"

And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That trained with us on Saturdays.

Gary

PS And girls as well, obviously.

[Monty]

Monday, Enshin Training

Ros did the main write up tonight, Lots of bursts of activity mingled with bursts of rest;)

I didn't think Ros's write up described the finisher well enough so it was......

Three stations down the dojo, sprint to the nearest and do 5 press-ups, sprint back, sprint to next station and do 5 situps, sprint back, sprint to furthest station and do 5 Burpees then finally sprint back. We were in groups of 6 and we did this once each.

We then split into groups of 3 and did it twice each(consecutively):eek:

Osu-EN1

Monty

[sandman]

Three stations down the dojo, sprint to the nearest and do 5 press-ups, sprint back, sprint to next station and do 5 situps, sprint back, sprint to furthest station and do 5 Burpees then finally sprint back. We were in groups of 6 and we did this once each.

We then split into groups of 3 and did it twice each(consecutively):eek:

Osu-EN1

Monty

I might have to borrow that one for myself some time :)

[GJEC]

LOL

That one's straight from my lads Rugby training. We can learn from anywhere if we keep an open mind.

Gary

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Training

Bit different tonight as a) Sensei Paul was running things, b) there was only 5 Seniors training tonight & c) Ros wasn't training coz she was getting some shut eye before the early start in the morning

Warm up was running round the dojo doing various things

Then it was 10 reps of most of the Kihon strikes and blocks

Kihon kicks were only Mae keage and Kakato atoshi geri (10 reps off each leg using your partners hand as a target)

Next was some movement drills across the dojo

The pads came out and we did a couple of combinations

Finished off with some nasty excercises in a Tabata style.

Oh no we didn't, we finished off with some stretches:)

Off to bed now, up again in under 5 hours:eek: to start the trip top Germany.

Osu-EN1

Monty

[sandman]

Best of luck to Ros!

[Monty]

Monday, Enshin Training

Easy one tonight;) Yeah right!

Warmed up with basics today, 20 or 10 reps of all Kihon strikes, Blocks & Kicks.

Next was Kata, three goes through White, Blue, Yellow & Green belt kata.

Then white, yellow & green against an opponent.

Finished off with the usual Tabata(with an extra 10 seconds of burpees at the end for free:)) Gary gave the four of us that were in freiburg this weekend the option to sit out of the Tabata, Guess what? none of us wanted to :D

Osu-EN1

Monty

[jcarmello]

Monday, Enshin Training

Gary gave the four of us that were in freiburg this weekend the option to sit out of the Tabata, Guess what? none of us wanted to :D

Osu-EN1

Monty

Probably a wise choice!! LOL

[meguro]

Finished off with the usual Tabata(with an extra 10 seconds of burpees at the end for free:)) Gary gave the four of us that were in freiburg this weekend the option to sit out of the Tabata, Guess what? none of us wanted to :D



So, that'll be 4 dogi with the extra long sleeves that tie in the back?:D

[GJEC]

Probably a wise choice!! LOL


Oh No ...

None of them wanted to duck out and just did them anyway.

Great spirit.

Gary

[MilkManX]

Awesome! I love reading your reports Monty.

Osu-EN1

[Monty]

Tuesday, Gym Training

Just a small session today, 10 mins on Treadmill, 10 Mins on Cross-Trainer, 1 Min Burpee/Left Mawashi geri/Right Mawashi geri, 1 Min situps.

Then...

Green, White, Blue & Yellow Belt Kata

Green Belt Kata against an opponent

Osu-EN1

Monty

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Training

Ros will be doing the main write up of last night when she gets to her office in a bit(too busy watching the apprentice last night).

It was a really hard one last night I thought, 80 Mae Keage efficiently turned my legs to Jelly:eek:

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

It was a really hard one last night I thought, 80 Mae Keage efficiently turned my legs to Jelly

(In best Pythonesque voice)

80? Only 80?

(Scoffs)

You had it easy ...

:)

[Monty]

(In best Pythonesque voice)

80? Only 80?

(Scoffs)

You had it easy ...

:)

I suppose in your day you'd do 500 mae keage after running 3 miles on broken glass whilst carrying 2 sacks of spuds after getting up 2 hours before you went to bed.......If you were lucky :D

[GJEC]

:D:D:D

What?

That were luxury!

We used to dream about easy nights like that ...

etc etc

Gary

[meguro]

Hmmn, Loughborough, that in Yorkshire?:confused::D

[GJEC]

LOL

No thank goodness, but Python fans are everywhere.

Gary

[Monty]

Monday, Enshin Training

Started off with a quick warm up then into 20 reps of all Kihon strikes and blocks.

Goody, I thought, it going to be a 20 rep night:) I like those. How wrong I was.....

