Daily Planet Sports: MMA

[UrbanFlatline]

Ya you for sure need to get more ab work in... lol but for reals...

TRUE STORY!

[Clark_Kent]

Ya you for sure need to get more ab work in... lol but for reals...

TRUE STORY!

I hate ab work. It is not like it is hard, it is just boring. I don't usually do it unless my abs somehow become more visible, whether from dropping water weight or eating differently for a few days. Once I can see them I am like "oh snap, that looks good" but that only lasts for a week or so.

[UrbanFlatline]

Ya I feel that... I have to really start hitting the abs hard though. It gives harder punches and kicks! also helps with controlling people on the ground!... I finally just got a new workout partner

[Clark_Kent]

Ya I feel that... I have to really start hitting the abs hard though. It gives harder punches and kicks! also helps with controlling people on the ground!... I finally just got a new workout partner

Not next weekend, but the weekend after, our gym is having what our coach called a "Fat Mat". A bunch of guys in the region who weigh well into the 200's and up to the 300's are coming to our gym for rolling sessions since there aren't many bigger guys at our gyms. Should be interesting. The best thing about me being bigger than most everyone else is that I get a lot of one on one work with our head instructor is probably around 230 - 240.

[UrbanFlatline]

ya u look alot bigger then 218... lol

I need to get bigger!

[Clark_Kent]

ya u look alot bigger then 218... lol

I need to get bigger!

I weighed 216 last night after class. Dropping that 10 pounds was easier than I thougt it would be.

[UrbanFlatline]

Ya I think Im still hovering around 225...

[Clark_Kent]

MMA

For MMA we warmed up with a minute of level changes, coming to your base from your knee on both sides, shooting the double and elevating your partner, and shooting alternating single legs down and back the mat with the band around your waist. After that we worked the Double Leg Takedown. We broke it down step by step just to get the refresher.

After drilling it for a few minutes we worked on what to do if the person sprawls back with one leg. If this happens you keep your hands hooked behind their knees push with your head and step across with the leg on the same side as your head. While keeping your body square to them, you rotate your hips to the direction your head is pushing and take a couple steps and push them down and you get straight into side control.

The other variation we worked was off the sprawl as well. In this instance you take your outside leg and step around their same side leg. You then reshoot directly through them and take them down and step right over into side control. While those two aren't near as exciting or dramatic as picking them up off the double leg and slamming them they were very effective.

After this we worked some hand fighting, clinch, and underhook work. For the clinch and underhook we worke pushing them, then immediately pulling them back to get them to straighten up on their own and then change levels and shoot for the double leg. We ended class with four 3 minute rounds of working for takedowns with everyone in the class, there was four of us and the coach.

Muay Thai

We spent the first 15 minutes of Muay Thai going over the correct footwork for movement and avoiding strikes. We then covered the defenses for the Jab, Cross, Hook and Uppercut.

We then partnered up with a person and would rotate every 3 minutes for the following drills:

-1 minute of me defending jabs, 1 minute of them defending jabs, 1 minute of sparring with jabs only. We did this with two different partners.

-1 minute of me defending crosses, 1 minute of them defending crosses, 1 minute of sparring with crosses only. We did this with two different partners.

-1 minute of me defending jabs and crosses, 1 minute of them defending jabs and crosses, 1 minute of sparring with jabs and crosses only. We did this with two different partners.

-1 minute of me defending hooks and uppercuts, 1 minute of them defending hooks and uppercuts, 1 minute of sparring with hooks and uppercuts only. We did this with two different partners.

-We then sparred for 3 three minute rounds with different partners. I sparred with my coach the last three minutes and did much better than the last few times I have sparred with him. I actually caught him with the double jab a couple times when he would close the distance after the first. I also got him with a couple hooks that started off some combos. I am finally mixing up my combos and not just going Jab, Cross, Hook, followed by Jab, Cross, then followed by Jab, Cross, Hook. My defenses are much better as well, I only got caught twice really and my improved defenses make it easier for me to really keep my eyes on target too which had been an issue before.

[Clark_Kent]

No Gi

For No gi we just went straight into rolling. There were 10 people so we did 5 minutes of rolling with one person, then switched partners after a minute rest and went for another 5 minutes until we had gone with everyone. Today was easily my best day of rolling since I finally pulled off a submission!

I was rolling with one of the few guys in the gym that is actually my size. We started from our knees since there was limited mat space. He stood up right after starting, stepped over and through on a guillotine. That pissed me off since our coach had literally said 20 seconds earlier to keep it on the knees. He had it tight and had pulled half guard on the same side as the choke. I worked into his full guard, then passed into half guard on the opposite side, and finally worked into side control while managing to keep the choke from getting to me too bad. Once in side control most of the pressure was released so I worked to separate his hands. I got them apart and then got mount. From there I worked an american which I didn't get and then transitioned to setting up the head and arm triangle. MUFC ordered me to do it today so I listened and it worked. It was much easier than I expected for the first time doing it. After getting it locked up, stepping across, putting my ear to his ear and dropping my hips there was nothing left for him to do but tap. I managed to hide my excitement because I didn't want to piss him off. We then started back on our knees and the second he stood up again I blasted throw him for a double leg and elevated him from my knees, rotated and went straight into side control. I then got mount and was working a nice kimura when our round ended.

This is the video I studied last night for the head and arm triangle.

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I had the head and arm triangle locked in a few other times on some smaller guys but I couldn't get it tight enough to get the tap. I had a good triangle locked in on a different guy and I think I was VERY close to getting the tap but we had worked towards the corner and he was like "lets move away from the wall, we can reposition back in the triangle over there" so we did, but once I released it my legs were done, I think that was part of his plan. That is two weeks in a row I have caught him in it and this was much tighter than last week, so I think it is a matter of time before I catch him with it. I did well with our coach to, I managed to scramble at one point and get his back. I didn't have hooks or anything but I had him tight around the waste and was keeping him from spinning back into me. The round ended right after that so I didn't have to deal with me ego being smashed by him reversing it and most likely mounting me so I claim the moral victory even though he had already leg locked and triangled me from the top. Surviving 1 out of 3 ain't bad.

[Clark_Kent]

Just got back from the fights. The first guy from our gym lost by KO 9 seconds into the first. The dude he fought was just straight swinging for the fences.

Our second fighter, the guy I do most of my MMA training with won by Anaconda Choke 2 minutes into the first.

The third fighter from our gym, our Purple Belt BJJ instructor, won a unanimous decision. He almost got the triangle from the top and the head and arm triangle amongst another bunch of different subs.

Most of the other fights were pretty good too. There was a heavyweight fight between a guy that weight 256 and the other weighed 240. Both were about 5'10". That fight seriously made me rethink not fighting heavy because I was not impressed by eithers power or their speed.

[Clark_Kent]

After finishing my homework last night I was still a little wired from my Low Carb Monster I drank before hand so I ran downstairs and lifted a bit before dinner.

Power Clean and Press - 95 x 15, 105 x 15, 115 x 12, 125 x 10, 135 x 10, 155 x 10, 175 x 5, 175 x 5

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

We started out with working basic movement.

1 minute each:
-Forward/Backward
-Left and Right.
-Front Left
-Front Right
-Back Left
-Back Right

We then did the same thing as above but from our opposite stance, for me southpaw.

We then drilled how to check kicks. We worked kicks to the legs, body, and head. Once we drilled these 15 times for each leg we did three 3 minute rounds.

Round 1 - 1 minute each:
-Check various low kicks
-Check various body kicks
-Check head kicks

Round 2 - 3 Minutes of throwing a called combination followed by blocking a kick

Round 3 - 3 minutes of getting a combo called blocking a kick, throwing the combo, and blocking another kick.

No Gi

For No Gi we went straight into breaking the closed guard. We put one hand on the downed mans hip and the butt of the other palm under their rib cage. The leg on the same side as the hand on the hip then flares out while you drag your other knee in and up their ass while leaning back to break their closed guard. You then slide your knee over and trap the leg down to pass into half guard. We also worked what to do if instead of letting you get the knee over their leg they plant the foot in one hip or both of their feet in your hips. Our instructo called it the meathead pass since you pretty much just lift their leg up and over your head and duck under to slide into side control. The whole time you are sliding around you are controlling their far leg so you do not get triangled.

After working the guard break we rolled for the last 20 minutes or so. The 330lb guy I rolled with my first class was there again so I rolled with him for a while. We would alternate starting with the other person in our guard for one time and we would start in their guard and alternate once we got the sweep or pass. The 3 times I was in his guard I managed to pass. I got mount twice and side control with an arm trapped between my legs once. All 3 times he was on top I managed to sweep him, twice directly into the mount and once I ended up in his guard. He is big enough I didn't even come close to being able to close my guard so it was definitely interesting when it came to keeping him from passing. My ability to control him further made me question potentially cutting to compete at 205lbs.

I rolled with one of our purple belt instructors after he rolled with the 330 pounder so he was pretty much exhausted since he only weighs 175 or so. I managed to pass from his guard to half guard briefly and then into side control. He ended up regaining guard and got me in a decent armbar. I managed to grab my arm that was being armbarred with my other arm and come out back door and ended up in side control again.

My head instructor wanted to roll with me after class so I stayed an extra 20 minutes. We started standing and after avoiding a few, what I assume were Judo, tosses I caught him off balance and switched back at him for a double leg trip and I went into side control. He immediately pulled me into guard and I worked back to half guard. I think since I was actually using good technique he wasn't completely shutting me down. I have come to find that when I try to muscle through stuff he stuffs everything I do rather quickly and with some added emphasis. He had me in a pretty good kimura for about a minute but I managed to get my arm back in and my fist in front of my hip. He ended up getting me with an armbar that I thought I was about to get out of. I was trying to rotate my arm foreward so I could bend my elbow and pull my arm out but once he saw what I was doing he shifted my arm down to his side more and there was no way for my arm to bend forward. It was a good roll, I am starting to not feel near as feeble when I roll with him so hopefully that means I am making progress.

[MUFC]

your log is the only one i really read

[Clark_Kent]

your log is the only one i really read

I am glad to hear that some of you all are reading it. This will be a busy week since I plan on doing two classes each week night except for Friday, then 4 on Saturday and two hours of open mat on Sunday.

[MUFC]

stupid school, education always gets in the way of the good stuff

[Wcustom]

Question.. on the journal when you said you got your first submission. Why did you go into his full guard when he had a guillotine..??

[Clark_Kent]

Question.. on the journal when you said you got your first submission. Why did you go into his full guard when he had a guillotine..??

I did it because I was on the same side as his arm was that had my head in the guillotine. I went back into his guard while I passed into side control on the other side to alleviate the pressure from the guillotine by getting my body perpendicular to his. I have done this before and it has worked to help me get out of the guillotine.

[UrbanFlatline]

I did it because I was on the same side as his arm was that had my head in the guillotine. I went back into his guard while I passed into side control on the other side to alleviate the pressure from the guillotine by getting my body perpendicular to his. I have done this before and it has worked to help me get out of the guillotine.

Thats the way I do it!

[Clark_Kent]

Thats the way I do it!

More proof that great minds think alike.

[UrbanFlatline]

LOL for sure...

How u been? any competitions coming up?

[Clark_Kent]

LOL for sure...

How u been? any competitions coming up?

Good, I fell like I have progressed a lot in the last few weeks which is odd because I only made it to two classes and an open mat the week of Thanksgiving. Our gym had some guys fight on Saturday that I went to, the recaps are above. The guy I always train/partner with in MMA class won in the first round with the Anaconda Choke so I felt some sense of accomplishment. I think my coach is trying to get me ready for fighting or competing in some fashion. He has been working with me a lot on the side during classes. Last night he had me stay 20 minutes after class and rolled with him after everyone else left. We have Fat Mat coming up next week and that should be interesting.

[UrbanFlatline]

Good, I fell like I have progressed a lot in the last few weeks which is odd because I only made it to two classes and an open mat the week of Thanksgiving. Our gym had some guys fight on Saturday that I went to, the recaps are above. The guy I always train/partner with in MMA class won in the first round with the Anaconda Choke so I felt some sense of accomplishment. I think my coach is trying to get me ready for fighting or competing in some fashion. He has been working with me a lot on the side during classes. Last night he had me stay 20 minutes after class and rolled with him after everyone else left. We have Fat Mat coming up next week and that should be interesting.

Ya I read about the competition... I love when my training partners win, especially the ones I just whoop on, on a regular basis! lol...

Sounds like he is getting u ready for competition to me.. I love the fat mat idea! I should get something like that going up here. Its hard to find good bigger guys to train with though. Most are just fat and slow

[Clark_Kent]

Ya I read about the competition... I love when my training partners win, especially the ones I just whoop on, on a regular basis! lol...

Sounds like he is getting u ready for competition to me.. I love the fat mat idea! I should get something like that going up here. Its hard to find good bigger guys to train with though. Most are just fat and slow

I am actually a little nervous about it because I am not sure how well I will do. The only people that are my size that I roll with are the guy I got the Head and Arm Triangle on and my head instructor and they are pretty much opposite ends of the spectrum. I guess I will find out how well I am really doing come next weekend.

[UrbanFlatline]

I am actually a little nervous about it because I am not sure how well I will do. The only people that are my size that I roll with are the guy I got the Head and Arm Triangle on and my head instructor and they are pretty much opposite ends of the spectrum. I guess I will find out how well I am really doing come next weekend.

whats ur stats again??

220 lbs? height??

Im sure ull do fine. Im a small heavy weight (THATS WHY I FIGHT AT 205!!!) And speed always helps me out!

[Clark_Kent]

whats ur stats again??

220 lbs? height??

Im sure ull do fine. Im a small heavy weight (THATS WHY I FIGHT AT 205!!!) And speed always helps me out!

I was at 222 last night and I am 6'1". I had cut down to 215 last week by cutting some stuff out of my diet but my body has put that 7 poudns back on. I am still as lean as I was at 215 so I guess it was good weight. After seeing the heavyweights at the fights on Saturday I am seriously thinking about fighting at Heavy again, as long as I can gain another 10 or so good pounds.

[UrbanFlatline]

I was at 222 last night and I am 6'1". I had cut down to 215 last week by cutting some stuff out of my diet but my body has put that 7 poudns back on. I am still as lean as I was at 215 so I guess it was good weight. After seeing the heavyweights at the fights on Saturday I am seriously thinking about fighting at Heavy again, as long as I can gain another 10 or so good pounds.

Ya heavyweights at least at the amateur level suck! I fought at heavy and just knocked the hell out of this guy. THey are just slower and more clumsy... 205 class is a much fast stronger class for sure

[Clark_Kent]

Ya heavyweights at least at the amateur level suck! I fought at heavy and just knocked the hell out of this guy. THey are just slower and more clumsy... 205 class is a much fast stronger class for sure

The strikes they were throwing were horribly telegraphed and the takedown that one guy got was so damn slow. I would have sprawled and popped him in the face with a hook on the way down. They only had 20 - 30 pounds on me and it was NOT muscle. I also had 4 inches of height on the shortest guy and 2 inches on the taller one so reach would have been at my favor.

[UrbanFlatline]

The strikes they were throwing were horribly telegraphed and the takedown that one guy got was so damn slow. I would have sprawled and popped him in the face with a hook on the way down. They only had 20 - 30 pounds on me and it was NOT muscle. I also had 4 inches of height on the shortest guy and 2 inches on the taller one so reach would have been at my favor.

Ya Id say do it... its a super easy way to get good experience and some wins under your belt. Just watch out for those really big guys! lol... six foot seven and ish!

[Clark_Kent]

Ya Id say do it... its a super easy way to get good experience and some wins under your belt. Just watch out for those really big guys! lol... six foot seven and ish!

I would be pretty selective with the fights I would take, especially with a big weight difference.

[UrbanFlatline]

thats how u should be anyways! I know my first fight back Im gonna pick on someone i know i can beat lol

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

We started off with the same footwork drill as last night. From both Orthodox and Southpaw stances.

We then worked on throwing the jab while stepping forwards and backwards, then throwing the cross while moving forwards and backwards, and then throwing the jab, cross combo while moving forwards and backwards.

We then partnered up for three minute rounds of the following.

Round 1
- 1 minute of throwing the jab followed directly by slipping a thrown jab
- 1 minute of throwing a cross followed directly by slipping a thrown cross
- 1 minute of throwing the jab, cross followed directly by slipping a cross or a jab

Round 2
- 1 minute of throwing the jab followed directly by slipping a thrown left hook
- 1 minute of throwing a cross followed directly by slipping a thrown right hook
- 1 minute of throwing the jab, cross followed directly by slipping a left or right hook

We finished off with our partners on the thai bag. For 15 seconds we would hit the bag with as many strikes as we could while our partner was working on shadowboxing and using their footwork. After 15 seconds we would switch places. We did this for two 2 minute rounds to finish MT practice off.

