Training Journal, 4.9.08

Back in action, baby. Wooooo.

My morning workout wasn’t quite what I had hoped – my arms were too overdone by chest dips and towel grip pull-ups to do what I normally do for my core workout (I don’t really know what it’s called, but I basically do a pull-up, a leg-lift, and then thrust my hips up all at once. I think I saw it on a Ginastica Natural DVD. It feels kind of like shooting the triangle choke from spider guard, which is why I do it.) I’m going to have to figure out a better order to do things in. I think I was a bit dehydrated, too, because I felt much more tired than I usually do. 

However, my toe was deemed sufficiently recovered by the Wielder of the Girlfriend Veto, so I went to practice today – kickboxing from 7-830, and BJJ sparring from 830-10pm. Kickboxing went well enough – Hatsu Hioki isn’t a particularly hands-on instructor – and I got to satisfy both my Standup goals for the week by nailing the awkward-looking white guy with a few nice combos, one of which was a jab, straight, hook to the body. Jiu Jitsu went fairly well too, although there weren’t that many people to roll with besides Daisuke “Amazon” Sugie, Kuriyama (the guy who I fought twice at the Chuubu Senshiken – caught him with a triangle from the top today!), and a few recently-joined newbies. It was good for me, though – I got to play around with some of the tidbits from one of Rigan Machado’s half-guard DVDs (review coming!). All in all, a good day.

pat m.