50 Mae keages off each leg

50 Hiza Geri

50 Kinteki geri

50 Mae geri

50 Mawashi geri

My legs were getting heavier and heavier as we went on.

then 5 minutes of right mawashi geri, left ushiro mawashi kake geri, right mae geri, left mawashi geri & Right Ushiro mawashi kake geri. Mawate turn and then same again but starting with left mawashi

next we partnered up and worked on some of the counters/takedowns we did at the seminar in Freiburg.

Finished off with 4 rounds of light sparring.

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

It seemed to fly by again last night ...

Gary

[Monty]

It seemed to fly by again last night ...

Gary

Yes and no.

I have to admit to a sneaky peek at the clock as we finished the kick-a-thon:o

After that the rest of it flew past:D

[MilkManX]

Yes and no.

I have to admit to a sneaky peek at the clock as we finished the kick-a-thon:o

After that the rest of it flew past:D

LOL!

That is called my legs are screaming how long have we done this? Oh noes!

Osu-EN1

[Monty]

Tuesday, Gym Training

Got to the gym a bit before Ros (was going to spend 10 minutes smashing the hell out of the bag and pretending it was my boss but I forgot my bag gloves:(). Ended up just doing ten extra mins on the treadmill.

Then it was 10 mins on the cross trainer followed by one minute rounds of.....

Situps
Hit what the pad man gives you
Russian twists
Burpee/Right mawashi geri/Left mawashi geri

Spent some time working on defence and take downs(mainly the ones from last nights class)

Ros did green belt kata against an opponent and then we had to rush off(for reasons that are best not mentioned)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[Ros]

Ros did green belt kata against an opponent and then we had to rush off(for reasons that are best not mentioned)


...and I was up for doing another half hour as well! Oh well, we'll do a hard one on Friday morning to make up for me not being there on Saturday! :)

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Training

Ros has done the main write up tonight.

Concentrating on the things that went well, I liked my white, blue and yellow belt kata tonight:)

I also managed to get one of the knee defences that we were working on Monday into the sparring drills this evening:)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Beauty! I saw a few working well. Very smooth.

Gary

[Monty]

Saturday, Enshin Training

Ros was working again this week and managed to miss another nasty one;)

Started of with bag work, 15 seconds all out attack on the bag, 15 seconds holding the bag(whilst partner whacks it) & 15 seconds jogging repeated 3 times. Then the same but 30 seconds, then the same but 45 seconds:eek:

The work bits are HORRIBLE and the jogging bits are WONDERFUL(and the holding the bag is ok)

working in pairs we moved on to grabbing your opponent(one hand only) and pulling them round and trying to take them over. Not sure how long for but we did this 3 times. We then did similar but using the other hand as well to either grab(the same side) or push on the opposite side.

We then spent some time working on the hiza geri defence/counters and hiki mawashi defence/counters.

finished off with 1 person on and the other three taking it in turns to attack. In this instance the attackers were told to attack as soon as the person had dealt with the previous attack, keeping the person in the middle under pressure for the full 2 minutes.

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Good effort!

The goal of coaching is to set targets that are ever so slightly out of reach, so only purposeful practise can get you closer.

That's how we improve, not by drifting along. We got that today, everyone was pushing hard. Well done!

Gary

[Monty]

Monday, Enshin Training

Easy one tonight(see "Chamberlain English Dictionary")

Ros was Ill so didn't train tonight:(

Started off with Kata 3 X through each of White, Blue, Yellow & Green. I do believe I got all the way through Green belt twice out of the three times :D Woo Hoo!

Then 5 goes at a Kata of our choice against an opponent. I decided to alternate between Green and Yellow.

Got into groups of 3 or 4 and took it in turns to be "on" and face constant attacks from each of the others for 2 Minutes.

Finished off with

15 seconds all out attack on the pads and 30 seconds rest(or jogging) times 3
30 seconds all out atttack on the pads and 60 seconds rest times 3
45 seconds all out attack and 1 min 30 secs rest times 1(thankfully)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Good effort.

It was pretty funny (in the nicest possible way) to see people having to lie on the floor panting like a dog after 'just' 45 seconds.

Either they're not fit or they were trying REALLY hard. I'd go for the latter.

Gary

[MilkManX]

Osu-EN1

Sounds like that one was pretty intense!!

:D

Osu-EN1

[Monty]

It was pretty funny (in the nicest possible way) to see people having to lie on the floor panting like a dog after 'just' 45 seconds.



It showed me the difference between doing this first thing on a saturday (when you are fresh) and last thing on a Monday (when you are knackered).

[GJEC]

There'll be a few stiff bodies crawling out of bed this morning, and tommorrow's not looking good either.

'AVE IT!

I gave Mark a lift home last night and told him that on the last fight of his test in 5 weeks time, knowing he can push that hard and not die is going to help him. His reply was unprintable.