[MUFC]

you plan on fighting, bro?

[Clark_Kent]

For MMA we started with drilling the following for one minute each:

-Getting Wrist Control
-Inside bicep control
-Underhooks
-Working for the clinch
-All of the above worked together (for three 1 minute sessions which each other person in class)

We then were shown how to get back to your feet when on your back and your opponent is standing over you trying to strike. Most of it involved getting your feet on their hips and resisting them a few times as they strike and then you let them close the distance with you a bit, cock your legs back and pretty much squat them off of you and into the air. Immediately after doing this you do a technical stance and are back to your feet. We did 2 minutes of this being the person on our feet trying to pass to side control and 2 minutes of it being the person on the ground trying to get back to your feet. We did this again with everyone else in class so it was 12 minutes all together.

We ended with rolling with light strikes starting from our feet. We did a 5 minute round with each person in the class. My takedowns were good again, especially against a guy that weighs the same as me who had been out of town on a temporary duty assignment the last two months. He said he wrestled his whole life while growing up in Iowa so I was a little curious as to how it would go at first. He tried a couple throws and lateral drops that I was able to resist and duck under for a double leg, or on the weigh down I would reverse him and end up in side control.

I went with our head instructor again and he was making up for me getting that one little takedown last night I think. The only thing about rolling for MMA that sucks is that I forget I can strike until I get hit the first time. He got me with a couple fast shots that got my attention pretty quick. I fought out of an arm bar and ended up in his guard and avoided a triangle attempt. He ended up sweeping me halfway and I caught him in a whizzer and we fought for control of that for a good minute to end out the round.

[Clark_Kent]

you plan on fighting, bro?

Yes sir. I wasn't sure when I started out a few months ago but as my training keeps going on I am feeling more and more comfortable with the idea.

[MUFC]

Yes sir. I wasn't sure when I started out a few months ago but as my training keeps going on I am feeling more and more comfortable with the idea.

Do you want to do it as a living or just a few fights here and there?

[Clark_Kent]

Do you want to do it as a living or just a few fights here and there?

Just here and there. I have realistic expectations and know I need to keep my real job to support my family. I can still train enough to get fights in and feel comfortable doing so though.

[MUFC]

Just here and there. I have realistic expectations and know I need to keep my real job to support my family. I can still train enough to get fights in and feel comfortable doing so though.

That's good, who knows, maybe one day you'll make it big and you guys can adopt me

[Clark_Kent]

That's good, who knows, maybe one day you'll make it big and you guys can adopt me

Given the opportunity I wouldn't turn it down, but I am sure not going to drop everything and do everything in my power to get into the UFC just yet.

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

We started with our medicine ball circuit, I used the 30 pound medicine ball as usual.

-Jab/Cross Throws (mimicking the motion of each punch with a medicine ball)
-Uppercut Tosses
-Drop medicine ball on abs, place ball on feet and kick it up to partner
-Kneeling Throws into a push up and back up
-Squat Throws
-V ups with medicine ball
-Back to back rotations with medicine ball x 2 (Both Directions)
-Lunge Throws
-Chest pass into sprawl

After this we worked on movement side to side and once we had that covered we added the jab, cross, slip and weave while moving laterally.

We partnered up and did the following 3 minute rounds.

1st round
-1 minute of throwing the jab while moving left or right
-1 minute of throwing the cross while moving left or right
-1 minute of throwing the jab, cross combo while moving left or right

2nd round
-1 minute of throwing the jab while moving left or right, then slipping a jab
-1 minute of throwing the cross while moving left or right, then slipping a cross
-1 minute of throwing the jab, cross combo while moving left or right, then slipping a jab or a cross

3rd round
- 1 minute of throwing the jab while moving left or right, then weaving from a lefthook
-1 minute of throwing the cross while moving left or right, then weaving from a right hook
-1 minute of throwing the jab, cross combo while moving left or right, then weaving from a left or right hook

4th round
-3 minutes of throwing whatever was held up, jab, cross, hook or uppercut while defending any of those same strikes. The combos and strikes were not called out, gloves were just held up and we threw the corresponding strike.

[MUFC]

how long oyu been training, ck?

[Clark_Kent]

For MMA we picked straight up from Muay Thai and did the following 3 minute rounds. We switched partners after every round.

Round 1
- 1 minute of defending the jab
- 1 minute of throwing the jab at your partner
- 1 minute of sparring with just the jab.

Round 2
- 1 minute of defending the cross
- 1 minute of throwing the cross at your partner
- 1 minute of sparring with just the cross.

Round 3
- 1 minute of defending the jab or cross
- 1 minute of throwing the jab or cross at your partner
- 1 minute of sparring with just the jab or cross.

Round 4
- 1 minute of defending the hook or uppercut
- 1 minute of throwing the hook or uppercut at your partner
- 1 minute of sparring with just the hook or uppercut.

Round 5
- 1 minute of defending the jab, cross, hook, or uppercut
- 1 minute of throwing the jab, cross, hook, or uppercut at your partner
- 1 minute of sparring with the jab, cross, hook and uppercut.

Rounds 6 - 10 were 3 minutes a piece and we just sparred at about 70% with every person in class again, there were only 6 of us. My double jab was working well again, and I actually had a good jab, left hook going too after establishing the double jab. I also was working a decent jab to the body followed by a right hook as the person would usually move into my right to avoid the jab. I took a couple good shots to the chin and jaw that didn't phase me as much as expected. The one from my instructor was probably the hardest I have been hit in sparring. When we go with him it is usually bumped up to 80% or so. I was a little tired so my defense wasn't as good as it had been but my counters seemed to be working well.

After dropping 500 calories a day two weeks ago and getting down to 215, my weight has crawled back up to 225. Not sure how but I am still just as visibly lean and my waste is still down an inch. Maybe my subconscious is making my body grow because deep down I want to fight at heavyweight and need to get to 240. If only it were that easy.

[Clark_Kent]

This is the current front runner for whenever I have my first fight.

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[J_Bo]

I was at 222 last night and I am 6'1". I had cut down to 215 last week by cutting some stuff out of my diet but my body has put that 7 poudns back on. I am still as lean as I was at 215 so I guess it was good weight. After seeing the heavyweights at the fights on Saturday I am seriously thinking about fighting at Heavy again, as long as I can gain another 10 or so good pounds.

You might as well. A LOT of good pro heavyweights are in the lighter ranges of the division. As long as it's all good weight, then you should have no issues.

[Clark_Kent]

MMA

We worked a lot on wrist control, inside bicep ties, underhooks, and clinch work. After warming up drilling those with partners we worked takedowns set up off of them for a bunch of 3 minute rounds. After that we did some rolling with light strikes for additional 3 minute rounds.

MT

Muay Thai we worked on our Jab, Cross, Hook, Cross, Lead Uppercut combo. First we worked it while advancing forward. We would throw the jab while stepping forward, throw the cross as we brought the back leg up, throw the hook while stepping forward and across at about a 45 degree angle, throw the cross while stepping forward and then change levels for the lead uppercut. After that we worked on going forward throwing the jab, then slipping to the side, throwing the cross, slipping to the other direction, throwing the hook then weaving, throwing the cross then weaving the other direction, and finish with the uppercut.

No Gi

We covered the toe hold and the achilles lock. We then free rolled for about 5 five minute rounds.

Open Mat

I got a bunch of rolling in with three different people, for pretty much 15 minute rounds with each. I finally pulled of an Americana so I was stoked. I almost had the head and arm triangle again too, but our round ended. I was doing pretty good at getting into half guard but I wouldn't be able to maintain it and they would regain full guard. I managed to get side control by stacking and tossing the legs to the side a few times as well.

[J_Bo]

MMA


MT

Muay Thai we worked on our Jab, Cross, Hook, Cross, Lead Uppercut combo. First we worked it while advancing forward. We would throw the jab while stepping forward, throw the cross as we brought the back leg up, throw the hook while stepping forward and across at about a 45 degree angle, throw the cross while stepping forward and then change levels for the lead uppercut. After that we worked on going forward throwing the jab, then slipping to the side, throwing the cross, slipping to the other direction, throwing the hook then weaving, throwing the cross then weaving the other direction, and finish with the uppercut.




I like working on that combo on my heavy bag at home.... but I'm sure I look like a retarded, off balanced orangutan when I do it... It sucks having no one to watch me and help fix my issues, but it's not like I'm training to fight any time in the near future.


you did all that just today?

[Clark_Kent]

I like working on that combo on my heavy bag at home.... but I'm sure I look like a retarded, off balanced orangutan when I do it... It sucks having no one to watch me and help fix my issues, but it's not like I'm training to fight any time in the near future.

you did all that just today?

My heavy bag work is progressing, especially since my coach always fixes **** immediately.

Yeah that is my normal Saturday morning. 4 classes, an hour each. I have a two hour open mat tomorrow so I am seeing a hot epsom salt bath in my future.

[J_Bo]

My heavy back work is progressing, especially since my coach always fixes **** immediately.

Yeah that is my normal Saturday morning. 4 classes, an hour each. I have a two hour open mat tomorrow so I am seeing a hot epsom salt bath in my future.

You're slightly bad ass....:)

[Clark_Kent]

You're slightly bad ass....:)

Thanks, I am trying to get that upgraded to partially.

[Clark_Kent]

I posted these in the Clinch but figured I might as well include them in here too.

My training partner's fight, he is in the red shorts.

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One of the other guys I train with's first fight from two months ago. He is in the black shorts.

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[UrbanFlatline]

Damnations I cant watch those at work... Ill have to wait till I get home tonight.

Now that your training partners fought its on you to jump in there and test ur Cajones!

[Clark_Kent]

Damnations I cant watch those at work... Ill have to wait till I get home tonight.

Now that your training partners fought its on you to jump in there and test ur Cajones!

I want to test them alright, but I also want to make sure I come out with them still attached. I only have 3 months of training as of now and they are at a year or more.

[UrbanFlatline]

O alright I guess u can have three more months of training... You look pretty athletic though so I doubt it would be to much to handle!

Fight a pathetic out of shape heavy weight... aka almost all amateur heavyweights... lol jk jk

[Clark_Kent]

O alright I guess u can have three more months of training... You look pretty athletic though so I doubt it would be to much to handle!

Fight a pathetic out of shape heavy weight... aka almost all amateur heavyweights... lol jk jk

That is pretty much my goal for my first fight. Find me a fatty to run circles around and pound on.

[UrbanFlatline]

That is pretty much my goal for my first fight. Find me a fatty to run circles around and pound on.

I think thats the best bet... I got kinda lucky and took my first fight blind. He just happened to be a slow 205 pounder. Poor guys leg was black and blue by the time I knocked him out because I was afraid to get to close to him lol... I just stayed back and leg kicked the whole time and jabbed out...

[Clark_Kent]

I think thats the best bet... I got kinda lucky and took my first fight blind. He just happened to be a slow 205 pounder. Poor guys leg was black and blue by the time I knocked him out because I was afraid to get to close to him lol... I just stayed back and leg kicked the whole time and jabbed out...

The jab and kicking the lead leg are money for me as well. No reason to let anybody even get close to me.

[Clark_Kent]

Open Mat was a bust. Only two other people there besides me and they were working on stuff together and I got no chance to get in. I hit the heavy bag for about 20 minutes. Someone else showed up about an hour into it and I rolled with them for about 15 minutes and they had to go. I managed to get mount on him three times and he rolled once and gave me his back. Couldn't get the RNC in. I had a pretty good kimura at one point too, but he is crazy flexible and it wasn't doing squat. Also locked in the Americana but his flexibility prevented that as well. 3 guys yesterday said they would be in and want to do some sparring but none of them showed. I guess I will go lift in the basement and contemplate some cardio afterwards.

[UrbanFlatline]

I hate when that happens...

[Clark_Kent]

I hate when that happens...

I seriously felt like Junie on that episode when no one would roll with him and they were sitting around. Granted I didn't have the tantrum he did, but I still was perturbed. One of the guys was like, dude I am still sore from yesterday, and he only came for No Gi and the hour of Open Mat. I did 4 hours and you don't hear me bitching about being sore, although I am :).

[daYDreAmErX]

You cannont count on anybody.

Including myself :cool:

[Clark_Kent]

You cannont count on anybody.

Including myself :cool:

I have learned that now. I would have taken anybody to get some sparring in with. You would have been a plus since I wouldn't have had to have gotten my high kick quite as high.

[daYDreAmErX]

I have learned that now. I would have taken anybody to get some sparring in with. You would have been a plus since I wouldn't have had to have gotten my high kick quite as high.

I did some sparring with a 6'4" guy the other day... was pretty hard especially that we only practiced upper body stuff. His reach was just too scary, I didn't know what to do :eek:

Sparring with taller people is great with leg kicks...low kicks FTW and when the guys keep their hands too high body shots FTW.

[Clark_Kent]

I did some sparring with a 6'4" guy the other day... was pretty hard especially that we only practiced upper body stuff. His reach was just too scary, I didn't know what to do :eek:

Sparring with taller people is great with leg kicks...low kicks FTW and when the guys keep their hands too high body shots FTW.

I sparred with a shorter woman in class the other day and I just kept her at bay with the jab. She would dart inside though and I would lose her for a second and she would come in with a damn near jumping uppercut. That sucks when you don't see it coming. I felt bed because I threw a jab, cross, right hook combo and she was expecting the left hook and she slipped right into the right hook. I only threw it at about 30% but it still caught her decent.

[daYDreAmErX]

I sparred with a shorter woman in class the other day and I just kept her at bay with the jab. She would dart inside though and I would lose her for a second and she would come in with a damn near jumping uppercut. That sucks when you don't see it coming. I felt bed because I threw a jab, cross, right hook combo and she was expecting the left hook and she slipped right into the right hook. I only threw it at about 30% but it still caught her decent.

Most of my bruises come from my instructor. He tends to show the drills on me (no idea why loll) but the thing is he's not wearing gloves or handwraps. I have his knucles in my ribs, on my abs and his kick marks on my arms and my legs.

Otherwise, I rarely get it or I just don't mind because I tell people when they're going aggressively (sp?) or all-out.

[Clark_Kent]

Most of my bruises come from my instructor. He tends to show the drills on me (no idea why loll) but the thing is he's not wearing gloves or handwraps. I have his knucles in my ribs, on my abs and his kick marks on my arms and my legs.

Otherwise, I rarely get it or I just don't mind because I tell people when they're going aggressively (sp?) or all-out.

That sucks getting caught with bare knuckles. I get tagged in no gi sometimes and it really isn't that great of a time. Nobody has really got me that bad with a kick since my second week when I ate a teep kick right to the sternum. I can usually give better than I get in the kicks department.

[ArchDukeOfTops]

Open Mat was a bust. Only two other people there besides me and they were working on stuff together and I got no chance to get in. I hit the heavy bag for about 20 minutes. Someone else showed up about an hour into it and I rolled with them for about 15 minutes and they had to go. I managed to get mount on him three times and he rolled once and gave me his back. Couldn't get the RNC in. I had a pretty good kimura at one point too, but he is crazy flexible and it wasn't doing squat. Also locked in the Americana but his flexibility prevented that as well. 3 guys yesterday said they would be in and want to do some sparring but none of them showed. I guess I will go lift in the basement and contemplate some cardio afterwards.

boy I know that feeling all too well. Training can get rough when you have to depend on other people that may or may not show.

[Clark_Kent]

At least my cat was excited for me to get home, he was waiting at the back door as I came in.

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[Clark_Kent]

I felt like going a little heavier today so I just hit some Deadlifts and Barbell Bench to gauge where my strength is at.

Deadlifts - 135 x 10, 225 x 8, 315 x 6, 385 x 4, 435 x 2, 465 x 1

My Deadlifts were better than I expected. I tried 485 and barely got it off the ground so that was a little dissapointing. I usually throw in a set at 185 and 275 to warm me up a bit more but I cut them out since I knew my endurance for them would not be what it was 3 months ago.

Barbell Bench Press - 185 x 10, 225 x 5, 245 x 3, 265 x 1, 275 x 1, 225 x 5

I was pleasantly surprised with Bench since I normally suck at it and do little over 235 or 245. It has always been a tough lift for me, especially with no spotter. Knowing that I have been pushing a 330 lb guy off of me at No Gi definitely got my head past getting stuck on 275 even the that one rep took about 6 seconds to come back up after touching my chest. I might start throwing them in some more since it only took me about 8 minutes to do the 6 sets.

[Clark_Kent]

For Muay Thai we started with our circuit workout.

-2 minutes of shadow boxing with 2lb weights
-2 minutes of medicine ball exercises
-2 minutes of abs
-2 minutes of jumping rope

This was done twice.

We coverd catching the jab, sliding forward and catching the jab to the side, and parrying the jab.

We did 3 three minute rounds of the following.

