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Stick (get that stick... get it!)
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1: Stick comes in overhand: Xblock, right hand forward. Bring down to left side of body, grab with the left hand. Grab the stick and twist out of their grip with your right hand. Come around their body, pivoting 180, and hit them in the face. Pivot back 180, and hit them in the floating ribs. Bring the stick around your grip, under their chin, place your right foot behind their leg, and then drive them down to the ground with the stick in their throat.
2: Stick comes in overhand: X-block, left hand forward, monkeygrab with right hand. Bring down to left side. Get the stick out of their hand with left hand. In defensive knife grip, bring it across their face with a 180 pivot, and back again across their face with 180 pivot. Side kick to leg or stomach. Step backwards 360, and drive the stick into the pressure point just under their elbow, bring them to the ground.
3: Stick comes in on the left side at a swing: Block with left hand and punch simultaneously. Continue that momentum to push the stick in a downward motion. Get it behind their kneecaps, and if you can, pull their legs out from them while pushing your shoulder above the knees.
4: Stick comes in on right side at a swing: Block arm at shoulder and wrist. Slide left hand (shoulder) to the hand and perform a wrist pattern onto your shoulder. Put your forearm 2/3 of the way up the trapped arm, and squat.
5: Stick comes in from left side: Block, step in, palm heel strike under the chin and up- continue driving forward until they fall. Get stick.
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Baseball bat
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1: Batter up: Before they complete the first swing, double block. Step in and grab the bat with both hands. Hip check them as you do a 180, breaking the grip. Take another 180 step, attack the kneecaps.
2: Batter up: They swing at you once and you miss. The momentum carries it around their head. Block their arm with right hand, trapping them from bringing it forward, and grab the bat with your left hand. The bat is now behind their head trapped against their neck. Walk backwards, crushing their neck between the bat and your shoulder.
3: Batter up: You block before they get the shot off with both arms. Elbow them in the floating ribs, continue the turn and judo flip them. (I think? Unsure on this one.)
4: They try to butt it into your stomach: Step to the side and grab it, side kick them in the leg or stomach.
5: They try to butt it into your stomach: Step to the side and grab as you do a front snap kick to their leading arm. Jump kick to a side leg or stomach kick.
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Gun
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1: Gun is point blank your heart: Step to the side and push/monkey grab their wrist with your left hand. At the same time, lean over and gouge out their eyes with your right hand. Slide your grip down their arm and when you get to their wrist, grab it, replacing the arms. Do a 180, trapping their hand under your arm in a chicken wing. Grab their wrist with your left hand and palm heel strike the gun out of their grip sideways with your right. Follow through by hitting them in the temple with the butt of the gun.
2: Gun is point blank your heart: Step to the side and block/grab with your left hand at the wrist, stepping backwards, and trapping it under the left chicken wing. Palm heel strike it out with your right hand, strike the temple.
3: They are patting you down and pointing the gun at your legs: Slap their wrist with your right hand, hit and grab the gun sideways with your left. Kick them in the groin.
4: Pat the gun out of your face with your right hand (this time your on their inside guard, for once) Immediately wrap your left hand around their wrist, with your fingers facing outwards. I forget what came after that.
5: Pointed at your back: Turn, knocking it away from your body with your right arm. Continue the circle and chicken wing the arm with your left arm. Palm heel strike it out.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Kajukenbo with Eddy
Eddy kicked ass! That punk has 2 weeks of his internship left, and he finally decided to come to class with me.
Most guys come with a very full cup... they are the youtube masters. Damn dawwwwwg, yeah I know this stuff, I grew up street fightin and shit. I've seen so many attitudes quit after a week.
Eddy was quiet, observant, and focused on form. He improved faster than a ton of other thistles that blow through. When he first started kicking, he was fairly sloppy. In ten or so minutes of practice, he got to this point, which would have really hurt without pads. I'm very proud of him, sad to see him leaving, and excited to see what he does with his life. Safe travels.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
take downs
Went over some take downs yesterday, and grappling today. My knees are very bruised from the pre-workout... I got to carry a 175 lb guy all over the floor. On the plus side, he was a bubbling fountain of teenage giddiness, which is hilariously awesome.