:D:eek::D

Gary

[Monty]

There'll be a few stiff bodies crawling out of bed this morning, and tommorrow's not looking good either.

'AVE IT!

I gave Mark a lift home last night and told him that on the last fight of his test in 5 weeks time, knowing he can push that hard and not die is going to help him. His reply was unprintable.

:D:eek::D

Gary

lol

Good to introduce people to the sort of stuff we do on a saturday, Not sure how many people will turn up after doing that last night though ;)

[GJEC]

:)

That's the thing though. I'm not trying to 'sell' it, rather make sure that only ones made of the right stuff show up. I want people to imagine it as worse than it is, just like a test or a tournament.

Handling the nerves, stiffening the spine and turning up are valuable lessons by themselves.

Gary

[Ros]

:)
I want people to imagine it as worse than it is,

Is that possible? ;):)

[GJEC]

Is that possible?

Is that a question or a request?

:);):)

Gary

[Ros]

Is that a question or a request?

:);):)



Not a request (but feel free to look upon it as a challenge for all the Saturdays when I'm at work!). :eek:

[Monty]

Not a request (but feel free to look upon it as a challenge for all the Saturdays when I'm at work!). :eek:

You shut your gob! ;)

[Monty]

Saturday, Enshin Training

I'm feeling slightly better so decided I could training this morning.

We got to the Car park and it must have looked like Gary was on a day trip with a bunch of patients from Leicester Royal Infirmary, I was sniffling, Ros had a sore throat and Rik just looked like S**t.

Thankfully Gary had a technical session planned today:)

Spent the fist 20 Mins doing either White, Blue, Yellow or Green belt kata depending on which card was drawn from the pack of cards. If a Joker was drawn(which two were, what's the chances of that happening;)) then we did all four kata one after the other without a count.

We spent the rest of the session working on each kata against an oppponent(s)

Really enjoyed the session today, don't think I could have handled a "full on" one.

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

it must have looked like Gary was on a day trip with a bunch of patients from Leicester Royal Infirmary

:) Arnold Lodge, more like ... (for non-locals that's a secure unit for the criminally insane)

Thought Rik was going to treat us to a 'technicolour yawn' but he kept that in well.

For a lad who doesn't drink, god alone knows why he looks that rough in the morning. At least some of us have an excuse. ;)

Gary

[MilkManX]

Just wanted to say I just got the look from the wife from laughing out loud so much at these last 2 posts...

:D

Osu-EN1

[FredInChina]

AVE It Monty!

OSu!

[Monty]

Monday, Enshin Training

Ros has done the main write up.

Glad I didn't have to stay in the middle as long as some(Ros and Paul to name but two).

Osu-EN1

Monty

[Monty]

Tuesday, Gym Training

Warmed up on the treadmill for 10 Mins then onto the cross trainer for 10 mins

then 1 Minute rounds of....

Punch/Kick combos on the bags (poor Ros managed 4 punches before she damaged her knuckle again:()

Left low, Right high, Right low Left high Mawashi geris (Stolen from the seminar in Germany)

Took it in turns to hold onto each other for stability whilst doing Mawashi geri(concentrating on getting the hips over)

Sit ups

Mawashi geri/Ushiro mawashi geri over partners head(squatting, obviously)

Russian Twists

Burpee/Left mawashi geri/Right mawashi geri

Put our Gi tops on and moved onto....

Defence and takedowns

Kata to the count: White, Blue, Yellow & Green

Then we tried something after Gary's suggestion on Saturday. Blue belt kata but moving round the dojo in fighting stance, Pause then do first move, move round some more, pause and do second move etc etc. Worked quite well:)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[MilkManX]

Osu-EN1

You guys are lucky to get to train with each other outside of the dojo.

Awesome.

Osu-EN1

[Monty]

You guys are lucky to get to train with each other outside of the dojo.


MMX, yes I am lucky to have a wife and training partner like Ros. I'm not sure how we'd have progresssed without each other.

On a Monday night in winter when it's cold and wet and you've had a sh*t day at work it's sometimes a struggle to leave you lovely warm house(with two gardens, did I ever tell you guys about the gardens ;) ) at 19.10 to go training.

I think that it would have to be a REALLY bad day for both of us to not want to get the other one off the settee and go and get some training:)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[meguro]

You've got an enviable situation Monty. Lucky guy!:)

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Training

Started off with a quick warm up then lined up with the youngsters along the length of the dojo and the adults across the width then each group took it in turns sprint down the Dojo and lay on our front then get back up and sprint back. 5 goes at this. Then another 5 but laying on your back.

Then we did 20 reps of some of the basic strikes and blocks. Then 20 reps of most of the kihon kicks. Finished the basics with 100(I think, Ros says she lost count as well) Mawashi geris.

partnered up and did Mae geri into partners stomach then ushiro mawashi geri over their head(squatting). Then Mae geri, mawashi geri, ushiro mawashi geri. Then grab right side of partner and mawashi geri, grab left side and mawashi geri, grab right side and hook neck and hiza geri, grab left side and hook neck and hiza geri.