Round 1
1st minute: Throw combo, catch jab
2nd minute: Throw combo, slide forward and catch jab to side
3rd minute: Throw combo, parry jab

Round 2
1st minute: Catch jab, throw combo
2nd minute: Slide forward and catch jab to side, throw combo
3rd minute: Parry jab, throw combo

Round 3
3 minutes of using any defense against a jab, throw combo, defend another jab with any defense.

[Sims]

Nice work hombre!

so you ready to spar now?
CK 3.5 weeks...
Sims 2 years (on and off)

COME ON! NO SHOOTING FOR THE DOUBLE!

At the last MT tourney here a guy was getting just WORKED and he suddenly shot for a double.. we were all like WTF?! Pretty sure thats illegal move! lol.

[MUFC]

Nice work hombre!

so you ready to spar now?
CK 3.5 weeks...
Sims 2 years (on and off)

COME ON! NO SHOOTING FOR THE DOUBLE!

At the last MT tourney here a guy was getting just WORKED and he suddenly shot for a double.. we were all like WTF?! Pretty sure thats illegal move! lol.

someone probably told him he was allowed to grapple a bit

[Sims]

someone probably told him he was allowed to grapple a bit

stop following me :D lulz

and no. it was a friggin Kickboxing division.. not even clinching/knees FFS!

[Clark_Kent]

For MMA we stayed gloved up and put on head gear.

Round 1

1st minute: Throw jabs for partner to defend
2nd minute: Defend jabs thrown by partner
3rd minute: Sparring with just the jab

Round 2

1st minute: Throw jabs for partner to defend
2nd minute: Defend jabs thrown by partner
3rd minute: Sparring with just the jab

Round 3

1st minute: Throw jabs or crosses for partner to defend
2nd minute: Defend jabs or crosses thrown by partner
3rd minute: Sparring with just the jab or the cross

Round 4

1st minute: Throw hooks and uppercuts for partner to defend
2nd minute: Defend hooks and uppercuts thrown by partner
3rd minute: Sparring with just the hooks and uppercuts

Round 5

1st minute: Throw any punch for partner to defend
2nd minute: Defend any punch thrown by partner
3rd minute: Sparring with any punch

Rounds 6 - 10: 3 minutes of sparring at about 75%, rotating partners each round.

After this we put on our MMA gloves and did 4 three minute rounds working from the clinch for the takedown with light strikes and rolling from there. We rotated partners each round.

I couldn't concentrate during sparring so I was getting hit with a lot of stuff I don't usually get hit with. I couldn't seem to connect with anyone either, everybody was very Machida-esque today with the back peddle. I got tired of double jabbing my way in so I started taking a punch or to to get them to close with me and just counter off of that. My coach caught me even harder than he did the other day. I think he is slowly getting rougher and rougher. It didn't phase me at all, it actually opened my nose up a bit.

I did better when we went to working takedowns and rolling. I got the takedown everytime, twice off of the transition from some attempted judoesque tosses. I got 3 of my 4 partners backs. I got the hooks in twice and rolled them and got into side control twice. I managed to trap an arm between my leg in the Matt Hughes vs BJ Penn 2 crucifix position again. I have gotten pretty good at pulling this off. This could come in handy during a fight. I also popped out of an omaplata attempt into side control once and was close to getting mount from there but the round ended. I have gotten much better at preventing myself from getting put back into guard from side control now that I have started focusing on leaving as little space as possible between my opponent and I.

[Clark_Kent]

Nice work hombre!

so you ready to spar now?
CK 3.5 weeks...
Sims 2 years (on and off)

COME ON! NO SHOOTING FOR THE DOUBLE!

At the last MT tourney here a guy was getting just WORKED and he suddenly shot for a double.. we were all like WTF?! Pretty sure thats illegal move! lol.

3.5 MONTHS, give me some credit Sims. Hell you can see the journal was started in September, lol wut?!

[Sims]

3.5 MONTHS, give me some credit Sims. Hell you can see the journal was started in September, lol wut?!

lol sorry I meant months :D

[Clark_Kent]

Barbell Military Press - 135 x 10, 155 x 10, 165 x 10, 175 x 5, 185 x 5, 195 x 5

Dumbell Military Press - 80 x 5, 80 x 5, 80 x 5, 80 x 5, 80 x 5

Dumbell Lateral Raise - 15 x 15, 15 x 15, 25 x 15, 25 x 15, 35 x 10



Rope Tricep Press Down - 120 x 15, 140 x 12, 150 x 10, 160 x 10

Supersetted with

Dumbbell Bicep Curl - 25 x 15, 35 x 12, 45 x 10, 55 x 10


Motivational Video of the Day
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[Clark_Kent]

The attendance for Muay Thai and MMA was small tonight, it was me, 4 guys, and our coach.

For warmups we did the following

3 rounds of:
2 minutes of Jump Rope, 1 minute of Abs

3 rounds of:
2 minutes of Shadow Boxing w/ 3lb weights, 1 minute of abs

3 rounds of:
2 minutes on the Heavy bag, 1 minute of stretching

We then worked on blocking the jab and the cross while moving forward left and forward right.

We then did:

A 3 minute round of blocking a jab or cross and throwing a combo
A 3 minute round of throwing a combo and then blocking a jab or cross
A 3 minute round of blocking jab/cross, throwing a combo, blocking another jab/cross

[Clark_Kent]

For MMA one of they guys from Muay Thai left since he has not received the ok to attend MMA class yet.

We went straight into sparring:

4 three minute rounds of just boxing.

Followed by:

4 three minute rounds of kick boxing.

After sparring we worked takedowns:

4 three minute rounds of getting the takedown from the clinch.

We then finished with 4 three minute rounds of rolling with medium strikes.

Sparring went alright, especially once I was able to use kicks. I actually managed to fare much better with my coach once I could kick. After getting lit the fukc up on Tuesday my head movement was much better as was my attacking at angles. I hit him with some good kicks to the ribs and managed to catch a kick and feed him a night cross, just like Anderson Silva did to James Irvin. I also caught one of the other guys with a nice kick to the chest as he weaved out of the way of a left hook I threw. I didn't expect him to bail as fast from the hook though and it caugh him pretty hard. I ate a couple good kicks to me lead leg (left) during the multiple rounds too so my leg is a little tender. I was switching up stances so I could throw both legs with full power and it felt pretty good. Having my right hand throw the jab was nice too, the extra power definitely made it a little more effective.

During our takedown and rolling session I did alright as well. I managed to get a good double leg on my coach after dodging a jab, cross from him. I have gotten good at avoiding most trips too, even from my coach who is the same size as me. Hopefully this all will translate well into Fat Mat tomorrow night and this weekend.

[Clark_Kent]

It was a small class tonight, Fridays usually are.

We warmed up with footwork drills for 30 seconds each:

Forward/Back
Side to Side
Rock back
Forward Left
Forward Right
Back Left
Back Right
Jump forward and backwards (similar to jump rope)
Jump side to side
Jump pulling legs as high up to chest as possible

We repeated all the above while standing Southpaw too.

We covered catching the jab, parrying the jab, blocking the job and blocking the cross. We worked on slipping/blocking the jab and cross from a Southpaw as well

For our drilling we did the following 2 minute rounds:

Round 1

Catch, block, or parry a jab and then throw a called combo,

Round 2

Throw a called combo followed by catching, blocking, or parrying a jab

Round 3

Defend the jab, throw called combo, defend another jab.

Round 4

Defend jab or cross, throw combo, defend jab or cross.

[Jorate]

lookin good CK, i started the same time as you and got my first pankration tourney in march. too bad its the 16-19yr old division which means its no knockout, mandatory headgear and no striking on the ground(once on ground its all submissions!!!)

BTW an update from my nosebleed thread... ITS STOPED!!!! duno why but it dont bleed after i got ko'd by that knee.. strange but ya lulz

[Clark_Kent]

lookin good CK, i started the same time as you and got my first pankration tourney in march. too bad its the 16-19yr old division which means its no knockout, mandatory headgear and no striking on the ground(once on ground its all submissions!!!)

BTW an update from my nosebleed thread... ITS STOPED!!!! duno why but it dont bleed after i got ko'd by that knee.. strange but ya lulz

Nice, I am not looking to compete anytime soon. I still have two months of college so I am getting the training in when I can. That is good about the nose too, maybe the well just ran dry, lol

[Clark_Kent]

Warm Up

-2 minutes of knee walks (down and back on the mat)
-2 minutes of jab, change levels and shoot (working from orthodox and southpaw)
-2 minutes of starting one knee down and recovering to base, then elevating (1 minute for each leg down)
-1 minute of jabbing, changing levels, and shooting while partner holds elastic band around your waist
-1 minute of shooting the double leg on partner, elevating, setting them back down, shooting again from the other side.

We covered some entries/set ups for the double leg. We worked off of wrist control, one hand clinched behind the head, and inside bicep control. We then worked on the duck under into the high crotch and then transitioning to the double leg.

After drilling we paired up for a 3 minute rounds of working takedowns from the clinch. Once someone got a takedown you would stand back up and start again. We did 3 rounds of this so everyone went with everyone else.

[Clark_Kent]

We worked on the basics of the jab and cross to warm up with. We did the jab, the cross, the jab moving forwards, the cross moving forwards, and then the jab, cross combo moving forwards. After this we broke down the hook, from both hands. Our main lesson was over blocking/dodging the hook. We started with the weave, then the T Block, then the Stop Block. Once we went over all those we did The following rounds.

Round 1
- Minute 1: Throw combo, weave to avoid hook from either side
- Minute 2: Throw combo, T Block hook from either side
- Minute 3: Throw combo, Stop Block before hook can be thrown from either side.

Round 2
- Minute 1: Weave to avoid hook from either side, throw combo,
- Minute 2: T Block hook from either side, throw combo
- Minute 3: Stop Block before hook can be thrown from either side, throw combo

Round 3
- 3 minutes : Dodge or Block hook, throw combo, Dodge or Block hook

[Clark_Kent]

In No Gi we covered the arm bar from mount. The one we worked most was where you slide up their chest, get into S Mount and then step over into the arm bar. We also worked how to adjust if they set up into you as you lean back for the arm bar, and then what to do if they then roll forward again. You adjust your feet accordingly for each position to keep their head in place and the arm tight into your crotch. I would try to explain more but probably just mess it up.

For the last 15 minutes we had 3 guys on the mat and the remaining people got in a line. You would start being mounted and your goal was to sweep or get to a good controlled half guard or guard. Their goal was to try and submit while maintaining mount. Whoever won stayed in and started in the mount on the next person. The bigger guys coming for our fat mat were here for this so it was nice to work with people my size. I found it much easier to keep them down actually since there wasn't near as much room under me as there usually is with my normal rolling partners who are smaller.

[Clark_Kent]

We had some bigger guys there for this so it was nice. I was actually the smallest as far as weight went. Besides my coach and I, there was two guys that were 230 and another that was 240. Rolling with people my size was nice since I didn't feel I had to hold back as much as usual when I roll with guys I have 60+ pounds on.

I got the head and arm triangle on the 6'3" 240lb Blue Belt who came up for the weekend. I was stoked as hell for that. I also caught him in some wierd **** I don't even think was a move. I was in his guard and grabbed his right arm with my left arm and fed it behind his back to my right arm. I was doing this so I could pass into half guard or side control on his right side. I had a good grip on his wrist and he rolled on to his right side. I then started elevating his arm straight up and back, it was like a Kimura/Arm Bar but I only had it with my right hand. He tapped and said he felt it most in his elbow.

There was another Blue Belt, he trains at the gym where my head instructor got his Black Belt from. We rolled for a good 15 minutes. He almost had me in a couple armbars and a triangle but I managed to escape and use them as opportunities to pass. He mounted me once but I almost immediately swept him back over and got into his guard. I was glad I managed to pull it off for once.

I rolled with our head instructor for a while too. He seemed to be going for more stuff than usual but I defended most of it. He got me in a deep triangle but the choke didn't get me, he ended up getting the armbar too and rolled to the side and got me with that. I felt I held my own better than usual, mainly because I didn't put myself into and bad situations. He swept me quite a bit too because I kept getting one hip up and one hip down. I really need to work on not doing that but for some reason it feels natural as far as putting downward pressure on him. It almost always ends up with me getting swept though, so despite how right it feels I need to quit doing it.

[JAGERBOY]

What is a "T block"?

[Clark_Kent]

What is a "T block"?

For what our coach calls the T Block the other person throws a hook and you step into it while raising your arm up and your glove goes above/behind your ear and you take the punch off your bicep/forearm where your arm bends. For a hook to the body you lower the arm and bend to the side a little, but you still make sure your face is covered with your glove.

[JAGERBOY]

For what our coach calls the T Block the other person throws a hook and you step into it while raising your arm up and your glove goes above/behind your ear and you take the punch off your bicep/forearm where your arm bends. For a hook to the body you lower the arm and bend to the side a little, but you still make sure your face is covered with your glove.

Hmm, I mean, we do tha too. Why do they call it a "T" block?

[Clark_Kent]

Hmm, I mean, we do tha too. Why do they call it a "T" block?

To tell the truth I dont know, because it isn't like the arm makes a t or anything, it is more like a v.

[JAGERBOY]

To tell the truth I dont know, because it isn't like the arm makes a t or anything, it is more like a v.

Sounds like a McDojo, I'd get a refund and find a new school.

[Clark_Kent]

Sounds like a McDojo, I'd get a refund and find a new school.

Yeah, if you can't make a technique correspond to at least a relevant letter of the alphabet that should be a red flag.

[Clark_Kent]

Open Mat was supposed to be another day of Fat Mat but no one showed up. It was me, Mike, who fights in February at 155, and another white belt who has been training for about a year. We did 5 minute rounds and would roll with each other person then sit a round out and then rotate back in for two rounds and sit another round out. We did this for over an hour and got Eight 5 minute rounds in. Mike is small but strong as hell and is a handful to keep down. Today was the first day I was actually able to keep myself low and tight enough against him to keep from squirming out at will. He is usually able to catch me in either a guillotine or RNC because he gets to my back so damn fast but today was the second Open Mat session he got neither on me. I almost had him in a kimura at one point but he managed to get out.

The other guy that came is about 5'10", 210 lbs but pretty soft. I did really well against him, especially on my take downs, I was able to get into side control every time as we landed on the mat. I got has back a few times and worked the RNC. I made the mistake of crossing my feet when I got the hooks in and learned my lesson very quickly. I got them uncrossed and then worked the RNC again. He ended up rolling and I got into mount, I had the Scorpion choke in pretty good but the round ended. One of the next rounds we rolled I got into side control and was able to trap that arm in between my legs and work the American on the other side. I got him to tap from that and later on was working a Head and Arm Triangle again but the round ended.

After rolling Mike and I worked mount escapes for MMA. We did three 3 minute rounds of being mounted and the person on top was throwing strikes to the head and body. Once we got out from the mount into either half guard, guard, or sweep into their guard we would reset with them mounted on us. I found out what I was doing wrong the other day when it came to this and it is now much easier. I would buck my hips and wait until I would hit the ground again to try and Shrimp out. My head coach saw what I was doing and corrected me so that I would Shrimp on the way down from bucking and it worked much better.

Mike and ended open mat with some work on the focus mitts. The first 3 minute round was throwing called combos, the second 3 minute round was throwing a called combo an blocking/dodging a strike, and the third 3 minute round was blocking/dodging a strike and throwing a called combo.

[Clark_Kent]

I was still really sore from Saturday and Sundays training sessions so I only stayed at open mat for about an hour and fifteen minutes. There is a new Blue Belt who is going to start training at our gym who is about 210 so I rolled with him for about an hour. He actually works at the tattoo shop where I have gotten my last 7 or 8 tattoos. He is pretty strong and his technique is really good as well.

During our roll I was able to get to side control a few times and he was able to recover half guard periodically. He had my leg locked down pretty good most of the time. I worked a couple americanas and kimuras but nothing every was really too threatening, they were enough to let me work out of half guard though. I got mount once off of him trying to recover half guard. I got pretty close to an americana and he rolled and I ended up working on his back for a while but couldn't get an arm in for the RNC. We had a couple scrambles where he got up but I was able to take him back down, a couple times back into side control. I was happy with my ability to not get subbed and to also keep control of him. The one time he did get on top of me on half guard I was able to sweep him almost immediately so that is improving as well.

[Clark_Kent]

I went to open mat again tonight since I won't be able to make it to another until Sunday. It was only me and a Blue Belt there for rolling, some others were doing Muay Thai, but they weren't planning on sparring so I wasn't too interested. We rolled for about 30 minutes straight and took a couple minute break and rolled for another 30 minutes. I didn't get any subs but I was able to pass his guard into side control and into mount a few times. While in side control I worked on trapping his near side arm between my legs so I could work the americana on the other side. He is actually one of the bigger guys at the gym, weighs 195, so I felt pretty good about maintaining dominant position and staying active from the top without getting swept too often. He got me a couple times but I was able to sweep him back almost immediately. From mount I was working to get to S Mount like we practiced this weekend but I was doing something wrong because he kept sliding out back door. I need to look over it again because I want to start trying some armbars from it.

