Day 54: ICT, Bears and Headlocks

Did 12 minutes of an MMA mp3 I put together for myself.  I think I’ll plan them better next time as I was being torn through it way to quick.
For example:

Instruction: “20 push ups…..at 15…16…”
Me: “WTF – I’m still on 5!!!”

It included push ups, abs, break falls, shadow sparring, etc.  Also did a JJ [...]

Day 52: Ju Jutsu Grading

Well its been and gone but it was one hell of a day.  I was really, REALLY buzzing for this grading.  All of the training I’ve done over the past 50 days has really paid off in spades.  Although I still got tired – oh hell I got tired – I never ran completely out [...]

Day 51: Warm Up and Skills

With it being a lay off week and my grading on tomorrow I spent the day doing skills work, reading, studying and active-relaxation with some iaijutsu.
(as well as a few hours of work – thoguh I won’t bore you with that)
The skills work I started off by doing 3 x 3 min rounds of Bas’ [...]

Kenjutsu

It was fantastic and the hakama is no longer quite as confusing.  I posted the other day about not having a clue how to wear one but after being shown the way to tie the knots properly I was fully kitted up.
We did 3 main katas of the school I’m in: Enshin Ryu.
I can’t go [...]