Kata next: White, blue, yellow and green

then green and yellow against an opponent.

Finished off with some sprint offs between the youngsters and the adults then a team burpee off starting with everyone doing 1 Burpee each in turn then 2 each then 3 each.

Stayed behind for the sparring, didn't do the normal stuff tonight. Each minute round was first 30 seconds with person 1 doing constant attack then second 30 seconds other person doing the same. This was really exhausting:eek:

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Each minute round was first 30 seconds with person 1 doing constant attack then second 30 seconds other person doing the same.

Just to add: The idea being that "Relentless forward pressure" forces the 'receiver' to break offline and do sabaki.

If panting's a measure of intensity (steady there) that one hit the spot. :)

Gary

[Monty]

Saturday, Enshin Training

I've "Stolen" the write up today, Ros is busy getting ready to go out:)

Started off with the 20 Minute bag work alternating close range(Punch, elbow, knee), Long range (Kicks) Excercises(cross over situps) & Max (10 mawashis off the same leg) but this time instead of the moving round bit(in fighting stance) we had to grab a partner and pull them round the gym and try to take them over. This turns the 20 minutes from Nasty to down right Horrible:eek:

Next we did Kata witha difference, one person "on" and two attacker coming from different directions to the normal attack.

Last section was minute rounds with the first 30 seconds person A does constant straight line attacks on Person b then swap roles. as there was three of us we only did this for 2 minutes buy this time that was more than enough:)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Good work today.

Sub zero temperatures so I thought you'd struggle to sweat, but all three of you proved me wrong.

I like that fighting drill. It will take a few goes to get it smooth but one side is working very hard keeping the intensity high, the other side needs to think under pressure.

Everybody wins :D

Gary

[Monty]

Monday, Enshin Training

Ros has done the main write up.

What a horrible warm up :eek::)

[GJEC]

It was only supposed to get everyone sweating and ready to work, but after 20 minutes everyone had 'shot their exercise bolt' as Ros so tenderly puts it.

The only smiles I saw all night were when I talked about strikes needing a 6" penetration ...

I should've known better, but what the hell. It made a few grin.

Gary

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Training

Well, both Ros and I felt like poo today:( We got very little sleep because of us waking each other up, waking ourselves up and then the bloody cat decided he'd join in an wake us up as well. On top of that Loughborough area is under a bit of snow at the moment. So we weren't sure if we'd go training tonight.

Anyhoo, to cut a long story short we did go. Glad we got of our snotty arses and went but felt terrible throughout!

Started with a quick warm up then 20 reps of all kihon strikes and blocks, then 20 reps of all kihon kicks apart from Mawashi geri where we did 20 then we were told we weer going to do another 50 but I think the count ended at about 100!

Then we partnered up and did 2 minutes of mawashi geri/ushiro mawashi kake geri over squatting partners head

Got into grade groups and did kata against an opponent but the difference was that the moves all came in the same direction(unlike when your doing the kata properly)

Next we did 2 minutes of Burpee/Right Mawashi geri/Left mawashi geri. Thought I was going to vomit at one point. Good bit of advice from Wilks "If your going to vomit just do it then get on with the exercise" (paraphrasing slightly.

Did some sprints up and down the hall then padded up and did the sparring drills like monday but this time 30 seconds constant forward pressure.

Finished off with some press-ups, Hand clap press-ups, squats and jump squats.

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Well you got there and you poured with sweat. Those Saturdays pay off on nights like tonight!

Mental strength can't be bought or commanded, but it's worth the struggle. Great effort from you both.

Gary

(PS the members who decided it was too cold tonight are just kidding themselves)

[meguro]

Mental strength can't be bought or commanded, but it's worth the struggle.



Eminently quotable as always, Gary.

[FredInChina]

90% of success is showing up! :)
Well done both of you!

Osu!

[MilkManX]

Osu-EN1

That is the spirit Monty and Ros!

Sounds like a good time as usual. :D

Osu-EN1

[Monty]

Saturday, Enshin training

As Ros is having her hair done, I'm on write ups duties again today :) I could have gone with her and sat in the hairdresser and use the baby laptop but they do play terrible music in there:(

it was a HORRIBLE one today, I'm still not feeling on top form. I had a good 5 minute coughing fit about 3am this morning, I even woke Ros up it was that violent!

Started off with bag work, in pairs one hold the bag the other goes all out with punches and kicks and elbows and anything really(although long range kicks don't tend to be used much) for 15 seconds, swap and other person does 15 seconds then last 15 seconds is grabbing your partner by the sleeve and pulling them round and trying to get them over. 3 goes each at this then 3 goers each at 30 second rounds then 3 goes each at 45 second rounds.