[Clark_Kent]

We started with five 3 minute rounds on the heavy bag working combos and footwork. We then worked taking turns throwing strikes and blocking or defending our partners for four 5 minute rounds.

After this we worked takedowns against the cage. We did four 3 minute rounds, rotating partners each time. Once we would get a takedown we would stand up and start over. After these four rounds we started standing, worked for the takedown and continued on the ground from there. We did four 3 minute rounds of this too.

I got kneed in the face by one guy that always goes way to hard all the time. I had my head to the side and was pushing him against the fence for the double leg. Usually if we can knee your face we will lift the leg and pretty much tap you on the forehead with the knee so you fix yourself. He did not tap, he was so bent on not gettiing taken down he threw a full knee right to my mouth. I immediately reacted by elevating him and slamming him on the ground with all my weight on top of him. He weighs 160 so the takedown definitely didn't feel good. Our coach got on him for the knee and I took it better than I expected. As far as the slam that was just my instant reaction so there wasn't much I could do about that. I did make sure I took him down and mashed on him the rest of the round though. If it wasn't for the knee it would have been an awesome session over all.

[Clark_Kent]

There is a BJJ Tournament about 20 miles from my house on January 24th that I think I am going to do. They have Gi and No Gi divisions. I am definitely doing No Gi and am still debating about doing Gi since I haven't done any Gi classes yet. I have a few weeks and can still get about 6 -8 Gi classes in during that time period. It is $55 to enter the Gi or No Gi individually and $75 to do both. I will be in the 195lbs and up weight class.

[UrbanFlatline]

Thats a big weight class since there is no cap... Good luck!

[Clark_Kent]

Thats a big weight class since there is no cap... Good luck!

I know, right? Fortunately I have rolled with a few 250+ and even a couple 300+ and maintained control or at least held my own, so hopefully I will be able to survive if I have to face any really big guys.

[UrbanFlatline]

I know, right? Fortunately I have rolled with a few 250+ and even a couple 300+ and maintained control or at least held my own, so hopefully I will be able to survive if I have to face any really big guys.

ya the really big boys are funny cause its like ya run circles around them... I always end up taking fat kids backs... its the 250 lb strong guys that scare me

[Clark_Kent]

I went to Open Mat tonight but there was only one other guy there to roll with. We rolled for about 40 minutes no stop. He kept closing his guard on me and just tried keeping me there. That got old fast. I started baiting him with triangles and armbars and using his attempts to pass under the legs and get into side control. I worked some Americanas and Kimuras. I almost was able to pull off a Kimura from in his guard. I spent most of my time working to get to half guard or side control since he would work like hell to get me back into his closed guard.

It looks like I am going to go ahead and do the Gi and No Gi competitions the 24th as well. My coach thinks with 3 or more Gi practices a week between now and then I should not have any problem and if anything it will just be good experience. I feel I will be alright with the No Gi though and doing some Gi work should hopefully even sharpen that up further.

[Clark_Kent]

Open mat last night was probably the most productive one I have been to. When I got there there were three people who were going to roll with Gis so I figured it would be in my best interest to join in. There was two guys, a white belt who weighed about 150 and a Blue belt who weighs 175. There was also a girl who is a Blue Belt and has been training for about two and a half years. I rolled with all of them for about 20 minutes apiece. When I worked with the girl I mad sure to work only on technique since she was about 80 pounds lighter than me.

I got shown some guard breaks and some passes. These are much easier with the Gi I felt. I did not get subbed by anyone and was able to work towards a couple Americanas from side control. I was surprisingly comfortable during the rolling, even with our head coach when he joined us. He got me in an armbar and a triangle over the course of about half an hour so I felt pretty good about that. I used the guard break and pass I had been shown earlier to briefly get to side control on him and then right back into half guard. I think that was easily my best roll with him yet, being able to grip the Gi made it much easier for me to maintain some degree of control with him. In No Gi he usually just slips right out of everything.

After rolling in the Gi for about 90 minutes I rolled No Gi with the guy that is trying to get into the Navy Seals. He got to open mat abotu an hour into the 2 hour session and didn't roll until we were done rolling in the Gi. He said he had wanted to roll with me but wanted me to get tired out first. It would have been funny to some degree if it wasn't true. He is weighing 205 now and I was at 215 going to open mat so I told him weight was no longer an excuse he could use. I took him down right away with a good double leg and went straight into side control. I then got knee on belly and worked for an Americana. While he was defending it I slid into full mount. From there I worked an American again while sliding my knees into his arm pits into a high mount. I kept half heartedly working the American to get him to defend it and when he gripped his hands together I hooked under one arm like I was just trying to break his grip and stepped over into the arm bar. He had his hands locked but I was able to break his grip and get the tap. I was pretty stoked since we covered the arm bar in class two weekends ago and finally was able to use it.

We started back on our feet and I got the take down again off of a failed trip by him. I ended up getting his back, flattening him out and getting the RNC. The last time I took him down with the double leg again, landed in half guard, passed to side control, trapped the near side arm between my legs and got the Americana on his other arm. All in all I would say it was a good night, even though he sliced my forehead with his thumbnal towards the end. It didn't bleed much but it stung like hell from the sweat.

[Clark_Kent]

No classes or open mat tonight so I hit some Power Clean and Presses in the basement. Going to do some circuit work tomorrow.

Power Clean and Press - 95 x 10, 115 x 10, 135 x 10, 155 x 6, 175 x 5, 185 x 5, 195 x 3, 205 x 1, 205 x 1


KU also just won their bowl game by beating Minnesota 42 - 21.

Rock Chalk Bitches!

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[Clark_Kent]

DB Bench - 95 x 10, 95 x 10, 95 x 9, 95 x 8, 95 x 6

Supersetted with

Seated Cable Rows - 270 x 12, 290 x 12, 320 x 10, 330 x 10, 330 x 10
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Standing Barbell Military - 95 x 12, 105 x 12, 115 x 10, 125 x 10, 135 x 10

Supersetted with

DB Curls - 35 x 12, 45 x 10, 45 x 10, 55 x 10, 55 x 10
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DB Lunges - 55 x 10, 80 x 10, 80 x 10, 80 x 10, 95 x 10

Supersetted with

DB Calf Raises - 55 x 10, 80 x 10, 80 x 10, 80 x 10, 95 x 10
(Each Leg Individually)

[Clark_Kent]

I went to Open Mat and worked in the Gi for about an hour and a half. I spent 30 minutes working with another guy that started a month or so ago. He has about 10 pounds on me and is strong but has no previous grappling experience. He was definitely making me work to get my passes though, he had a pretty good grip. I ended up getting him with a Kimura eventually though.

I rolled with our head coach again. He got me in a pretty good armbar at one point that I was able to come out back door and get into side control briefly. He also had a decent triangle I was able to fight out of. He did get me with a really tight collar choke at one point though. I then rolled with a blue belt and wasn't able to get any sub attempts on him really. I got knee on belly a couple times but he tried to sweep me so I got back to side control.

The last half hour I rolled No Gi. I managed to tap a white belt who has been training a year. He has had 2 MMA fights I think. I got him in the Americana after I was able to trap his near arm between my legs. I then rolled with one of our guys getting ready to fight. He is crazy fast and crazy strong for his size and I was able to hold him down, get to side control, and work for an American a bit. The last person I rolled with is a high school kid who is pretty cocky. He weighs about 185 and came at me pretty hard. I ended up arm barring him and also getting the Americana on him. He would try to force sweeps and each time I passed to a better position so eventually he learned to quit trying to muscle through.

[ftwrestler]

I went to Open Mat and worked in the Gi for about an hour and a half. I spent 30 minutes working with another guy that started a month or so ago. He has about 10 pounds on me and is strong but has no previous grappling experience. He was definitely making me work to get my passes though, he had a pretty good grip. I ended up getting him with a Kimura eventually though.

I rolled with our head coach again. He got me in a pretty good armbar at one point that I was able to come out back door and get into side control briefly. He also had a decent triangle I was able to fight out of. He did get me with a really tight collar choke at one point though. I then rolled with a blue belt and wasn't able to get any sub attempts on him really. I got knee on belly a couple times but he tried to sweep me so I got back to side control.

The last half hour I rolled No Gi. I managed to tap a white belt who has been training a year. He has had 2 MMA fights I think. I got him in the Americana after I was able to trap his near arm between my legs. I then rolled with one of our guys getting ready to fight. He is crazy fast and crazy strong for his size and I was able to hold him down, get to side control, and work for an American a bit. The last person I rolled with is a high school kid who is pretty cocky. He weighs about 185 and came at me pretty hard. I ended up arm barring him and also getting the Americana on him. He would try to force sweeps and each time I passed to a better position so eventually he learned to quit trying to muscle through.

sup fat man

[Clark_Kent]

sup fat man

Oh, hai. Not much, just figuring out the Gi. Three weeks until my BJJ tournament. I am hitting the Jiu Jitsu pretty hard right now, probably do 5 -7 classes a week until then, both Gi and No Gi since I am doing both divisions in the tournament. There are Muay Thai fights in May too I plan on hitting MT up again real serious after the tournament and maybe I could get a fight in.

[Clark_Kent]

At open mat today I systematically destroyed my fellow White belt. It was that Navy SEAL kid again. I got the Americana our first roll, just to get it out of the way. Armbar from the mount our second roll. The third time rolling I was going for the armbar to the other side, but when I got to a high mount he tried sitting up and lifted his head. I slid my leg under and got him with mounted triangle. I was pretty freaking stoked.

After rolling with him I rolled with one of our Blue Belts. I managed to get and maintain side control with him and got mount a couple times. I was working a decent americana and he reached over to clasp his hands and I transitioned into the armbar. I didn't get it because he was about to sweep me so I let it go and got into side control on him while he was on his hands and knees. I worked him back down onto has back and got knee on belly but wasn't able to work many more subs the remainder of our roll.

After that I rolled with one of our much more experienced Blue Belts. We worked from our feet to start with. He is quite a bit faster than me but I managed to sprawl out of his first few take down attempts and managed to get him down with a double leg into half guard. He swept me and I managed to sweep him back. We actually did this quite a few times, I was glad I was able to keep up with him as fluidly as I was. All of the was No Gi by the way. He got my back at one point but I hit a good sit out and switch and reversed him. He did end up getting me in the RNC later though. I seriously need to quit letting these smaller guys get my back.

I rolled with our head coach for about 15 minutes at the end of open mat. I managed to get past his butterfly guard into half guard a couple times and I briefly got into side scarf (not sure if that is the correct terminology). He regained his guard from there though. I also avoided a couple good sweep attempts of his, this was much easier now that I am more aware of my posture. He got me in a guillotine at one point but I was able to get to half guard across the body and get an arm in to give me some breathing room. He transitioned fast as hell to the guillotine on that side and locked that leg down and tapped me from there though.

We also had a new guy start training at our gym today. He pretty much made my decision to go to 205 for me. He is about 6'5" or 6'6" and 275 but jacked. No more dreams of fighting at heavyweight for me. I do look forward to having someone bigger to work with though, maybe not so much in the striking department though. Speaking of which, I turned down some sparring to focus on my BJJ for my upcoming tourney, so I guess that means my dedication to it is pretty high.

[MUFC]

i think side scarf is just scarf hold

I don't like that position, i can never hold it well against someone who is my size or bigger, i also feel limited in terms of subs and transitions to mount.

You try working purely off your back today?

[Clark_Kent]

i think side scarf is just scarf hold

I don't like that position, i can never hold it well against someone who is my size or bigger, i also feel limited in terms of subs and transitions to mount.

You try working purely off your back today?

Scarf hold does sound right now that I think about it. I like it just to get someone to calm down. If I am in side control and they start shrimping or something I will go to scarf and show them I will just hold them there. I was working from scarf back to side control and getting quick knee on belly a couple times.

I did work off my back a lot today. I pretty much started all my rolling sessions being mounted and worked on escaping or sweeping from there. That was definitely a sticking point for me a couple weeks ago but since I have been focusing on it I have gotten much better at getting out quicker. It has helped a lot in MMA too. In BJJ I just have to watch subs, getting punched in the face from there over and over is far more annyoing.

[Clark_Kent]

Not many people at open mat today and two of them only did their Cross Fit workouts. I got the other guy to get some work in on the focus mitts.

We did the following 2 minute rounds.

Round 1: Throw Called Combo
Round 2: Start at a distance, close distance, throw combo, get back out of range.
Round 3: Throw Called Combo, Dodge Counter Strike
Round 4: Dodge Strike, Throw Called Combo
Round 5: Dodge Strike, Throw Called Combo, Dodge Strike
Round 6: Throw Called Combo, Defend Strike
Round 7: Defend Strike, Throw Called Combo
Round 8: Defend Strike, Throw Called Combo, Defend Strike
Round 9: Defend or Dodge Strike, Throw Called Combo, Defend or Dodge Strike.
Round 10: Same as Round 9

After this I did five 3 minute rounds on the heavy bag. I worked in kicks and knees with my hands.

After that I called it a day since no one wanted to roll.

[MUFC]

Scarf hold does sound right now that I think about it. I like it just to get someone to calm down. If I am in side control and they start shrimping or something I will go to scarf and show them I will just hold them there. I was working from scarf back to side control and getting quick knee on belly a couple times.

I did work off my back a lot today. I pretty much started all my rolling sessions being mounted and worked on escaping or sweeping from there. That was definitely a sticking point for me a couple weeks ago but since I have been focusing on it I have gotten much better at getting out quicker. It has helped a lot in MMA too. In BJJ I just have to watch subs, getting punched in the face from there over and over is far more annyoing.

I don't like scarf hold for holding people. I remember i told you before that if someone tries to shrimp out, you should walk around them to the other side and either take their back or be in a really dominant position from side control or even mount.

[Clark_Kent]

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[daYDreAmErX]

I might be your inspiration someday.

Who knows :o

[Clark_Kent]

I might be your inspiration someday.

Who knows :o

Once you start kicking ass and taking names I have no doubt you will be up there too.

[daYDreAmErX]

Once you start kicking ass and taking names I have no doubt you will be up there too.

Yay :)

How does your training schedule look like for Winter 09 ?

[Clark_Kent]

Yay :)

How does your training schedule look like for Winter 09 ?

I am pretty happy with it. I am doing 3 class (MMA, MT, No Gi) and an hour of Open Mat on Saturday. 2 hours of Open Mat on Sunday. On Monday and Wednesday nights I am going to start doing 2 hours of Gi BJJ. On Tuesday and Thursdays I will be doing an hour of Muay Thai and and Hour of MMA. Fridays will be an optional day if I am feeling up to it. I would probably just do one hour of BJJ that night. I will fit lifting in after classes two or three nights during the week.

[daYDreAmErX]

I am pretty happy with it. I am doing 3 class (MMA, MT, No Gi) and an hour of Open Mat on Saturday. 2 hours of Open Mat on Sunday. On Monday and Wednesday nights I am going to start doing 2 hours of Gi BJJ. On Tuesday and Thursdays I will be doing an hour of Muay Thai and and Hour of MMA. Fridays will be an optional day if I am feeling up to it. I would probably just do one hour of BJJ that night. I will fit lifting in after classes two or three nights during the week.

That's good :) After 2 months without extra training or conditioning and slacking on MT... now I'm on the right track so it's all good.

So far, only morning sessions on M-W-F, sparring on Saturday (all classes are 2 hours each). Will do conditioning (intervals, minute drills, circuit training) mon T-T-Sunday.

[Clark_Kent]

That's good :) After 2 months without extra training or conditioning and slacking on MT... now I'm on the right track so it's all good.

So far, only morning sessions on M-W-F, sparring on Saturday (all classes are 2 hours each). Will do conditioning (intervals, minute drills, circuit training) mon T-T-Sunday.

I would like two hour classes, it would be nice to have time to learn the techniques and use them directly afterwards instead of having to wait until later in the week to apply them. I can understand that the people coming to class just for the health benefits would probably not have the attention span for that though.

[daYDreAmErX]

I would like two hour classes, it would be nice to have time to learn the techniques and use them directly afterwards instead of having to wait until later in the week to apply them. I can understand that the people coming to class just for the health benefits would probably not have the attention span for that though.

Our classes are designed more conditioning/drills/work with partner at the beginning of the week and the more the week goes by, the harder it becomes (2 rounds jogging, 15-20 minute of skipping, pad work, bag work, sparring). We usually start the week with upper body and on Thursday/Friday, it's really harder. On Saturday, it's free day and mostly sparring. We usually do circuit and it's more relax.

