Scary Monsters

Missed my blogging this week , but did train . But heres today

450

star jumps , swings , mountain climbers , Jump squats , quad hops , spinal rocks , bridges ,Fast hands , Jump Sprawls

lots of ugly messing folks up , a bit of history and bit of perspective of the cultural beginnings of modern karate

400

star jumps , swings , mountain climbers , Jump squats , quad hops , spinal rocks , bridges , Jump Sprawls

400

star jumps , swings , mountain climbers , Jump squats , quad press , spinal rocks , bridges , Jump Sprawls

250 warm up

takedowns and sweeps , moving on from last week , covering more angles and the principles , two points draw a circle and JMC . How to join and hip pop and impulse throw .

underhook and overhook throws , neck and arm spiral , inside and outside throw , Placing the opponent from the throw , staying attached and mobile .

Bobbing weaving drop back , and the drills that can be practiced solo , position and movement and pad combos , striking and intercepting and entrys , much nicer.Sliding and pivoting .

conditioning , kanshiwa and sanchin , using sanchin posture to counter throws/clinches .

going really well , seeing folks conditioning lifting ,Seeing Ben confident knowing he can go to shin on shin sweeps etc really positive .

lots of good work

Mobility,kata,kata,yoga and stretching,and kata

Kettlebell press 32KG
15,12,6 each side

yoga ,dynamic and static and PNF stretching , reminising about when i was actually flexible .

then 400

star jumps , swings , mountain climbers , Jump squats , quad press , spinal rocks , bridges , Jump Sprawls

Low intensity day

Dynamic stretching , Yoga , mobility , kata

Another Sunny Sunday

warm up flow standing to squat to spinal rock , then roll back to feet stand then sprawl with a pressup or quad press pop back to feet , rinse repeat ad infinitum .

didnt do too many but just demonstrating how the movement skills build , and how to play with the movement. I did a bit of freestyle during this but didnt do much today .

taught the rest of kanshiwa pattern .

Arms and legs conditioning

went through sweeps and some take downs and the variations of distance and timing .

NLD to the takedwons we were doing , looking for/shifting the balance , finding the void , taking there mobility and dropping them into the void .

went over a little of the ground positioning and how to pin and control after the fall , stressed the importance of trying to stay upright and in a position to stand and escape .