When we've done this before the last third of each round has been jogging round, obviously this was noted and duely removed for todays class.

Next came 1 minute(possibly) rounds of one person on and the other three taking it in turns to attack. We did this twice each. At one point the coughing monster paid me another visit, It was touch and go whether his friend the Vomit monster would also be attending but I managed to close the door before he got there;)

Next came kata against an opponent, Paul was there today which was great. Ros and I alternated between working with him and working with Rik.

In pairs again we did 30 seconds each of constant forward pressure whilst the defender tried to "break in" and perform a sabaki defence.

Finished off with a Tabata(ish) but without the 10 second rests between each thing. That just about put the horrible icing on the cake. I have to admit my sprints were not sprints:( Must have looked more like a drunk trying to walk home.

Osu!

Monty

[GJEC]

'AVE IT! And enjoy it ...

Saturdays is only an hour so I don't want anyone getting cold. It's also just a few so no lengthy rest breaks or sermons while people get their breath back.

Biggest surprise today was Rik, who drove 100 miles of snowy motorway to get there at 0800. We had a lot cry off this week who live within walking distance, so they need to ask the usual question:

"How bad do you want it?"

Gary

[sandman]

Sounds like a really good one Monty - well done for muscling through it :)

[Monty]

'AVE IT! And enjoy it ...
It was, albeit horrible, enjoyable. I thought that on the second go at defending against constant forward pressure I actually started moving better :)


Biggest surprise today was Rik, who drove 100 miles of snowy motorway to get there at 0800.

Yep, I was very surprised to see him this week. Probably the new car is making him want to drive lots;)

It was funny that, in the second round, Paul kicked me in my right thigh. "Sorry", he said. "Is that the one that's injured"?

"No, that's the left one. The one you got last round" :D

[Last_Empire]

Great effort :)

[wullie]

Sounds a good workout! Hope GJEC won't mind you missing the one on the 18th. ;)

[GJEC]

Monty, you've given me a brilliant idea!

Next weeks seminar is for charity so we'll run it at a fast pace and anyone visited by the coughing / vomiting / fainting / can I tie my belt? / can I sit down? / why am I here? etc monsters can chuck another fiver in the hat.

Should keep things tickety boo :D

Gary

[wullie]

Monty, you've given me a brilliant idea!

Next weeks seminar is for charity so we'll run it at a fast pace and anyone visited by the coughing / vomiting / fainting / can I tie my belt? / can I sit down? / why am I here? etc monsters can chuck another fiver in the hat.

Should keep things tickety boo :D

Gary

Sssssshhhhhhhh! Don't tell them till they are in the Dojo or you'll scare off the easy money! :D

[Monty]

Monty, you've given me a brilliant idea!

Next weeks seminar is for charity so we'll run it at a fast pace and anyone visited by the coughing / vomiting / fainting / can I tie my belt? / can I sit down? / why am I here? etc monsters can chuck another fiver in the hat.



You are Evil:eek:

Sounds a good workout! Hope GJEC won't mind you missing the one on the 18th. ;)

I'm sure we'll make up for missing it when we're back in January:) We've asked Senshido if he could not kill us too much as we've got our promotion test on the 20th:)

[sandman]

Great idea Gary. Something tells me your deck's going to have even more jokers than normal on that day :D

[KvW]

Monty, you've given me a brilliant idea!

Next weeks seminar is for charity so we'll run it at a fast pace and anyone visited by the coughing / vomiting / fainting / can I tie my belt? / can I sit down? / why am I here? etc monsters can chuck another fiver in the hat.

Should keep things tickety boo :D

Gary

:eek: Sounds like that day is going to cost me a lot of money.

I know there's not a snowball's chance in the Sahara that I'm fit enough to keep up with you guys but I'm working on getting back into shape and I plan to give 100% of what bit I've got at the moment. Just don't laugh or the 'why am I here?' monster will definitely rear his ugly head.:rolleyes:

[GJEC]

LOL

You'll be fine Karen. Just having a bit of fun :)

Gary

[Ros]

... Paul was there today which was great.

It's great to have a black belt each! Mind you, I managed to rip the sleeve of Paul's gi, whack him in the face and also step on his foot. :o

Found out today that hot and sweaty when leaving the gym soon turns into cold and wet outside.

...I plan to give 100% of what bit I've got at the moment.

Don't worry, no-one ever gets laughed at (especially if they're giving 100%) - good job too when I remember how unfit I was when we started. Just don't expect the sympathy monster to make an appearance when you're completely knackered! :D

[GJEC]

:)

It's called 'tough love' Ros

It's not that I'm unsympathetic to people puking or coughing up a hairball, it just seems more helpful to tell them to crack on regardless ...