[Clark_Kent]

Our classes are designed more conditioning/drills/work with partner at the beginning of the week and the more the week goes by, the harder it becomes (2 rounds jogging, 15-20 minute of skipping, pad work, bag work, sparring). We usually start the week with upper body and on Thursday/Friday, it's really harder. On Saturday, it's free day and mostly sparring. We usually do circuit and it's more relax.

Ah, we do a 10-15 minute warm up first and then go straight into technique. I guess if people want more conditioning it is up to them to do so on their own time.

[Clark_Kent]

I went to my first official Gi class tonight, even though I rolled in it a few times last week. We worked a foot sweep takedown to start with. You have one hand gripping the near side collar and the other hand grabbing behind the elbow. You start with a closed stance and step back with the foot on the side of the collar grip. You then step and pull back with the other side and as their foot comes forward you sweep it across their body and push with the collar grip. It worked pretty well although I couldn't pull it off later in rolling.

We then covered how to get guard from being in the turtle position. It involves getting them at a 45 degree angle to your should or hip and you then do a forward should roll in place and twist as you come back over and you should end up turned around, on your back, with them in your guard.

We worked a sweep/reversal from when they have side control with a hand across your back and on your waist on the side away from them. You trap their hand with your arm or grab the sleeve but as you do this you kick the leg nearest them back and drag your far knee across your body to their knee or leg. After this you roll to the side with the trapped arm dragging them across you and you roll with them into side control. This actually worked for me when we were rolling.

We then covered how to get out of a choke when they have your back and both hooks. You fight the choke. Lean back into them and somewhat shrimp to the side so that your back is on the mat. You break their hooks with your legs/feet and plant your inside elbow on their hip that is in contact with the ground, they should be on their side at this point with the choke no longer threatening you. You then reach across and block their knee that is up as you hip heist under and back into them to get into side control or at least half guard. I was also able to pull this off while rolling.

For our Open Mat our coach separated us into those who are doing the tournament in a few weeks and those who aren't. All of us prepping for the tournament worked together. It was me with 4 Blue Belts and a White Belt who is close to testing for his Blue. We splint into groups of three and worked takedowns for 2 minute rounds, going back to back times facing each person in our group then sitting out a round. After this we did the same set up but with 3 minute rounds and once we got the takedown we worked on the ground from there. I did the first round and then rotated out and then came back in and did an extra one since my coach wanted me to not miss out on the fun of back to back rounds.

I did a decent job controlling the White belt who is about to get Blue. I almost pulled off an armbar from guard by trapping his extended arm against my head and pulling back against the elbow with both my hands. I think I was pretty close to getting it but he stacked me and it released the pressure. With the Blue Belt I got the takedown but he ended up sweeping and taking my back. He got high enough I was able to grab his right sleeve with my right hand, transfer it to my left hand, lift my hips and pull him over and I quickly scrambled into half guard. I stayed there trying to pass into side control the remainder of the round.

I worked with the big guy that started at our gym yesterday too. We started with me in the turtle position and he was in side control from there. I did the forward shoulder roll, got him in my guard, got a foot on the hip, extended and swept him over into his half guard and I passed right into side control. He was heavy as **** and strong as hell, but my technique worked and my coach even gave me **** about asking why I just didn't muscle him over.

[Clark_Kent]

For Muay Thai we broke down the jab again because a lot of people in class, mainly the ones there to just get in shape, haven't been doing it right. I didn't mind covering the basics again though. Once we had it broken down and people were throwing it properly we covered some combos and then worked them off slipping an opponents jab.

The combos were:

Combo 1: Slip forward/right and jab, come back with the cross, step in with the lead uppercut.

Combo 2: Slip forward/right and jab, come back with the cross, throw the jab (closing the distance or backing away)

Combo 3: Slip staying stationary while throwing the jab, immediately throw lead inside leg kick, come back with the cross.

We covered these combos ourselves and then threw them countering a partners jab.

For MMA we continued from MT and did our usual sparring warm up and then did three 3 minute rounds of sparring. My footwork was about 10 times better than my last MT sparring session. My coaches emphasis on staying out of range of strikes and closing the distance only when I want to strike seemed to have stuck. I managed to stay pretty elusive but still engaged a lot.

After sparring we worked a takedown off of an opponent trying to take us down with a single leg. When they have your leg between their legs, you get the wizzer, hook the foot on your trapped leg behind their far knee, hop around so you are hip to hip with them facing the same direction, take your free arm and grab across and behind their near leg and sit back. Your hips should be lower and they have no choice but to go down backwards onto their ass. As you land you quickly hip heist or rotate into side control. We worked takedowns in groups of four after that and I was able to pull it off twice so it worked pretty well.

My coach also said in our post practice huddle that I would be fighting this year at some point. Granted there are still 359 days left in the year but it was still pretty awesome to hear. He has been saying it more and more so it might be sooner rather than later. I can't wait to finish college in two months so I can really concentrate on studying up on techniques and other fights outside of class.

[C Project]

Sounds like you're coming along, brah.

[Clark_Kent]

Sounds like you're coming along, brah.

I have been hitting up training like crazy the last month. What is awesome is that most people did less training during the holidays, and I did more. Due to our attendance being down I got a lot more one on one time with our head coach and that has helped me close the gap between me and a few of the guys that have been training for longer. Our one guy that fought a couple months ago is a really good wrestler and would take me down at will pretty much. I worked with him tonight and we pretty much split 50/50 on getting the takedowns, so that itself is a good sign of progress.

[C Project]

I have been hitting up training like crazy the last month. What is awesome is that most people did less training during the holidays, and I did more. Due to our attendance being down I got a lot more one on one time with our head coach and that has helped me close the gap between me and a few of the guys that have been training for longer. Our one guy that fought a couple months ago is a really good wrestler and would take me down at will pretty much. I worked with him tonight and we pretty much split 50/50 on getting the takedowns, so that itself is a good sign of progress.

F*ckin' A.

Are you looking to compete in Mixed Martial Arts or Thai Boxing competition?

[parkerbro1]

For Muay Thai we broke down the jab again because a lot of people in class, mainly the ones there to just get in shape, haven't been doing it right. I didn't mind covering the basics again though. Once we had it broken down and people were throwing it properly we covered some combos and then worked them off slipping an opponents jab.

The combos were:

Combo 1: Slip forward/right and jab, come back with the cross, step in with the lead uppercut.

Combo 2: Slip forward/right and jab, come back with the cross, throw the jab (closing the distance or backing away)

Combo 3: Slip staying stationary while throwing the jab, immediately throw lead inside leg kick, come back with the cross.

We covered these combos ourselves and then threw them countering a partners jab.

For MMA we continued from MT and did our usual sparring warm up and then did three 3 minute rounds of sparring. My footwork was about 10 times better than my last MT sparring session. My coaches emphasis on staying out of range of strikes and closing the distance only when I want to strike seemed to have stuck. I managed to stay pretty elusive but still engaged a lot.

After sparring we worked a takedown off of an opponent trying to take us down with a single leg. When they have your leg between their legs, you get the wizzer, hook the foot on your trapped leg behind their far knee, hop around so you are hip to hip with them facing the same direction, take your free arm and grab across and behind their near leg and sit back. Your hips should be lower and they have no choice but to go down backwards onto their ass. As you land you quickly hip heist or rotate into side control. We worked takedowns in groups of four after that and I was able to pull it off twice so it worked pretty well.

My coach also said in our post practice huddle that I would be fighting this year at some point. Granted there are still 359 days left in the year but it was still pretty awesome to hear. He has been saying it more and more so it might be sooner rather than later. I can't wait to finish college in two months so I can really concentrate on studying up on techniques and other fights outside of class.


I have been hitting up training like crazy the last month. What is awesome is that most people did less training during the holidays, and I did more. Due to our attendance being down I got a lot more one on one time with our head coach and that has helped me close the gap between me and a few of the guys that have been training for longer. Our one guy that fought a couple months ago is a really good wrestler and would take me down at will pretty much. I worked with him tonight and we pretty much split 50/50 on getting the takedowns, so that itself is a good sign of progress.


I'm really impressed with this. Especially knowing that you have a wife (who's bad as s for being so understanding) AND you work. You must sleep 2 hrs a night. Good Job Kent, I'm pretty sure we'll be routing for you at your UFC debut soon enough.

[Clark_Kent]

F*ckin' A.

Are you looking to compete in Mixed Martial Arts or Thai Boxing competition?

Yeah, I have a BJJ Tourney the 24th, Gi and No Gi and there are Amateur Muay Thai fights in May I wouldn't mind competing in. The next two weeks I am really focusing on my BJJ though and after that I will balance my training back out between Grappling and Striking. As my coach said, I should be getting my first MMA fight in this year. When I first started 4 months ago I figured I wouldn't be comfortable doing so until I had a year or so of training under my belt. At this point I could see myself fighting early this summer to be honest.


I'm really impressed with this. Especially knowing that you have a wife (who's bad as s for being so understanding) AND you work. You must sleep 2 hrs a night. Good Job Kent, I'm pretty sure we'll be routing for you at your UFC debut soon enough.

I get more than 2 hours of sleep, fortunately. My work schedule helps with this a lot. I get off at 2:30 or 3:00 every day which allows me to get to our 5:00 classes. My wife doesn't get home until 7:00 so I am able to get 2 hours of training in and not miss out on any "quality time" in the evening. On Saturdays I do my 4 hours of training and she is fine with that too since the first two hours she is usually still sleeping and then when she wakes up she works out and by the time she is finished with that I am home. I am lucky to have the stars aligned in my favor when it comes to training.

[C Project]

Yeah, I have a BJJ Tourney the 24th, Gi and No Gi and there are Amateur Muay Thai fights in May I wouldn't mind competing in. The next two weeks I am really focusing on my BJJ though and after that I will balance my training back out between Grappling and Striking. As my coach said, I should be getting my first MMA fight in this year. When I first started 4 months ago I figured I wouldn't be comfortable doing so until I had a year or so of training under my belt. At this point I could see myself fighting early this summer to be honest.

Hells yeah. Good luck to you, laddie.

[parkerbro1]

Hmm, I mean, we do tha too. Why do they call it a "T" block?


To tell the truth I dont know, because it isn't like the arm makes a t or anything, it is more like a v.
(lol-sorry, just saw this part)

I was told it's called a Thai block, so I'm thinkin that's the T. We were taught to actually step in to jam the elbow into their bicept/shoulder. Hurts like a mfer and can make that arm useless while putting you close for your elbows.

[Clark_Kent]

For MMA we started with sparring. We did five 3 minute rounds, switching partners each time. I am getting much better at getting in, throwing my combo, and getting back out before taking any damage. My jab is getting some good power on it too as I caught a couple guys with some pretty solid ones that were only thrown at 75% or so.

After sparring we covered a variety of takedowns. We drilled them and covered the wizzer again and then went to working them live. We split up and worked in groups of 4. One person would get in and start with a leg and try to get the takedown, while the other person would try to get out or get the takedown themselves. The person on the mat would face all 3 partners before switching out with someone else. We went through this 3 times.

For BJJ we covered collar chokes. The first we worked was the clock choke. I liked this one quite a bit as there weren't a lot of moving parts to it. After that we learned the slding collar choke. I found this explanation online and it is exactly how we did it.

1. You have back control with hooks and a harness. That is, you have an over-under bodylock. After stabilizing the position let go of your lock.

2. Underhooking hand grips same-side collar and pulls is out so it can easily be gripped by your other hand. Don't pull straight down and make it taunt; instead pull out and loosen the gi material. You don't have to grip really high -in fact sometimes that can make it hard to pull out his collar.

3. At the same time, your other arm quickly slides around his neck with your thumb facing you. Sneak your elbow under his chin and staying close to his neck. Finish the motion when the opposite hand grips high on his opposite-side collar. Tip: Try to trace around his neck with your thumb like the "off with your head" motion.

4. Now the underhooking hand lets go of his gi and grips the other collar. Again, you don't have to grip realy high but just parallel to the previous grip. Pulling straight down usually works - there is no need to pull across his chest. You just want to make the collar taunt.

5. Finally, your other arm pulls across while you take a deep breath in and arch his back slightly. He should tap or go to sleep!
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The last choke we covered was the equivelant of an anaconda choke with the Gi. I like this one because it also had very few moving parts and can be done quickly without much set up.

We then rolled in groups. Two people started down in the turtle and two others took positions to the side or front. The person on the bottom would try to gain guard, half guard or sweep while the person on top tried to sub or get mount. The winner stayed in and got top position. I did well at this. Once I got in and started on the bottom, I went through the whole line of 7 guys almost twice, staying in the whole time. The grips with the Gi really help me maintain control. I kind of wish I had started coming to the classes sooner now that I am seeing how well it suits my game.

[daYDreAmErX]

Good stuff ! Starting with sparring ? I don't know if I'd do it... or maybe I'd be more alert. Well I guess MMA and BJJ is different from MT :)

[MUFC]

collar chokes are fooking awesome

You can hit them from soo many positions and using them opens up a lot of other subs and sweeps.

[Clark_Kent]

Good stuff ! Starting with sparring ? I don't know if I'd do it... or maybe I'd be more alert. Well I guess MMA and BJJ is different from MT :)

MMA is always after MT and the majority of guys that go to MMA stay from MT so they are ready to go. I wanted to get BJJ in so I just showed up for MT and coach felt I would be okay jumping right in, and I was.


collar chokes are fooking awesome

You can hit them from soo many positions and using them opens up a lot of other subs and sweeps.

I like the sweeps off them best. I got mount off of attempting the clock choke by pulling the far lapel towards me and pretty much tipping them against it. Since I knew what I was going to do and they didn't I was able to get right over into mount. I pulled it off on 3 different guys.

[BPP]

subscribed...dunno how I missed this this long

[Clark_Kent]

subscribed...dunno how I missed this this long

Me neither, it isn't like the link was in my signature.

I thought you just didn't like me :(

[BPP]

Me neither, it isn't like the link was in my signature.

I thought you just didn't like me :(

lol thatds how I found it today :)

[Clark_Kent]

lol thatds how I found it today :)

Everyone else, Jager, Daej, Esh, says no one reads that ****. I don't know if they are referring to the signature or the journal. Either way they are dicks.

[BPP]

Everyone else, Jager, Daej, Esh, says no one reads that ****. I don't know if they are referring to the signature or the journal. Either way they are dicks.

loil i saw them say that...but yeah, I rarely read signatures

[DONJUANPIMPIN]

Nice Log I'll keep checking it out

[Clark_Kent]

BJJ class was pretty much identical to last night there were just different people there. I worked with the new big guy at our gym so that was definitely out of the ordinary.

For open mat I rolled with the guy that usually gets me in the RNC or guillotine. Thanks to being able to grip his sleeves and pants I managed to keep him off my back and in side control. I got mount a couple times in him. I worked a head and arm triangle but I didn't get it tight enough. I did get him with an americana at one point, it was the first time I have tapped him, but it was at the end of our 40 minute rolling session. I had a couple good kimuras on him too so I felt it was a good roll on my part.

King Baer is coming by my gym tomorrow so I should get some time to roll with him.

You know you are all jealous.

[daYDreAmErX]

Any plans for the weekend ?

[Clark_Kent]

Any plans for the weekend ?

Go 4 hours of training today, King Baer is in town for some fights and he is gonna come by and train. Going to the fights the guys from his camp are fighting in tonight. Got open mat tomorrow for 2 hours and the rest of the day I just plan on relaxing. I might lift tomorrow night at some point. I finished my homework for the week yesterday so I don't have to do any of that, which is awesome.

[NameNotGuy]

Go 4 hours of training today, King Baer is in town for some fights and he is gonna come by and train. Going to the fights the guys from his camp are fighting in tonight. Got open mat tomorrow for 2 hours and the rest of the day I just plan on relaxing. I might lift tomorrow night at some point. I finished my homework for the week yesterday so I don't have to do any of that, which is awesome.

Sounds like an amazing weekend! I am jealous :(

[Clark_Kent]

Sounds like an amazing weekend! I am jealous :(

Saturday is easily my favorite day of the week. I have an hour of each: MMA, MT, No Gi, and Open Mat. The best thing is that I get to go to them after the most sleep I get all week. Practices during the week are great, but that is after 9 hours of work and 2 - 3 hours of commuting. Being able to train fully rested is awesome in comparison.

[NameNotGuy]

Saturday is easily my favorite day of the week. I have an hour of each: MMA, MT, No Gi, and Open Mat. The best thing is that I get to go to them after the most sleep I get all week. Practices during the week are great, but that is after 9 hours of work and 2 - 3 hours of commuting. Being able to train fully rested is awesome in comparison.

When do you go to school/study/homework?

[Clark_Kent]

When do you go to school/study/homework?