HIM ME
... I appear to be a zombie.
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Take Down 1: Drop to knees, push your inner forearm bone just below opponent's kneecap, and grab their ankle with your outside arm. Pull and push.
Take Down 2: Drop to knees. Mount shoulder under opponent's kneecap, monkeygrip behind their ankle. Pull and push.
Take Down 3: Almost 90 degree bend, ram their stomach with your shoulder. Forward arm goes around the waist (if you're being gentile, not if you want to hurt them) rear arm grabs their leg (like you're doing the tango). Sweep foot between their legs, and kick out behind them, driving them to the ground. The harder you kick out, the harder they fall.
Take Down 3B: After you get them into the tango position, pivot 180, and judo throw them over your hip.
Take Down 4: Headbutt into their stomach area to get under the arm. Loop both arms under their arms, monkey grab behind the back. Pull while looking up so as to straighten their spine, and then wrap your outside leg around their legs and then backwards and through (like you're threading a needle). Step backwards like you're kick-starting a motorcycle. Drive to ground.
Take Down 5: Shoot into their front leg, brace your head against their side while keeping your head up and your spine strait. One hand around each knee, sweep their legs out from under them sideways, so that they fall into a good position for side mount.
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Take down application: Once you put them down (say from 3) you have their right leg under your arm. Step your left leg in front of their right, and lay down backwards. Put your fist into a triangle position, and drive your knuckles into the bottom of their calf muscle, halfway up their shin bone. Trap their foot under your armpit, and lean backwards, putting the pressure on from in an ankle-bar.
HIM ME
... I appear to be a zombie.
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Take Down 1: Drop to knees, push your inner forearm bone just below opponent's kneecap, and grab their ankle with your outside arm. Pull and push.
Take Down 2: Drop to knees. Mount shoulder under opponent's kneecap, monkeygrip behind their ankle. Pull and push.
Take Down 3: Almost 90 degree bend, ram their stomach with your shoulder. Forward arm goes around the waist (if you're being gentile, not if you want to hurt them) rear arm grabs their leg (like you're doing the tango). Sweep foot between their legs, and kick out behind them, driving them to the ground. The harder you kick out, the harder they fall.
Take Down 3B: After you get them into the tango position, pivot 180, and judo throw them over your hip.
Take Down 4: Headbutt into their stomach area to get under the arm. Loop both arms under their arms, monkey grab behind the back. Pull while looking up so as to straighten their spine, and then wrap your outside leg around their legs and then backwards and through (like you're threading a needle). Step backwards like you're kick-starting a motorcycle. Drive to ground.
Take Down 5: Shoot into their front leg, brace your head against their side while keeping your head up and your spine strait. One hand around each knee, sweep their legs out from under them sideways, so that they fall into a good position for side mount.
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Take down application: Once you put them down (say from 3) you have their right leg under your arm. Step your left leg in front of their right, and lay down backwards. Put your fist into a triangle position, and drive your knuckles into the bottom of their calf muscle, halfway up their shin bone. Trap their foot under your armpit, and lean backwards, putting the pressure on from in an ankle-bar.
Friday, July 13, 2012
been awhile
I feel like I haven't posted here in ages. The truth is, I've been keeping up with training just as much as always, I just don't usually have pretty pictures to post, so it doesn't ever seem worth it.
Well, in lieu of anything relevant, here's something awesome
Lately I've been trying to do kickboxing as everyday as I can, but going to kaju on monday and wednesday is the most important thing. I kept missing on the days when they go over material, and I actually needed reminding last week... freaking embarrassing. -_-;;; Thought I would write down everything we went over, so that doesn't ever... happen... again. I keep telling myself I'm going to make a comic book of the drills, but somehow I just end up studying instead. Thanks, obsessive compulsive learning disorder. Ok, it's not a disorder, I just like it too much. Ok, I have a problem, I admit it. Whatever.
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Punch Combo 1: (starts with opponent punch) left hand blocks close to face, right hand hooks around to punch bicep while doing a front kick. Push their caught arm into their chest, kick out their supporting front leg, punch to whatever area is vulnerable.