I'll have my friendly head on next week. Trust me.

Gary

;)

[Hangtime]

Good effort Monty! Training through the yuck is not fun and never easy!

Sounds like a great time is in store next week, Gary!
It also sounds like I'm better off on this side of the pond :D

OSU!

[Monty]

Monday, Enshin Training

Ros has done the main write up tonight(about time I here you all say ;) )

Great class tonight, the first half was a sweat fest the second half was more technical.

After getting thumbs up from all the black belts for my Yellow belt kata I had a smile from ear to ear:D

Osu-EN1

Monty

[MilkManX]

Nice one!

I read the write up too and one thing I noticed.

It is the same at any dojo really.

The dedicated come rain,wind,snow,heat,whatever.

The others always have an excuse.

Props to you both.

Osu-EN1

[sandman]

Well done Monty :)

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Training

Started of with a quick warm up then it was 20 reps of all Kihon Strikes and Blocks.

40 Reps of Mae keage then 40 reps of kakato atoshi geri with a partner holding out their hand as a target.

40 reps of Hiza geri, kinteki geri, mae geri & mawashi geri but with a difference. kicks done from fighting stance and first kick comes off front leg second off back leg third off front etc etc.

2 X 1 minute rounds of mawashi geri/Ushiro mawashi kake geri over squatting partners head.

1 minute of grabbing partners arm and mawashi geri then swap side and mawashi geri

1 minute of grab, pull off balance, punch to jaw(controlled obviously), hook neck and knee.

got into groups of 5 and did some sprint races up and down the dojo.

partnered up and did some sparring drills where the person being attacked dictates what attacks he'd like to receive.

finished off with some jogging round then trying to get behind each other and slap them on the back(when slapped you were out).

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Easy one tonight so's to keep plenty left in the tank for Saturday ...

Can't help thinking people go home happier if they've been beasted, but maybe that's my imagination :)

Gary

PS You forgot the kata ...

[Monty]

Easy one tonight so's to keep plenty left in the tank for Saturday ...


It's going to be very strange not getting up early to do the normal Saturday session.


Can't help thinking people go home happier if they've been beasted, but maybe that's my imagination :)


It is definitely your imagination ;)


PS You forgot the kata ...

Oh yeah, we did some Kata as well. White, Blue, Yellow & Green some to the count, some not.

[Ros]

It's going to be very strange not getting up early to do the normal Saturday session.


I can always drop you off at the gym on my way to work? ;)

[Monty]

I can always drop you off at the gym on my way to work? ;)

I thought that if I didn't bother to come and pick you up later you could just stay there and be ready for the morning :p:p:p

[FredInChina]

aaaargh - Shoot! i am going to miss out on Gary's outing & meeting all the UK blokes... :(

Have a good one Ros, Monty, Gary & all... :)
I'll have a beer Saturday night in your honor! :D

Osu!

[Monty]

Saturday, Enshin Seminar

We warmed up by doing 20 reps of all the Enshin Kihon Blocks and strikes, Non Enshin-ka were told that if they were not used to the way we do the stirke or block to just do the nearest thing they do from their own style.

We then did 40 Mae keage and then 20 of the rest of the kihon kicks, apart from Mawashi geri where we did 50(10 gedan, 10 chudan, 10 jodan, 10 chudan & 10 gedan). Then Gary had us move so we were standing astride one of the lines on the floor and explained that we need to be getting the kicks through the centre line and to illustrate this we did the 50 reps again:eek:

The next section was done with a partner (we changed partners after each drill) and we were doing stuff like, grab partners arm and move off line then throw Jodan mawashi geri, swap sides and do again. First time we did it we did 10 each to the count, the next time we did as many as we could in a minute.

We then did similar with Hiki mawashi and Hiza geri, we then strung the two together and did Hiki mawashi, Hiza geri, Jodan mawashi geri. We then added a takedown on the end.

9 of us (I think it was nine) got a set of arm guards each and the rest got into three's facing us. First drill was front, reverse, shovel hook into the pads trying to move the pad man backwards across the hall. The pad men then held the pads for Mawashi geri whilst standing on 1 leg, the idea being to make the padman have to put the other leg down.

We amalgameted the two and did Front, reverse, shovel, Padman steps back and person does Mawashi geri.

Next we added the hiki mawashi/hiza geri in the middle so it went front, reverse, shovel, Hiki mawashi, hiza geri, mawashi geri.

Then, again, we added the takedown and finish on the end.

The pads went away and we got into three's and did minute rounds of one person on and the other 2 taking it inturns to attack first go through this the two attackers were trying to attack as soon as thre other person was done(and the defender was trying to use the first attacker as a barrier between them and the second attacker). The second time through the intensity was increased as the second attacker was trying to get behind the defender and tap them on the back at the same time as the first attacker was attacking.

