My training blog

Training entry, 1 Feb 2012:

My training a partner and I started with about 15 minutes of "chi gong", which was really more of a haphazard attempt to remember a form taught to me when I was teaching at USSD. It was taught to me as "18 lohan hands". It is not the actual lohan form, but it's good for waking up. Got the blood flowing, woke us up, and got us in the mindset of training.

Next, we spent about 15 minutes doing a drill where, from a clinch, we try and off-balance or take down each other using only our legs. It was good for understanding balance, and also minding where our legs are while clinched.

Next, we worked on being able to absorb a blow to the legs, turning our knee in or out, and raising the leg or dropping our weight, depending on whether the kick was delivered to the inside or outside of the knee at an upward or downward angle. we spent maybe 10-15 minutes drilling this.

Closing out the first hour, we spent about 15-20 minutes doing sensing hands.

For the second hour, we broke out the focus mitts. We worked hooks, uppercuts, and roundhouse elbows. For each strike, we did 100 repitions with the right side, 100 repitions alternating. This was probably the most beneficial part of our training... and the next day, the most painful. GREAT core workout, though.

We finished out with about a half hour of meditation.

Reflection:
We would benefit from a more focused training plan. It was a great workout, but didn't have any real specific objectives. As we go along, we will develop a more focused battle plan.