Punch Combo 2: (starts with opponent punch) right hand hooks around wrist, left forearm hits just under elbow. Make sure arm is rotated so bone is on pressure point. Step right foot back and pivot 180, controlling their body and driving them to the ground, putting pressure on the elbow.
Punch Combo 3: (starts with opponent punch) left hand blocks close to face, right hand bicep punch, front kick (same beginning as combo 1). Plant right leg, slide right arm grip to wrist, left hand grip to elbow, left leg low kick (kneecap/thigh/groin area) pivot and throw
Punch Combo 4: (starts with opponent punch) same start as 2, right hand hooks around wrist, left forearm hits just below elbow at pressure point. Left leg step into opponent, driving right hand hook through the body. Use left hand grip to push arm down as you do a rolling backhand to the face. Grab neck and right leg side kick to stomach, flip them to the ground in front of you. If you've managed to keep a grip on their arm, you're now in a good position for an arm break.
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Grapple 1: (opponent rushes at legs) Half sprawl, hands together at wrist, palm facing head. Catch, grab hair or ears, turn their head 180 and flip them to the side.
Grapple 2: (opponent rushes at legs) Half sprawl, hands catch opponent's shoulders. Use momentum/weight to drive them to the ground. Grab hair, shirt, watev, and beat them into the ground a few times.
Grapple 3: (opponent grabs leg) Reach around their head and either grab their nose, using that to pull their head up, or grab their hair and expose the neck that way. Use the bone of your forearm and the momentum of the hair/nose pull to drive your forearm into the exposed line of their jaw. Flip towards the leg they are not grabbing.
Grapple 4: (opponent rushes legs) Catch their shoulders and do a half sprawl, then immediately drop all your weight onto the middle of their back as you drop your knees down next to their shoulders. Drive your left arm under the chicken wing space under their right arm, and pull it up. Use your right arm to grab their wrist and pull it up into an arm bar behind their back.
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Front Grab 1: (opponent grabs your collar) Push their elbows up while doing a groin front kick. Monkey grab bottom of elbows and use your momentum to bring them forward, and off balance. Left arm up, right arm down, break grip by bringing right arm up and left arm down. With right arm now up, chop their neck with your forearm. Grab neck/shoulder, switch stance and kick out their right leg with your left, immediately place behind their right leg and flip over body.
Front Grab 2: (opponent grabs your collar) left arm grabs just under opponent's right wrist. Right arm slaps/ pushes their face as a distraction as you come around and grab their right hand with your right in a full circle. Wrist lock with right hand as you bring your left foot backwards, and pivot 180, pulling them off balance... bring left forearm just below their elbow at the pressure point and bring them down to the ground, dropping your weight into their ribcage with your knee.
Front Grab 3: (opponent grabs your collar) Clap hands together above the grab, and step backwards with right leg, cramping their arms together and bringing them forward. Wait for them to jerk backwards and then use that momentum to drive your fists into their face as you step forward into front stance. Continue the motion in a circle; break their hold with a right handed inside block and with the same arm backfist into the jaw. Continue motion with a left round kick, and a takedown.
Front Grab 4: (opponent grabs your collar) ... crap.... I can't remember all of this one. It starts where you use your left arm to cross over the grip and grab just below their left wrist, and your right hand comes under their grip to grab the meat between the bicep and the humerus of their right arm (so they're crossed) and then you bring your weight down on your right arm while applying pressure under the bicep so they fold and then you backhand them in the face with your left arm... but I can't remember what comes after that. I'll come back and edit if I remember.
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I'll skip one and two for the sake of time, three's the new one anyways.
Back Grab 3: (Opponent grabs your right shoulder with his/her left hand) with left hand grab their hand, trapping them there. Pivot slightly and hook your right hand around their forearm. Take a step with your right hand and pivot, pulling them forward and off balance. Bring your left hand around and closeline them in the throat in the opposite direction to their momentum, drive them to the ground.
Well, in lieu of anything relevant, here's something awesome
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Punch Combo 1: (starts with opponent punch) left hand blocks close to face, right hand hooks around to punch bicep while doing a front kick. Push their caught arm into their chest, kick out their supporting front leg, punch to whatever area is vulnerable.