Finished off with a Tabata of alternating sprints and excercise with the excercises being Press-up, X - Situps, 180 Jumpo squats and , you guessed it, Burpees:)

It was an excellent afternoon and I'm looking forward to the next installment:)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[GJEC]

Thanks Monty :)

Was it me or did it go really quickly?

or

Did Ros hobble into the office and move the clock forward at twice the usual rate?

This one was a very basic 'starter kit' so on following ones returning victims understand the 'blind spot' and pulling off balance etc. If I can get the TKD centre at the University next time we'll be upping the intensity and taking down more a la Saturday class.

:)

Gary

[Monty]

Was it me or did it go really quickly?

or

Did Ros hobble into the office and move the clock forward at twice the usual rate?



Yes, it certainly flew by.

I did chuckle to myself when you caught someone looking at the clock :)

[GJEC]

LOL

Yeah, his face dropped when I said "The last hours always horrible - much worse than the first"

Gary

[FredInChina]

Great write up Monty, thanks! :)
(...)the second attacker was trying to get behind the defender and tap them on the back at the same time as the first attacker was attacking. (...)

This looks like a very good drill! :)

Osu!

[GJEC]

Thanks Fred

It just adds a bit more pressure and incentive to turn the attacker and keep more awareness, rather than getting tunnel vision and just focussing on the one in front.

Gary

[sandman]

Awesome!! Good stuff there guys :)

[knuckleheader]

I like the "variety" of drills, not the same old common BORING stuff.

I wish I had been there!

[Monty]

Monday, Enshin Training

Gary is off on his Jolly down to London so Sensei Paul was in charge tonight.

We started of with a quick warm up.

The majority of the class was kata but done very differently, in line facing front we did the first four moves of White, blue & green belt kata.

Then we got with partners and got a set of arm guards bettween us and did moves 6 & 7 of white, blue, yellow and green belt kata

Then we did moves 8 & 9 (and 10) of white, blue, yellow & green.

The mats were out tonight so we did some rolls and stuff(or falls in my case:()

Ended up with a rolling/burpee race :)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[Monty]

Thursday, Enshin Training

Started off with a Card based warm up, jogging round the dojo then doing x amount of exercises depending on what card is drawn. Tonights menu was Press-ups, Sit-ups, Jump squats and Burpees. Remarkably both Jokers(5 of each exercise) managed to get drawn.

Next came the Kihon, 10 reps of every technique apart from Mawashi geri which we ended up doing about 110 of:eek:

I was hoping that Ros could see what my techniques were looking like as I was trying to relax more on my mawashis but she couldn't see me as there was a Wilk in the way:)

Did some punching drills from fighting stance: Front, Reverse, Uppercut.

The pads came out and we did Mae geri, slap padmans arm out of the way then mawashi geri off the other leg.

Next was a fun drill, you close your eyes and the pad man moves round you then pushes you and puts the pads up for a technique, you open your eyes and hit what you see.

Kata time, White, Yellow, Blue & Green to the count and no count.

Good steady session tonight:)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[sandman]

. Remarkably both Jokers(5 of each exercise) managed to get drawn.


What are the chances of that happening?

In Gary's deck, its apparently about 100% :D

[Dent]

Osu!

What are the chances of that happening?

In Gary's deck, its apparently about 100% :D

I think he needs a new deck. Sounds like he's only got about a dozen cards left in that one. :D

Osu!

[Monty]

What are the chances of that happening?

In Gary's deck, its apparently about 100% :D

Osu!



I think he needs a new deck. Sounds like he's only got about a dozen cards left in that one. :D

Osu!

And the spooky thing is (Cue twighlight Zone music) we bought him the deck of cards and removed the Jokers before we gave them to him :eek: ;)

[GJEC]

Mwahahahahah (OK cut the music)

They always appear as I go through the whole deck. Only 1 - 5's though if it's just an active warm-up.

Hoping you and Roz have a great time in the frozen North! Regards to Senshido, Wullie and the rest of you that make it up ...

Waes Hael!

Gary

[FredInChina]

(...) Good steady session tonight
Great - the big man Poobah did not knacker you before the invasion of Scotland... :)
How's Ros foot doing?

Have a great time up there!
(take your swimming suit!) :D:D

Osu!

[Monty]

Hoping you and Roz have a great time in the frozen North! Regards to Senshido, Wullie and the rest of you that make it up ...

Waes Hael!

Gary

Thanks :)

How's Ros foot doing?



She can put weight on it but is still using crutches (when someone hasn't mucked about with them ;) )

Will hopefully be posting some pictures of the weekends activities (no swimming though)

[GJEC]

when someone hasn't mucked about with them

LMAO

Funniest bit there was I stood talking to her as I altered them ...

Gary

[wullie]

Will hopefully be posting some pictures of the weekends activities (no swimming though)

Thats what you think! HEH-HEH-HEH!;):D

[Dent]

Osu!