I take online classes, so I work on my schoolwork at breaks in the day at work. I have a desk job in front of a computer so I can keep a window open with my school work open and work on it as I get a chance. I spend about an hour on the train going to and from work too so I get my reading done then. That lets me train and workout when I get home and on the weekends.

[Clark_Kent]

MMA

We warmed up with getting wrist control, inside bicep ties, under hooks, clinching, and combining them all, with multiple partners. We focused on the double leg today. We worked on setting it up with the jab, or the jab, cross. We drilled it shooting on our partner, elevating them, setting them back down, and reshooting. After this we worked on shooting for distance with the bands around our waist and our partners adding resistance.

We covered what to do if we shoot and our opponent sprawls. If they sprawl, you let up and make them assume you are coming back up, but instead you reshoot immediately. We also covered what to do if someone shoots on you and you sprawl. When they miss the shot, you wait for them to pull back and shoot in on them with the double leg. We worked a three 3 minute rounds of rolling, starting stood up, with light striking.

Muay Thai

Muay Thai started with our medicine ball routine, I have listed it in previous posts if anyone wants the specifics. I matched up with the new, huge guy at our gym, so that 30lb medicine ball was coming quick and hard the whole time.

We focused on the jab today. We did some combos that all started with the catch or parry defense and we would start off the combo by countering with the jab.

We did 2 minutes of each combo, all started by catching the jab:
-Catch, Jab, Rear low leg kick
-Catch, Jab, Cross, Jab
-Catch, Jab, Cross, Lead Uppercut.
-Catch, Jab, Lead Hook, Cross

No Gi

For No Gi we worked on submissions from being on top and having your opponent turtled, and also from their back.

We covered:
-Rear Naked Choke
-Rear Naked Choke from the side after getting a hook in crossing that hook behind your free leg.
-Anaconda Choke
-Peruvian Neck Tie, standing and laying to the side variations.

After learning them we worked on rolling from starting with one person on the bottom trying to improve position to guard, half guard above the knee, or sweeping and reversing while the person on top is trying to submit or improve position to side control or mount. We did this for the last 10-15 minutes of class, the winner stayed in and started in top position.

Open Mat

I roleld for the first 15 minutes or so with our new 6'6" 270lb monster. I was able to sweep or reverse him every time. We started with him in my guard, half guard, side control, and mount at the end once I was feeling confident. He is crazy strong, I guess he does competitive powerlifting too. He threw on a pretty good guillotine off me sweeping him but fortunately his arms were long enough that there was room for me to work out of it. I was able to get to side control and mount on him a couple times as well.

I rolled with King Baer after that, who is a Purple Belt, this was a fact I found out after he tooled me consistently for about 15 minutes. His transitions were pretty damn fluid, I was facing some sort of attack the whole time pretty much.

[Croaker]

What were you peruvian necktie variations? We have been doing neckties like crazy from all different places lately (even guard), so I was just curious as to what your "lying to the side" variation was like.

EDIT: Also what kind of grip do they have you use?

[Clark_Kent]

What were you peruvian necktie variations? We have been doing neckties like crazy from all different places lately (even guard), so I was just curious as to what your "lying to the side" variation was like.

EDIT: Also what kind of grip do they have you use?

The first way we did it was where you would were on your knees with them face to face and you reach under with your arm along their neck and pop it almost out of their opposite arm pit. You then bring your other arm and clasp your hands. Our coach said we could use the grip where one hand is over top of the others and the fingers are hooked into each other, but not intertwined, or we could use the Gable Grip which would stay tighter if you were sweaty at the point of using it. Once hands are clasped you jump up pretty much and plant your feet just outside their shoulders and you pull their head up into the underside of your thigh. From there you lower your hips and pull your shoulders up and back and it should sink in the choke, your thigh is used to apply the downward pressure while the hands provide pressure upwards.

The variation we did was in case they pushed into you as you stood up. You would then throw your leg over their back, the same side as the arm going under their body and our coach had us use our other leg to tie up their near leg on that side to prevent them from walking around and releasing any pressure. You then can press down with your leg on their back, arch your back, and pull your shoulders up and back to apply the pressure on the neck with your arms.

Hopefully this explanation makes some sense as this was the first time I have been shown how to do it, there might be some small things left out.

[Croaker]

The variation we did was in case they pushed into you as you stood up. You would then throw your leg over their back, the same side as the arm going under their body and our coach had us use our other leg to tie up their near leg on that side to prevent them from walking around and releasing any pressure. You then can press down with your leg on their back, arch your back, and pull your shoulders up and back to apply the pressure on the neck with your arms.

Hopefully this explanation makes some sense as this was the first time I have been shown how to do it, there might be some small things left out.

I'm a little confused with the legs. Is the leg tying up their leg the one that would normally be placed on the back of their head?

[Clark_Kent]

I'm a little confused with the legs. Is the leg tying up their leg the one that would normally be placed on the back of their head?

Nope, the other one.

[Croaker]

Nope, the other one.

Hmmm ok, I think I understand it then. How secure does it feel because thinking it out in my head it seems kinda loose. I will have to give it a shot on sunday when I roll.

[Clark_Kent]

Hmmm ok, I think I understand it then. How secure does it feel because thinking it out in my head it seems kinda loose. I will have to give it a shot on sunday when I roll.

If you get their leg with your free leg and can hook in good they are not going to go anywhere with it. We were using the Peruvian Necktie as a secondary move to the Anaconda. If you can't get your arm all the way under them and back up to the shoulder, you just meet your hand in the middle with your other hand and go to the Necktie.

[Croaker]

If you get their leg with your free leg and can hook in good they are not going to go anywhere with it. We were using the Peruvian Necktie as a secondary move to the Anaconda. If you can't get your arm all the way under them and back up to the shoulder, you just meet your hand in the middle with your other hand and go to the Necktie.

Hmmm, ok that makes more sense to me.

I like to use the necktie as more of an option when going for an arm-inside guillotine. For some reason I struggle with arm triangles.

[BPP]

MMA

We warmed up with getting wrist control, inside bicep ties, under hooks, clinching, and combining them all, with multiple partners. We focused on the double leg today. We worked on setting it up with the jab, or the jab, cross. We drilled it shooting on our partner, elevating them, setting them back down, and reshooting. After this we worked on shooting for distance with the bands around our waist and our partners adding resistance.

We covered what to do if we shoot and our opponent sprawls. If they sprawl, you let up and make them assume you are coming back up, but instead you reshoot immediately. We also covered what to do if someone shoots on you and you sprawl. When they miss the shot, you wait for them to pull back and shoot in on them with the double leg. We worked a three 3 minute rounds of rolling, starting stood up, with light striking.

Muay Thai

Muay Thai started with our medicine ball routine, I have listed it in previous posts if anyone wants the specifics. I matched up with the new, huge guy at our gym, so that 30lb medicine ball was coming quick and hard the whole time.

We focused on the jab today. We did some combos that all started with the catch or parry defense and we would start off the combo by countering with the jab.

We did 2 minutes of each combo, all started by catching the jab:
-Catch, Jab, Rear low leg kick
-Catch, Jab, Cross, Jab
-Catch, Jab, Cross, Lead Uppercut.
-Catch, Jab, Lead Hook, Cross

No Gi

For No Gi we worked on submissions from being on top and having your opponent turtled, and also from their back.

We covered:
-Rear Naked Choke
-Rear Naked Choke from the side after getting a hook in crossing that hook behind your free leg.
-Anaconda Choke
-Peruvian Neck Tie, standing and laying to the side variations.

After learning them we worked on rolling from starting with one person on the bottom trying to improve position to guard, half guard above the knee, or sweeping and reversing while the person on top is trying to submit or improve position to side control or mount. We did this for the last 10-15 minutes of class, the winner stayed in and started in top position.

Open Mat

I roleld for the first 15 minutes or so with our new 6'6" 270lb monster. I was able to sweep or reverse him every time. We started with him in my guard, half guard, side control, and mount at the end once I was feeling confident. He is crazy strong, I guess he does competitive powerlifting too. He threw on a pretty good guillotine off me sweeping him but fortunately his arms were long enough that there was room for me to work out of it. I was able to get to side control and mount on him a couple times as well.

I rolled with King Baer after that, who is a Purple Belt, this was a fact I found out after he tooled me consistently for about 15 minutes. His transitions were pretty damn fluid, I was facing some sort of attack the whole time pretty much.


good stuff! hows the eye?

anacondas are my FAV choke



hows baer? cool guy?

[Clark_Kent]

good stuff! hows the eye?

anacondas are my FAV choke

hows baer? cool guy?

It has swollen up a little and the bruise has spread. Nothing too bad though. I looked in the mirror after practice and didn't see anything since it is above/on my eyelid. I guess the wife saw it when I blinked.

I like the Peruvian Necktie now too. Granted all the times I tried the Anaconda before I wasn't doing it quite right as I wasn't focusing on bringing their own arm against their neck and there was always too much space. I did use being in that position to get into mount pretty well though.

Baer was as pimp as expected. He is good though, especially his Jiu Jitsu. That **** was slick. I felt a lot better when he told me he was a Purple though. I thought I had regressed a few months when I was thinking he was a Blue Belt.

[Clark_Kent]

I was not feeling 100% this morning so I didn't go to open mat. I stayed home and watched Pride 10 while hydrating. I guess I didn't drink enough water after training yesterday and was running a few quarts low. I finally got feeling a little more like usual this evening and got some lifting in.
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Incline Bench - 185 x 10, 195 x 10. 205 x 10, 215 x 6, 215 x 5, 215 x 4

Supersetted with

Bent Over DB Rows - 80 x 15, 95 x 15, 95 x 10, 115 x 10, 115 x 8, 115 x 8
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Dumbell Flyes - 35 x 15, 45 x 15, 55 x 15, 55 x 12

Supersetted with

Deadlifts w/ Shrug - 225 x 10, 275 x 10, 325 x 10, 375 x 8
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Dumbbell Curl into Standing Military Press - 25 x 15, 35 x 12, 45 x 10, 55 x 8
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[CamKeo]

Subscribed.

Looks like your working your ass off, keep it up :D

[Clark_Kent]

For Bjj we drilled a ton of hip heists and shrimps for our warm up. It was literally hundreds of each. This was because the main thing we learned in class was an escape from side control.

With your opponent in side control you place your forearm near them across their waist and hip. While you have your other forearm across their chin/neck you bump them and get your arm under their arm and up on their back. After gripping their hip and back you bump your hips up again and step your leg near them underneath you and away, which rolls you facing down. As you do this you drag the hand from their back down to their leg and pull your head tight to it, along with you arm that was on their hip. From here you can hold tight, grab their outside ankle on the free leg and drive through into side control. We drilled this from both sides with our partners about 50 times each.

After all the drill we rolled starting with someone in side control on top of another person. The person on top was trying to submit or mount, while the person on bottom was trying to escape or improve their position to guard or half guard above the knee. The winner stayed in and stayed down and anothe person rotated in. We did this for the last 15 minutes of class and I ended up staying in the whole time. I did get some chewing out from my coach for not quite hip heisting right and just muscling through. But in my defense I was doing it to Blue Belts my size and pulling it off every time.

I stayed and rolled for another 45 minutes, most of which with another white who is testing for his Blue soon and another Blue who is almost exactly the same weight as I am. I was able to keep dominant position and worked a couple americanas and kimuras. I went for an arm bar from guard once and gave up side control and immediately pulled off the escape we had been drilling, so there is definitely something to say for the repetition. My cardio has been good when it is coming to rolling too. I have been able to go strong for multipe 20-30 minute rolling sessions so the 4 minute matches at my tournament should be a breeze.

I also planted the seed about wanting to fight in the Muay Thai fights in April with one of our Muay Thai instructors. We will see how that pans out.

[farsscf]

5 star thread, according to me and probably you, since only 2 votes, lol

[Clark_Kent]

5 star thread, according to me and probably you, since only 2 votes, lol

Hopefully others will get the hint too, *nudge* *nudge*

[Croaker]

Hopefully others will get the hint too, *nudge* *nudge*

Got it.

And how often do you finish Americanas?

[DONJUANPIMPIN]

i gave it 5 stars keep up the good work. i like mma journals. What's your BJJ rank?

[Clark_Kent]

Got it.

And how often do you finish Americanas?

If I can get the first hand on the wrist tight, maybe 70% of the time. I use my head to help keep the arm in place a lot too so that seems to help.


i gave it 5 stars keep up the good work. i like mma journals. What's your BJJ rank?

I am a White Belt, I just started rolling Gi after Christmas. I have been doing No Gi since September though.

[Croaker]

If I can get the first hand on the wrist tight, maybe 70% of the time. I use my head to help keep the arm in place a lot too so that seems to help.

I will have to try using my knee. I can't ever seem to finish Americana's, I threaten them briefly then move on.

[Clark_Kent]

I will have to try using my knee. I can't ever seem to finish Americana's, I threaten them briefly then move on.

I use the knee on the far side to trap their arm. I like to figure four or scissor it so they can't bring it across to help the other arm.

[Croaker]

I use the knee on the far side to trap their arm. I like to figure four or scissor it so they can't bring it across to help the other arm.

So you put them in "beatdown" and hit it? Hmmm. Do you still need a lot of muscle to hit it? My main issue is I'm not strong enough to crank it on people I roll with.

[Clark_Kent]

So you put them in "beatdown" and hit it? Hmmm. Do you still need a lot of muscle to hit it? My main issue is I'm not strong enough to crank it on people I roll with.

I don't think you need too much strength. ESH gave me the idea to start trying to work the kimura and they will instinctively pull their arm up and if you are quick it is easy to lock the american on. I use my forehead on the arm I am bending to help shove it down until I get it locked in.

[Croaker]

I don't think you need too much strength. ESH gave me the idea to start trying to work the kimura and they will instinctively pull their arm up and if you are quick it is easy to lock the american on. I use my forehead on the arm I am bending to help shove it down until I get it locked in.

Hmmm, ok. I will add that into my rotation of side control.

I think I hit that peruvian variation we talked about the other day. I am fairly sure I didn't hit it exactly right, but it worked.

[Clark_Kent]

Hmmm, ok. I will add that into my rotation of side control.

I think I hit that peruvian variation we talked about the other day. I am fairly sure I didn't hit it exactly right, but it worked.

Even if it isn't right on it is extremely uncomfortable. I powered out of the standing one from a Blue Belt that is actually my size last night. What is funny is that he wasn't even there for class when we covered it, so I guess it is just part of his game.

[Clark_Kent]

Class tonight was pretty much exactly the same as class on Monday. We covered the same side control escape. We started off with about 50 hip heists to each side to get that down. We focused on keeping our hips up before hip heisting with an opponent on top to keep the space for your leg to come under so you don't get caught on your side with them on top of you.

Once we drilled it for about 15 minutes, from both sides, we rolled facing 3 people back to back to back, working to recover guard or sweep/reverse. After this open mat started and I rolled with one of the some guys I rolled with Monday night, a White Belt close to my size who is close to getting his Blue. We had some good scrambles and sweeps. Neither of us really worked subs, we worked more on our sweeping or maintaing or advancing position. We only did this for about 25 minutes so it wasn't near as long of a training session as usual.

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai class was pretty light tonight, there were only 5 people and our instructor.

We warmed up with a minute of each:

Hindu Squats
Dive Bomber Push Ups
Jackknifes
Lunges
Flutter Kicks
Push Ups
Sumo Squats
Planks
Hello Dollies

After the warm up we covered throwing the cross. We worked on throwing it moving forward right and forward left. We then covered the T Block for a cross and stepping to the side and blocking it away, or the plain Block as we called it. Once we went over these we worked combos on the focus mits.

We did 2 minutes each of throwing the combos off of our partner starting with throwing a cross at us.

Combo 1: T Block, Left Hook, Right Uppercut, Jab while stepping back
Combo 2: Block, Right Kick to the body, jab, Left Kick to the body
Combo 3: Block, Cross, Jab to the body, Cross

I did not stay for MMA because there were only 2 other guys there for it and they both weigh around 150lbs. I don't know if it was the cold or what, but I was pretty annoyed that no one showed up, especially since there are only 3 one hour MMA classes a week.

[BPP]

Jackknifes
Hello Dollies



ive heard of jackknifes but cant remember

no clue what a hello dollie is

[Clark_Kent]

ive heard of jackknifes but cant remember

no clue what a hello dollie is


Jacknifes
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/2002/jackknife2.jpg

Hello Dolly

A variation of the leg lift exercise, the scissors exercise also works the lower abdominals and hip flexor muscles. We start with our feet 6 inches off of the ground like the leg lifts, but instead of raising and lowering our legs, we move them laterally (open and close). Be sure to keep your legs off of the ground for all of repetitions.

http://www.the-fitness-motivator.com/images/hello-dolly.jpg

[farsscf]

Jacknifes
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/2002/jackknife2.jpg

Hello Dolly

A variation of the leg lift exercise, the scissors exercise also works the lower abdominals and hip flexor muscles. We start with our feet 6 inches off of the ground like the leg lifts, but instead of raising and lowering our legs, we move them laterally (open and close). Be sure to keep your legs off of the ground for all of repetitions.

http://www.the-fitness-motivator.com/images/hello-dolly.jpg

That brings back some not so fond memories of some military training I went through.