Punch Combo 2: (starts with opponent punch) right hand hooks around wrist, left forearm hits just under elbow. Make sure arm is rotated so bone is on pressure point. Step right foot back and pivot 180, controlling their body and driving them to the ground, putting pressure on the elbow.
Punch Combo 3: (starts with opponent punch) left hand blocks close to face, right hand bicep punch, front kick (same beginning as combo 1). Plant right leg, slide right arm grip to wrist, left hand grip to elbow, left leg low kick (kneecap/thigh/groin area) pivot and throw
Punch Combo 4: (starts with opponent punch) same start as 2, right hand hooks around wrist, left forearm hits just below elbow at pressure point. Left leg step into opponent, driving right hand hook through the body. Use left hand grip to push arm down as you do a rolling backhand to the face. Grab neck and right leg side kick to stomach, flip them to the ground in front of you. If you've managed to keep a grip on their arm, you're now in a good position for an arm break.
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Grapple 1: (opponent rushes at legs) Half sprawl, hands together at wrist, palm facing head. Catch, grab hair or ears, turn their head 180 and flip them to the side.
Grapple 2: (opponent rushes at legs) Half sprawl, hands catch opponent's shoulders. Use momentum/weight to drive them to the ground. Grab hair, shirt, watev, and beat them into the ground a few times.
Grapple 3: (opponent grabs leg) Reach around their head and either grab their nose, using that to pull their head up, or grab their hair and expose the neck that way. Use the bone of your forearm and the momentum of the hair/nose pull to drive your forearm into the exposed line of their jaw. Flip towards the leg they are not grabbing.
Grapple 4: (opponent rushes legs) Catch their shoulders and do a half sprawl, then immediately drop all your weight onto the middle of their back as you drop your knees down next to their shoulders. Drive your left arm under the chicken wing space under their right arm, and pull it up. Use your right arm to grab their wrist and pull it up into an arm bar behind their back.
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Front Grab 1: (opponent grabs your collar) Push their elbows up while doing a groin front kick. Monkey grab bottom of elbows and use your momentum to bring them forward, and off balance. Left arm up, right arm down, break grip by bringing right arm up and left arm down. With right arm now up, chop their neck with your forearm. Grab neck/shoulder, switch stance and kick out their right leg with your left, immediately place behind their right leg and flip over body.
Front Grab 2: (opponent grabs your collar) left arm grabs just under opponent's right wrist. Right arm slaps/ pushes their face as a distraction as you come around and grab their right hand with your right in a full circle. Wrist lock with right hand as you bring your left foot backwards, and pivot 180, pulling them off balance... bring left forearm just below their elbow at the pressure point and bring them down to the ground, dropping your weight into their ribcage with your knee.
Front Grab 3: (opponent grabs your collar) Clap hands together above the grab, and step backwards with right leg, cramping their arms together and bringing them forward. Wait for them to jerk backwards and then use that momentum to drive your fists into their face as you step forward into front stance. Continue the motion in a circle; break their hold with a right handed inside block and with the same arm backfist into the jaw. Continue motion with a left round kick, and a takedown.
Front Grab 4: (opponent grabs your collar) ... crap.... I can't remember all of this one. It starts where you use your left arm to cross over the grip and grab just below their left wrist, and your right hand comes under their grip to grab the meat between the bicep and the humerus of their right arm (so they're crossed) and then you bring your weight down on your right arm while applying pressure under the bicep so they fold and then you backhand them in the face with your left arm... but I can't remember what comes after that. I'll come back and edit if I remember.
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I'll skip one and two for the sake of time, three's the new one anyways.
Back Grab 3: (Opponent grabs your right shoulder with his/her left hand) with left hand grab their hand, trapping them there. Pivot slightly and hook your right hand around their forearm. Take a step with your right hand and pivot, pulling them forward and off balance. Bring your left hand around and closeline them in the throat in the opposite direction to their momentum, drive them to the ground.