Thats what you think! HEH-HEH-HEH!;):D

Famous Scottish Karateka!

http://didyouknow.org/graphics/animals/nessie.jpg

Osu!

[wullie]

You may notice its a black gi, not the mankini LMAO!
Osu!



Famous Scottish Karateka!

http://didyouknow.org/graphics/animals/nessie.jpg

Osu!

[Ros]

Funniest bit there was I stood talking to her as I altered them ...


That's so funny! The only explanation I can think of for being such a thickie, is that I obviously thought you were far too nice to be such a ****. ;):D

[GJEC]

LOL

Drat - my true character has revealed itself!

31 years working with some of the finest wind-up merchants known to man, it's small wonder my sensei mask slips now and again ;):)

Gary

[sandman]

That's so funny! The only explanation I can think of for being such a thickie, is that I obviously thought you were far too nice to be such a ****. ;):D

After all those jokers? Man, you really are slow! :D :D

(I kid, of course!)

[Monty]

Satruday, Oban Trip and Training

Some pictures of the trip up from Glasgow and some taken by Ros at the Oban Dojo can be found here.

http://cid-17803179fb37c144.photos.live.com/browse.aspx/Oban

It was a good drive up to Oban from Glasgow, beautiful scenery and the roads were 98% OK (put's the english idea of how to cope with cold weather to shame).

Due to Senshido having some Issues getting into Oban(due to the snow) there were only 5 of us training, the first hour we were in pairs with a kick shield each and we took it in turns practising various techniques. Thanks to all the Oban Dojo guys, you were all very friendly and helpful.

I mentioned the promotion test on Monday and so they asked If I wanted to go through my Kata, I took the oportunity and did White, Blue & Yellow all no-count.

Wullie asked if I could show him some of the take downs we do in Enshin so i spent some time demoing the takedown from the first three Kata and some other ones that we do.

We finished off with Wullie showing us some SP stuff(including some pretty nasty stuff), I particularly liked the choke :) (When it wasn't being applied to me that is:))

Now we're having a little rest before we wander down to the hotel bar to meet up with Senshido, Wullie, Kanku etc:)

Osu-EN1

Monty

[Dent]

Osu!

Sounds great, Monty! Nice photo's too!

Osu!

[jcarmello]

Satruday, Oban Trip and Training

Some pictures of the trip up from Glasgow and some taken by Ros at the Oban Dojo can be found here.

http://cid-17803179fb37c144.photos.live.com/browse.aspx/Oban

It was a good drive up to Oban from Glasgow, beautiful scenery and the roads were 98% OK (put's the english idea of how to cope with cold weather to shame).

Due to Senshido having some Issues getting into Oban(due to the snow) there were only 5 of us training, the first hour we were in pairs with a kick shield each and we took it in turns practising various techniques. Thanks to all the Oban Dojo guys, you were all very friendly and helpful.

I mentioned the promotion test on Monday and so they asked If I wanted to go through my Kata, I took the oportunity and did White, Blue & Yellow all no-count.

Wullie asked if I could show him some of the take downs we do in Enshin so i spent some time demoing the takedown from the first three Kata and some other ones that we do.

We finished off with Wullie showing us some SP stuff(including some pretty nasty stuff), I particularly liked the choke :) (When it wasn't being applied to me that is:))

Now we're having a little rest before we wander down to the hotel bar to meet up with Senshido, Wullie, Kanku etc:)

Osu-EN1

Monty

Wullie has posted some S.P. videos on face book!

I saw the UFOs on your FB photos Monty!

[Monty]

I saw the UFOs on your FB photos Monty!

Ssssh, serious people in black suits come and have a "Chat" with you if you mention them. I didn't spot them(or the door to Heaven) until you commented on it :D

[jcarmello]

Ssssh, serious people in black suits come and have a "Chat" with you if you mention them. I didn't spot them(or the door to Heaven) until you commented on it :D

Ohhh!! The Great Gazoo sees all!!!:D

[meguro]

Sounds like a great day's training.

[FredInChina]

Sounds like a great day's training.
Ditto...
Great pics, thanks & repped.

osu!


Arrrrgh! caught by the patrol... & for Ros too!
Soooooo sorry.
Osu!

[MilkManX]

Looks like fun!

Ahh snow. I don't get to see it much in person. :p

Osu-EN1

[Monty]

Monday, 3rd Kyu promotion test

Ros has written the test up on her log(from the spectators point of view), I don't think she did the last three minutes of VB justice. It wasn't like Gary said we're gonna do three minutes of Burpees, He simply said we're gonna do Burpees, If you're not testing you can drop out after the first Minute:eek:

It was mentally horrible because we had no idea of how long we'd be expected to do :(

Osu-EN1

Monty