[Clark_Kent]

That brings back some not so fond memories of some military training I went through.

Yeah, I probably did about a million hello dollies during my Marine Corps years. Our coach is also a former Marine so he sticks to the regular "Corps" exercises.

[farsscf]

We did a lot of them, I lost track. I also remember how heavy an M-16 can get after an hour or so.

[daYDreAmErX]

I like weighted v-ups with a medicine ball.

[FRIZ11]

That brings back some not so fond memories of some military training I went through.


Yeah, I probably did about a million hello dollies during my Marine Corps years. Our coach is also a former Marine so he sticks to the regular "Corps" exercises.

i still hate it!!

[DONJUANPIMPIN]

Nice work brah

[WolverineGuy]

Awesome, keep up the good work man!

[Clark_Kent]

For BJJ we covered the same side control escapes/sweeps we did earlier in the week and added a new one. Our coaches called it the bump n run. When you are in side control you bump your hips up, into your opponent and when they give pressure back down you drop your hips and roll to the side using their own energy to carry them across you and putting yourself into side control but on top. We drilled all of the escapes quite a bit and then did some situational rolling with them. I had the best success with using the one we covered to regain guard since I was working with the big man again. I tried the one where you hip heist into them to get a single and drive through them but he kept mashing me down pretty good.

I then rolled with him for about 20 minutes. I worked from having him mounted on me or in side control and working to get to a better position. He was using a lot more of his strength today so I could really do very little. It was a bit frustrating not being able to muscle through stuff like usual but I guess it was a good lesson about using technique, or in my case continuing to learn it in the first place.

[Croaker]

For BJJ we covered the same side control escapes/sweeps we did earlier in the week and added a new one. Our coaches called it the bump n run. When you are in side control you bump your hips up, into your opponent and when they give pressure back down you drop your hips and roll to the side using their own energy to carry them across you and putting yourself into side control but on top. We drilled all of the escapes quite a bit and then did some situational rolling with them. I had the best success with using the one we covered to regain guard since I was working with the big man again. I tried the one where you hip heist into them to get a single and drive through them but he kept mashing me down pretty good.

I then rolled with him for about 20 minutes. I worked from having him mounted on me or in side control and working to get to a better position. He was using a lot more of his strength today so I could really do very little. It was a bit frustrating not being able to muscle through stuff like usual but I guess it was a good lesson about using technique, or in my case continuing to learn it in the first place.

I really like the "bump n run", its a really good plan B for when they throwyou down you try and create room.

How does the instructor plan for anyone to get good at side if y'all end up so amazing at side control escapes ;)

[Clark_Kent]

I really like the "bump n run", its a really good plan B for when they throwyou down you try and create room.

How does the instructor plan for anyone to get good at side if y'all end up so amazing at side control escapes ;)

I would think it would work both ways, I hope. But we are really doing it so we don't get stuck being in side control if we are competing in the tournament next weekend.

[Clark_Kent]

MMA

There were only two of us there for MMA class and our coach is out of town until Tuesday.

We started with working one minute each of:

Fighting for wrist control
Fighting for inside bicep control
Fighting for underhooks
Fighting for the plum
Putting all of the above together
Putting all of the above together with strikes x 2

After this we did a Guard Circuit that I had not done before. We did the following techniques for a minute each, then the other guy would do them for a minute, and then go to the next one.

Technical Stance
Butterfly Standup
Feet in Hips Standup
Shoulder Walk against the Cage
Take the back from guard
Spinning arm bar
Slow arm bar using legs
Omoplata
Triangle
Cross body sweep
Cross body sweep into guillotine
Cross body sweep into kimura

After this we worked on getting the takedown from already being in and having a leg while the other person tried to escape or reverse. We alternated once the person got away or was taken down. This took up the last 10 minutes or so of class.

Muay Thai

Muay Thai class was the same as Thursday nights class but instead of throwing the combos on the focus mitts we used the body pads as well so we could kick and punch to the body a bit harder. I really liked the combo we worked with kicks better today since I could actually kick. It was the block the cross, kick the body with the rear leg, jab as your leg comes down and kick the body with the lead leg. It felt good and my balance was much better now that I wasn't having to pull the kicks at the end.

No Gi

No Gi covered all the same side control escapes that we had worked this week and at the end we did the same drill where one man starts down and the other has side control and the bottom person work to sweep, reverse, or regain guard and the top works to sub.

Open Mat

For Open Mat I rolled with our new big man. He manhandled me last night in Gi pretty badly so to be honest I wasn't looking forward to it. Fortunately without the Gi he was unable to pull my arm straight while he had guard on me to arm bar me. He pulled this off 3 or 4 times last night and it got pretty frustrating, especially since I was working on keeping my arms tight and not extended.

Today went much better with him. We start standing and were getting a lot of pushing and pulling in and I finally got double under hooks and I stepped in like I was going to lift and he straightened up, so I quick ducked in for the double leg and took him down into half guard. I can't remember how but we got into a scramble and we both got back up and he pretty much bull rushed me so I ducked under again but he threw on the peruvian necktie really quickly, he has been trying it all week and has gotten pretty good at it.

He then pulled me to the ground with the choke on and was cranking my head pretty good. I fought it for a good 2 minutes, working against his grips and getting from his guard into side control. From there I broke the choke and worked like hell on keeping him down and from recapturing guard. It was hell, he is not only huge but strong too. I managed to keep his hips down and worked on a couple good americanas. The second one was tight and was bringing my knee up to get knee on belly and he quickly lifted his near knee up to block me and kneed me in the ribs so the american slipped off. I was a little mad because I think I would have had him in a few more seconds. Once I let go of the arm he dropped his knee and I immediately stepped into mount and grapevined my legs in his right away so he couldn't buck me off. I went for a kimura and he twisted away, but when I pulled him back something tweaked in his lower back so we stopped.

I also rolled with one of the other guys that stuck around. He is about 210 but only 5'10" and pretty chubby. I got the takedown with an ankle pick straight into side control. Got mount, he rolled, got back, he rolled, I got into side control, he rolled into me and I got in north/south and then locked in the Anaconda Choke and tapped him. It wasn't near the achievment of surviving with our big man, but it still felt good to use a new submission.

[Clark_Kent]

At Open Mat today I worked for about an hour and a half with one of our better Blue Belts. He fixed a lot of little stuff I was doing wrong and showed me some stuff I think will fit really well into my style/game.

He worked with me on some mount escapes and reguarding techniques other than the ones we covered this week. He also showed me a good arm bar from side control, two different sets ups actually but both work well for me as I am able to pretty much force a person into it and I don't have to really wait for them to do something.

He also corrected my guard pass from closed guard. I guess I hadn't been placing my elbow low enough in the knee/thigh to break the closed guard. I dropped it closer to mid thigh and it made all the difference in the world. I am glad he showed me it because that had been a sticking point for me with some of the better and stronger guys.

[BPP]

I got in north/south and then locked in the Anaconda Choke and tapped him. .

repped for this on recharge


gjdm,..solid trainin

[Clark_Kent]

repped for this on recharge


gjdm,..solid trainin

Thanks, I figured you would appreciate this.

[CamKeo]

I can't wait to get to start training.... your log helps keep me motivated on losing weight.

[Clark_Kent]

I can't wait to get to start training.... your log helps keep me motivated on losing weight.

Glad to hear it. Training will definitely drop some pounds from you. I lost about 12 pounds in my first 3 weeks, it really leaned me out well.

[Croaker]

For Open Mat I rolled with our new big man. He manhandled me last night in Gi pretty badly so to be honest I wasn't looking forward to it. Fortunately without the Gi he was unable to pull my arm straight while he had guard on me to arm bar me. He pulled this off 3 or 4 times last night and it got pretty frustrating, especially since I was working on keeping my arms tight and not extended.

Have you used the genie to defend armbars? Its a lot more sturdy than clasping your hands. The arm that's getting barred grabs your bicep of the other arm, which wraps around their leg. Its like an rear naked without the head, and the arm that would be sliding behind their head is gripping their leg.

[Clark_Kent]

Have you used the genie to defend armbars? Its a lot more sturdy than clasping your hands. The arm that's getting barred grabs your bicep of the other arm, which wraps around their leg. Its like an rear naked without the head, and the arm that would be sliding behind their head is gripping their leg.

Hmm, I will have to try that out. Realistically I should just stop letting myself get put in the situation in the first place, but until I do I might as well be able to defend it. I can usually use it to get to side control so it isn't always a bad thing. I guess I had been being ineffective in side control too. I usually trap the far arm against them instead of getting an underhook on it. This was pointed out to me Saturday by one of our Blue Belts and it does make a big difference.

[Croaker]

Hmm, I will have to try that out. Realistically I should just stop letting myself get put in the situation in the first place, but until I do I might as well be able to defend it. I can usually use it to get to side control so it isn't always a bad thing. I guess I had been being ineffective in side control too. I usually trap the far arm against them instead of getting an underhook on it. This was pointed out to me Saturday by one of our Blue Belts and it does make a big difference.

The genie is amazing. I don't know what spiderweb breaks you guys use, but the genie kills most of them fairly hardcore.

I always get the underhook, gable grip and suck them into me. Then I just keep sucking them up until I feel fully consolidated.

[Clark_Kent]

The genie is amazing. I don't know what spiderweb breaks you guys use, but the genie kills most of them fairly hardcore.

I always get the underhook, gable grip and suck them into me. Then I just keep sucking them up until I feel fully consolidated.

Do you take the near side arm under their head to gable grip with the farside underhook?

[Croaker]

Do you take the near side arm under their head to gable grip with the farside underhook?

Yeah, I place the gable grip by their shoulder when I suck them in. The main goal is to eliminate space and take off areas of their body they can bridge against the floor and create space with.

My main trick after that is sucking them in hard, then grabbing their wrist and spinning to north-south for a kimura.

Do you use much twister side control?

[Clark_Kent]

Yeah, I place the gable grip by their shoulder when I suck them in. The main goal is to eliminate space and take off areas of their body they can bridge against the floor and create space with.

My main trick after that is sucking them in hard, then grabbing their wrist and spinning to north-south for a kimura.

Do you use much twister side control?

What I have been doing with that is squeezing it tight as hell and dragging my knee up onto the belly and across into mount.

I have finally figured out the anaconda so I have been working that a lot from North-south. I finally pulled it off on Saturday.

I don't know much about twister side control. I am still relatively new to BJJ.

[Croaker]

What I have been doing with that is squeezing it tight as hell and dragging my knee up onto the belly and across into mount.

I have finally figured out the anaconda so I have been working that a lot from North-south. I finally pulled it off on Saturday.

I don't know much about twister side control. I am still relatively new to BJJ.

I can't hit **** from mount, so I just stay in side. I love playing the kimura/armbar combination from north-south.

If you like going to mount, you should try out twister side control. (I'm talking about the reverse scarf hold, not baseball bat or after the twister roll) When I do go to mount, I use twister side then figure for their legs and come over in a grapevined mount.

[Clark_Kent]

I can't hit **** from mount, so I just stay in side. I love playing the kimura/armbar combination from north-south.

If you like going to mount, you should try out twister side control. (I'm talking about the reverse scarf hold, not baseball bat or after the twister roll) When I do go to mount, I use twister side then figure for their legs and come over in a grapevined mount.

Since I have finally figured out how to get the armbar I set it up from mount off the americana a lot.

I grapevine a lot when working for the Americana too. I spread their legs wide and I don't get tipped or rolled that way. This worked well on our big guy I was rolling with. He couldn't do jack once I got the grapevine in.

[Croaker]

Since I have finally figured out how to get the armbar I set it up from mount off the americana a lot.

I grapevine a lot when working for the Americana too. I spread their legs wide and I don't get tipped or rolled that way. This worked well on our big guy I was rolling with. He couldn't do jack once I got the grapevine in.

My instructors aren't big on americanas, they just use them as fakes at the most. I grapevine the legs because I have a horrible base, but all my mount knowledge is based on a high mount (thats what I've been taught).

When you roll try out the kimura/armbar from north-south. You need to hit it like a japanese armbar though. (One leg over his head pulling into his neck, the other with your shin against his ribcage) Its super fluid.

[Clark_Kent]

My instructors aren't big on americanas, they just use them as fakes at the most. I grapevine the legs because I have a horrible base, but all my mount knowledge is based on a high mount (thats what I've been taught).

When you roll try out the kimura/armbar from north-south. You need to hit it like a japanese armbar though. (One leg over his head pulling into his neck, the other with your shin against his ribcage) Its super fluid.

I am starting to like the high mount too. If I get my big ass up there I ain't coming off until I want to.

I have actually hit the americana from side control a couple times by running my arm under their head and getting the far wrist, instead of going over. For once my long arms are useful. Well they also come in handy when I use my jab too.

[Croaker]

I am starting to like the high mount too. If I get my big ass up there I ain't coming off until I want to.

I have actually hit the americana from side control a couple times by running my arm under their head and getting the far wrist, instead of going over. For once my long arms are useful. Well they also come in handy when I use my jab too.

My main issue about Americanas is everyone I roll with is twenty plus pounds heavier than me, so I can't out muscle for wrist control. I act like I'm going for it, wait for them to defend then clear their elbow and try an arm triangle.

[Clark_Kent]

-------------------------Rnd 1------Rnd 2-----Rnd 3----Rnd 4------Rnd 5--

Barbell Snatch----------65 x 15----75 x 12---85 x 12---95 x 10---105 x 10

Barbell Rows------------65 x 15----75 x 12---85 x 12---95 x 10---105 x 10

Standing Military Press--65 x 15----75 x 12---85 x 12---95 x 10---105 x 10

Front Squat-------------65 x 15----75 x 12---85 x 12---95 x 10---105 x 10

Upright Rows------------65 x 15----75 x 12---85 x 12---95 x 10---105 x 10

Dumbell Bench----------55 x 20----55 x 20---55 x 20---80 x 12---80 x 10

Lat Pulldowns----------180 x 20---180 x 20--290 x 20--200 x 15--200 x 15

[DONJUANPIMPIN]

Nice. And you training tonight too? I would be dead tired and have no energy to roll

[Clark_Kent]

Nice. And you training tonight too? I would be dead tired and have no energy to roll

Yup, I have BJJ, Intermediate BJJ, and Muay Thai. I can't pull this off everyday but I can easily do it a couple times a week.

[NameNotGuy]

How many pullups can you do?

[Clark_Kent]

How many pullups can you do?

I managed 15 the other day before class. Chin ups I can do 17 or 18 depending on the day. When I was weighing 190ish I could knock out 25 though. Ah, the good old days.

[Clark_Kent]

For BJJ we did our usual warm up and then went into multiple submissions from side control. We covered the American, Kimura, Kimura with an arm trapped in your leg from the turtle (this was pretty damn complex and I don't even want to try and explain it, and the paper cutter choke. Going over the Americana and Kimura were good review and I picked up a couple things I wasn't aware of. Specifically on the Americana, how I can put my knee on their near hip and shove it across and pull their elbow down towards their knee rather than elevating them and torqueing the arm back. Elevatin the shoulder and bending the arm back creates space, which has allowed people to shrimp out of them on me before.

I really liked the Paper Cutter choke. From side control you take your hand nearest their head and go under their neck and grab the far side collar, along their trap. From there you shoot your other arm under their near shoulder and grab on the side of the collar nearest to you. If you can't reach the collar you can grab a handful of gi at their shoulder, whatever it takes to keep that shoulder down. From there you take your forarm that is under their neck and bring it up along the back side of their head, around the top, and across their face until your forearm is across their neck. Once your forearm is in place you apply downward pressure until they tap. I pulled this off in our rolling during the last 15 minutes of class and think I will work it into my regular subs. I put my knee up on their belly to keep them down as well.

For Open Mat I rolled for 30 minutes with our guy who fights at 170. He is the one I helped train for his last fight. He is walking around at 180 or so right now but still fast as hell. We had some good scrambles and I gave up some bad positions but I managed to get out of most of them. He ended up getting me with an Anaconda at one point, that is what he won his last fight with so I should have seen it coming sooner. He got a rear naked choke in as well that I fight for a minute or so and when I just thought I had his arm pried away and was going to be able to duck my chin under, my fingers slipped off and the forearm slammed right back into me neck.

After that I rolled with another White Belt who is about 200lbs. I was able to pass his guard get into side control and mount pretty easily. I was using what that Blue Belt showed me yesterday so that is probably what helped the most. I got him in that Paper Cutter choke as well as a Kimura. If he is the caliber of guys I will be facing this weekend at the tournament I am liking my chances.