Friday, June 15, 2012
if you want to be remembered
I feel like the storm broke a little bit this week, well, yesterday really, but not in a good way. Well, i guess a good way, you know how sometimes you come to a realization about what's been bugging you but the realization isn't all good news? It's that sort of thing. My overall direction keeps solidifying though, which I really like. There's a ton of work in my future, but it's all work I want to do, and ultimately it's the kind of work that's going to "break the chains", if you will. Fun work is rarely ever hard work. Fun work that involves learning new skills and moves you towards your overall goal is the best kind...well ok, second to the kind of work you actually end up doing once you get to your goal and are...doing the work you set out to do in the first place. Something along those lines.
Sleep's for people who are BROKE -Fiddy
I am a little concerned with the way i'm feeling about training, i have this almost unnatural drive to be in the gym now, like my self-worth is tied up in my training. I know that's not healtyh, and I'm glad i can identify it, means i'm probably just being a drama queen, but you know, right now, i just...man, i just need to feel like i'm worth something somewhere, you know? Pathetic yeah, yeah i know, i am where i am of my own choosing...
Today's TrainingTune: Doctrine - FGFC820
Sleep's for people who are BROKE -Fiddy
I am a little concerned with the way i'm feeling about training, i have this almost unnatural drive to be in the gym now, like my self-worth is tied up in my training. I know that's not healtyh, and I'm glad i can identify it, means i'm probably just being a drama queen, but you know, right now, i just...man, i just need to feel like i'm worth something somewhere, you know? Pathetic yeah, yeah i know, i am where i am of my own choosing...
- Military Press: 55x5/65x5/75x5/75x5/85x5/95x13
- Incline Bench: 95x5/105x5/115x4x5,1x8
- Pendlay Row: 115x5/135x5/155x3x5/135x8
- Bear Grip T-Bar Row: 100x5/105x5/115x5/120x5/125x8
- Tricep Pushdown: 87.5x2x5/95x2x5/87.5x8
- Lat Pull: 130x5/150x5/170x2x5/150x8
- Push Press: 135 5x5
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
invincible creature, eternal domain
An almost proper day of training again, gotta admit I'm still not used to the bike though. Windy as fuck today and I rode a little extra trying to find some alternate routes, really surprised I made it as far as fast as i did. Eh, nah, it was a good bit of riding, but yeah...sleep. I'd like to be where I can get back to fight training next week even with the bike commute. It's been almost a month since I've had this thing. Haven't been good about riding it.
My smile is forced, but the effort is genuine
Life is weird right now. Really weird. I'd love just a little bit of normalcy right now, you know, just a bit. I shouldn't be whining, really, life could be so much worse. I just...man...i just wish it always wasn't just one little thing. But you know, i finally feel like i have real direction, like, for the first time in years i feel like i'm going somewhere. Starting over at the bottom, i'm trying to break onto a career path that's even more exclusive than tech art, but oddly enough, i'm not scared. This is one of the few times in my life that I think i can honestly say the effort and the journey are going to be worth the outcome, because even if the outcome isn't what i want it to be, i'm going to have learned so much and be armed with all kinds of tools, so really, the only way I can fail is if i don't work hard enough. Starting over is always potentially scary, but i've been here before. It's like when i started in games, i worked really hard and learned what i needed to learn. I can do it all over again. Personally, i got nothin but time.
Squat: 155x5/175x5/205x10
DB Inc Press: 65 4x5/1x8
Seated Row: 160 4x5/1x8
OHX: 60 5x5
EZ Curl: 60 4x5/1x8
A1. DB Shldr Press: 45 4x5
A2. DB Rev Curl: 25 4x5
B1. Lat Raise: 20 3x10
B2. DB Skull: 25 3x10
C1. Bent Flye: 20 2x15
C2. Tri V-Push: 50 2x15
Blah...had to lump AM and PM together today, but thankfully tomorrow i'll be able to get on schedule. Bike in the AM...
Today's TrainingTune: T.A.L.O.S - PreEmptive Strike 0.1
Life is weird right now. Really weird. I'd love just a little bit of normalcy right now, you know, just a bit. I shouldn't be whining, really, life could be so much worse. I just...man...i just wish it always wasn't just one little thing. But you know, i finally feel like i have real direction, like, for the first time in years i feel like i'm going somewhere. Starting over at the bottom, i'm trying to break onto a career path that's even more exclusive than tech art, but oddly enough, i'm not scared. This is one of the few times in my life that I think i can honestly say the effort and the journey are going to be worth the outcome, because even if the outcome isn't what i want it to be, i'm going to have learned so much and be armed with all kinds of tools, so really, the only way I can fail is if i don't work hard enough. Starting over is always potentially scary, but i've been here before. It's like when i started in games, i worked really hard and learned what i needed to learn. I can do it all over again. Personally, i got nothin but time.
Squat: 155x5/175x5/205x10
DB Inc Press: 65 4x5/1x8
Seated Row: 160 4x5/1x8
OHX: 60 5x5
EZ Curl: 60 4x5/1x8
A1. DB Shldr Press: 45 4x5
A2. DB Rev Curl: 25 4x5
B1. Lat Raise: 20 3x10
B2. DB Skull: 25 3x10
C1. Bent Flye: 20 2x15
C2. Tri V-Push: 50 2x15
Blah...had to lump AM and PM together today, but thankfully tomorrow i'll be able to get on schedule. Bike in the AM...
Saturday, June 2, 2012
A Little Catch Up
Hey kids. I haven't posted in a while. Again. I'm good at that, just look at my actual blog.
Since last I posted, I competed in a real live NAS strongman competition. Proof of it lies here, and here:
It was a great experience, and I learned a LOT. For example:
Since last I posted, I competed in a real live NAS strongman competition. Proof of it lies here, and here:
It was a great experience, and I learned a LOT. For example:
- Bring a canopy. It gets hot in the sun, and shade is good. I needed shade after the first event.
- Speaking of the first event, a 290# sled is harder to drag than a 290# prowler. Gotta work on that.
- I need more grip endurance
- Nick Best, World Strongest Man competitor and finalist, was awesome, as was Zack McCarley, a lightweight pro, and even moreso his grandparents who helped me recover after the first event. The strongman community is amazingly supportive.
- I am good at the log press.
- I am better at atlas stones.
- I hate trucks and ropes.
I spent the next week recovering from the comp as well as recovering from my bicep pain that flared up during the truck pull. I felt like a powerlifting meet piled into a truck and ran me over after the comp, but man it was fun.
After the recovery week, I trained a few times. My bicep felt iffy but heat and ice were doing the job. Some video of last week's training:
The next comp involves a chain yoke, so we built one and I tested it out. It's hard. Also messed with Axle Clean and Press, but couldn't move the weights I need for the next comp, so I researched the "strongman" way to do it. Turns out it's the "Continental" method. More on that later.
Day after this I did some cardio by way of sled dragging and tire flippin'- it was fun. No video, because sometimes you just gotta train with your lady.
The week got away from me, lots of stuff going on at work which has been a lot of fun but very time consuming, so I only trained once. Did some SSB squatting so as not to aggravate my bicep, plus some other stuff.
Today I figured on some event work. Was going to stick with lower body plus some light technique work. The plan was timed deadlifts, axle clean and press technique, chain yoke walk, atlas stone technique. Here's how it went:
The deadlifts went not so great- I wanted 10 reps, only got 6. I need to work on my grip endurance still...
Then it happened.
Remember the "Continental" method of the axle clean and press I mentioned earlier? I was trying that today. It was a method used for a long time before the more conventional clean became the standard for Olympic lifting, and is still used in strongman, especially with heavier weight. While my goal is to be able to do the conventional clean with the axle, the next comp requires a 175# (novice) or 225# (LW) axle clean and press, neither of which I can do conventionally with an axle. So I researched the technique and tried it out today.
It was going well till that bicep thing flared up on the 130#. I felt a pop... and I stopped for the day. I already had an appointment with an ortho for Monday (was supposed to be Thursday but I had a meeting go long so I rescheduled) for the biep thing, so I'll find out then what's going on.
For now, though, I wait. At least I had 3 pounds of ribs on the BBQ to console me.
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