Muay Thai class was only 2 high school kids and the woman that comes so I went in the other room and hit the heavy bag. I did Bas' 3 Minute boxing rounds five times and then headed home. I also dropped the hint about my interest in the Muay Thai fights in April again to our other instructor. After the BJJ tournament I will start hitting MT classes up again more than the 3 times a week I have been doing the last month or so.

[DONJUANPIMPIN]

Nice keep up the good work. Good luck with trying get a MT fight and good luck in the tourney. Anything big or just a local tourney

[Clark_Kent]

Nice keep up the good work. Good luck with trying get a MT fight and good luck in the tourney. Anything big or just a local tourney

It is just a regional tournament. Maybe some guys from West Virginia and PA other than those of us from Virginia. It is close though, so no reason for me not to check it out.

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

We covered the push kick and round kick tonight. I am able to rotate my front foot much better than the last time we covered this a month or so ago so my kicks were much better. We did the following 4 minute round twice at the end.

Minute 1: Push Kick, Push Kick
Minute 2: Push Kick, Round Kick
Minute 3: Round kick, Round Kick
Minute 4: Round Kick, Push Kick

MMA

For MMA we covered the arm drag from controlling our opponents wrist and also from our opponent controlling our wrist. We also covered how to break their grip if they have one hand clinched behind your neck, you step in and extend your near arm and pat/shove them across the back away from you. you can also immediately control the wrist that was clinched to give you a controlling grip over them. We worked from having one arm clinched behind their head, pushing them back, pulling them forward hard enough to bend them, and then putting the guillotine on from there.

BJJ

BJJ covered the same things we did last night, the Kimura and the Americana. While we did not get to the Paper Cutter choke I was able to pull it off and sub another white belt at the end of class. My side control escapes I learned last week also came in handy and I even was able to pull them off against a couple Blues.

Open Mat

For Open Mat I rolled for 30 minutes with one of our Blues. We started standing so we could work takedowns. He got me in a pretty good collar choke early on that I was able to break free of. When I broke free we were on our feet again and he tried to take my down by planting his feet in my hips and rolling back but I dropped my hips flattened his legs and slid into side control. I started working the Americana but he got free and then I tried the Paper Cutter but he shrimped into me and we got in a scramble from there.

We ended up with him turtled up and me on the side, so I grabbed to the front of his shoulder and across to his far lapel. I controlled his far ankle and start tipping him but he came back into me and I threw a hook over really quick. He kept his hip down blocking my other hook and from there I reached across with my free hand to his other lapel and started working a rough Sliding Collar Choke that we learned last week. With the choke in place he flattened out and tried coming up to his base and I got my other hook in. From there I flattened him out completely, grapevined his legs and finished the choke. I tapped my first Blue Belt, and in Gi no less. This is a good time for me to pull this off with the BJJ tournament this weekend. The best thing is that he weighs 190 so there really was not that signifcant of a weight advantage for me either.

I am pretty stoked but also exhausted from almost 4 hours of training so I am going to go eat something and pass the hell out.

[BPP]

Muay Thai

We covered the push kick and round kick tonight. I am able to rotate my front foot much better than the last time we covered this a month or so ago so my kicks were much better. We did the following 4 minute round twice at the end.

Minute 1: Push Kick, Push Kick
Minute 2: Push Kick, Round Kick
Minute 3: Round kick, Round Kick
Minute 4: Round Kick, Push Kick

MMA

For MMA we covered the arm drag from controlling our opponents wrist and also from our opponent controlling our wrist. We also covered how to break their grip if they have one hand clinched behind your neck, you step in and extend your near arm and pat/shove them across the back away from you. you can also immediately control the wrist that was clinched to give you a controlling grip over them. We worked from having one arm clinched behind their head, pushing them back, pulling them forward hard enough to bend them, and then putting the guillotine on from there.

BJJ

BJJ covered the same things we did last night, the Kimura and the Americana. While we did not get to the Paper Cutter choke I was able to pull it off and sub another white belt at the end of class. My side control escapes I learned last week also came in handy and I even was able to pull them off against a couple Blues.

Open Mat

For Open Mat I rolled for 30 minutes with one of our Blues. We started standing so we could work takedowns. He got me in a pretty good collar choke early on that I was able to break free of. When I broke free we were on our feet again and he tried to take my down by planting his feet in my hips and rolling back but I dropped my hips flattened his legs and slid into side control. I started working the Americana but he got free and then I tried the Paper Cutter but he shrimped into me and we got in a scramble from there.

We ended up with him turtled up and me on the side, so I grabbed to the front of his shoulder and across to his far lapel. I controlled his far ankle and start tipping him but he came back into me and I threw a hook over really quick. He kept his hip down blocking my other hook and from there I reached across with my free hand to his other lapel and started working a rough Sliding Collar Choke that we learned last week. With the choke in place he flattened out and tried coming up to his base and I got my other hook in. From there I flattened him out completely, grapevined his legs and finished the choke. I tapped my first Blue Belt, and in Gi no less. This is a good time for me to pull this off with the BJJ tournament this weekend. The best thing is that he weighs 190 so there really was not that signifcant of a weight advantage for me either.

I am pretty stoked but also exhausted from almost 4 hours of training so I am going to go eat something and pass the hell out.


awesome about the blue belt!!!! I think best I ever got was a 4 stripe white belt in a kimura

good luck this weekend, get vids!

[Clark_Kent]

awesome about the blue belt!!!! I think best I ever got was a 4 stripe white belt in a kimura

good luck this weekend, get vids!

Thanks, I am dragging the wife along so I plan on having her record all my matches. Hopefully there will be more than just my first round ones for Gi and No Gi. :D

[Clark_Kent]

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[farsscf]

GJ, you were obviously stronger than him. I saw opportunities for the bear hug there though.

edit, and good quality video.

[Clark_Kent]

GJ, you were obviously stronger than him. I saw opportunities for the bear hug there though.

edit, and good quality video.

Thanks man. I am glad I have been working the last couple weeks with a guy who is 6'6" so having experience with the height difference definitely made me more comfortable at the start.

[CamKeo]

Good stuff, keep it up.

[Clark_Kent]

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[BPP]

lmao @ bearhug comment


nice arm triangle brah...I LOVE those :D

[Croaker]

Nice. What was the final points in the last one?

[BPP]

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:confused: @ ending

[Croaker]

:confused: @ ending

The towel was the end of the round, then the judge looked at the scorecard and declared Clark the winner.

(I think)

[BPP]

The towel was the end of the round, then the judge looked at the scorecard and declared Clark the winner.

(I think)

wasnt sure what towel meant.... 5 min match only?

[Croaker]

wasnt sure what towel meant.... 5 min match only?

No clue, I got a little confused about the towel as well. With how many matches they have going simultaneously maybe a standard bell doesn't work.

[IzRiot]

wasnt sure what towel meant.... 5 min match only?

most ammy matches are timed to 5 i was time keeping the last south texas king of the mat they used my towel to clean up some kids blood i was like wtf get me a new one!

btw did u get 2 points for taking side control? if so hax! they make me go knee to belly for those 2 points >.< WTB points for side control.

[BPP]

most ammy matches are timed to 5 i was time keeping the last south texas king of the mat they used my towel to clean up some kids blood i was like wtf get me a new one!

btw did u get 2 points for taking side control? if so hax! they make me go knee to belly for those 2 points >.< WTB points for side control.

brb entering ammy matches lol


and lulz @ towel

[DONJUANPIMPIN]

Yeah towel is how they used to do it for wrestling tourneys back in high school or someone would tap the ref 3x and he would stop the wrestlers from wrestling because of the crowd noise etc

[Clark_Kent]

This is my finals match. My opponent got a bye the first round when his opponent withdrew. His second round match took less than a minute, he took his opponents back standing and locked in the Rear Naked Choke. I talked to him after and he has done almost 3 years of Judo and a year of BJJ so I wasn't sure what he was doing in the Beginners division, but oh well, it was definitely good competition.

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[Clark_Kent]

So the seeding for the Gi side of the tournament was awesome. I drew the guy I faced in the finals for my first round match. At this point I was thoroughly exhausted and really wished I hadn't gotten sick this week. If I had been at my normal cardio level I think I could have beaten him in the No Gi Finals match and also in this one. He is from a local school though so I will hopefully get to see him again and redeem myself a bit.

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[Clark_Kent]

lmao @ bearhug comment

nice arm triangle brah...I LOVE those :D

Thanks, I didn't try setting it up, it just ended up sliding into place during the process of controlling him.


Nice. What was the final points in the last one?

The second round match score was 10 - 2 I believe.


:confused: @ ending

Yup, 5 minute match and they throw a towel in because there were 6 matches going at the same time.


btw did u get 2 points for taking side control? if so hax! they make me go knee to belly for those 2 points >.< WTB points for side control.

Yeah, I got 2 points for getting to Side Control. The scoring was a bit confusing. If you got the take down it was 2 points, if you got the take down straight into side control it was still only 2 points. Knee on belly, once held for 3 seconds was 3 points I think.

[WolverineGuy]

Very nice brah.

[Clark_Kent]

Not many people were at Muay Thai tonight.

We did our circuit warmup to get started.

We started off wroking on throwing the jab and then the jab cross while moving into range and then getting back out of range after throwing them. We worked in the slip before and after throwing the combo as well.

We then coverd the push kick, round kick, and also the side kick. We had not covered the side kick before and I found I throw it pretty hard. I can also throw it from quite a ways outside as well.

For the Thai Pads we threw the following combos in a three minute round:

1 Minute of Push Kick, Jab, Cross, get back and away
1 Minute of Jab, Cross, Round kick, get back and away
1 Minute of Side Kick, Jab, Cross, get back and away

The second round was the same combos as above but we added a knee on the way out.

The third round was the combos with the knee, but throwing them from the opposite stance that we are used to. This was a lot better than my Southpaw work I have done before. I am finally feeling more comfortable Southpaw. I have worked it in during sparring a couple times with some success and am trying to keep both sides balanced since I don't have much experience either way.

[C Project]

Get a hair cut "Logan". :D

Good job btw. I'd rep you on all the videos if I could. :/

[Clark_Kent]

Get a hair cut "Logan". :D

Good job btw. I'd rep you on all the videos if I could. :/

I am actually getting one tomorrow as a matter of fact.

Mi cabeza gets muy caliente para me trabajo outs.

[mpasich]

Damn, that's one awesome journal you have there. Good job. See you in class.

[Clark_Kent]

Didn't go to class tonight but I did lift after I got my haircut.

------------------------------Rnd 1------Rnd 2-----Rnd 3----Rnd 4------Rnd 5--

Barbell Bench----------------135 x 20---165 x 15--185 x 12--205 x 10---205 x 8

Lat Pull Downs----------------180 x 20---230 x 15--260 x 12--260 x 10---260 x 10

Standing Dumbbell Mil Press--25 x 20----35 x 15---45 x 12---55 x 10---55 x 8

Dumbbell Curl-----------------25 x 20----35 x 15---45 x 12---55 x 10---55 x 10


I had a big ass steak, twice baked potato, broccoli and a Blue Moon for dinner. Time to crash and rest up for getting back to regular training tomorrow.

[CamKeo]

Thing that bothers me about my gym (Not training gym, weight gym) is that they don't have soft weights for power cleans and such, I really miss those from football, really good overall workout and helps with becoming more explosive.

[Clark_Kent]

Thing that bothers me about my gym (Not training gym, weight gym) is that they don't have soft weights for power cleans and such, I really miss those from football, really good overall workout and helps with becoming more explosive.

Yeah, our gym has bumper plates so that isn't a problem. Our coach just got two big ass tires too and is getting some sledge hammers as well. Now we just gotta wait for it to warm up a bit and use them outside.

[DONJUANPIMPIN]

Yeah, our gym has bumper plates so that isn't a problem. Our coach just got two big ass tires too and is getting some sledge hammers as well. Now we just gotta wait for it to warm up a bit and use them outside.

I want to do that so bad. I never used the sledgehammer tire workout before

[Clark_Kent]

MMA

We spent most of the time working on our shot. We also worked on setting it up, off of the jab and the jab followed by the overhand right. We literally spent the first 20 minutes doing this and then went into working it on a partner. We would throw and then shoot, and then we would switch and we would shoot off of them throwing a strike. It definitely got much smoother the more we did it and as our coach said, it is not something you can do too much of. We did some rolling, sparring at the end with light strikes. We started from our feet and worked to the ground if it got there. I was working the knees out of the clinch pretty well. Nothing close to even half power, just showing that I could land them

Muay Thai

We covered the basic strikes and basic foot movement since there were about 6 new people in class. Once we had gone over that we worked some combos, the same as what we covered on Thursday. We then got the Thai Pads and partnered up to throw them. We did the following 3 minute round 3 times.

1 Minute of Push Kick, Jab, Cross, Knee
1 Minute of Jab, Cross, Round kick, Knee
1 Minute of Side Kick, Jab, Cross, Knee

No Gi

We were shown a couple submissions from being in someones half guard. The first we covered was the Brabo Choke. After that we were shown how we could step over and get a knee bar if they defend the Brabo Choke by pulling their arm back and in. While we can't use this in any Beginner or Intermediate BJJ tourneys it is something I could use for MMA.

After being shown those we worked on the ground rolling, starting in half guard or having someone in your half guard. The bottom person's goal was to sweep or submit, and the top persons goal was to submit. The person who won stayed in and picked top or bottom. I stayed in quite a while and managed to sweep the majority of the people until coach jumped in and subbed me. We had some newer guys that were 190+ so that was nice. I guess we are getting a new Super Heavy Weight as well who is going to start training with us on Tuesday.

Open Mat

I rolled with a couple of our Blue Belts and another White who is a little smaller than me but close to getting his Blue. Didn't submit anyone but did decent passing guard and maintaining side control while staying active. I pulled off some good, technical sweeps too. I am still feeling not quite 100% but I made it through all the classes feeling better than I expected too.

[Clark_Kent]

I want to do that so bad. I never used the sledgehammer tire workout before

I am going to start hitting up Crossfit twice a week hopefully so I will get a chance to. That and tire flips sound fun as hell.


Workout Tune of the Day

j-D2xbW1fww

[mpasich]

I am going to start hitting up Crossfit twice a week hopefully so I will get a chance to. That and tire flips sound fun as hell.


Workout Tune of the Day

j-D2xbW1fww

When did coach get the tires? (been a lazy bitch this week, need to hit up again monday LOL)

[C Project]

I am actually getting one tomorrow as a matter of fact.

Mi cabeza gets muy caliente para me trabajo outs.

Lulz. Spanglish > You.

You suck at it, btw. :mad: Quit insulting my people by making their language merging look bad.

"Trabajo outs"... GTFO.

[Clark_Kent]

When did coach get the tires? (been a lazy bitch this week, need to hit up again monday LOL)

I think he got them yesterday as they have not been cleaned off yet.


Lulz. Spanglish > You.

You suck at it, btw. :mad: Quit insulting my people by making their language merging look bad.

"Trabajo outs"... GTFO.

That is rude, I am trying my best to help your people assimilate. This is the thanks I get for including you? Maybe I WON'T speak any Spanish anymore.

[mpasich]

I think he got them yesterday as they have not been cleaned off yet.

Cool, I guess I have something else to look foreward to on Monday. That's if I don't kick myself onto my ass again, LOL.

[Clark_Kent]

Didn't go to class tonight so I could be fresh for tomorrow nights MT and MMA classes. My legs are still sore as hell from working on our shot so much on Saturday so I got some Shoulder work in.

Cuban Press----------------12 x 20, 15 x 20, 20 x 15, 25 x 12, 25 x 10

DB Military Press------------25 x 25, 35 x 20, 45 x 20, 55 x 15, 15 x 15, 55 x 15

Lateral Raise---------------15 x 20, 20 x 15, 25 x 15, 25 x 12

DB Upright Row-------------25 x 20, 35 x 15, 45 x 12, 55 x 10

Rear Delt Raise/Flyes--------15 x 20, 25 x 20, 25 x 15, 35 x 10

[MUFC]

what's cuban press?

[Sims]

what's cuban press?

and aren't such "Cuban" things illegal in the US?

reported to Interpol.

[BPP]

unsubscribes since CK never posts in anyone else's journal :(

[Clark_Kent]

I like doing them as a warm up for my shoulders.

http://graphics.fansonly.com/schools/silu/graphics/auto/CubanPress.jpg

[mpasich]

Those cubans look awesome. Might have to try adding them to my routine.

[Clark_Kent]

Those cubans look awesome. Might have to try adding them to my routine.

I stay light with them and use them to get the blood flowing in my Shoulders before starting my workout. My output is much better when I do them first.