Water Cooler Chat
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Welcome @Tat2dDude_0105 Hope you find a new school soon.
@kellypence Does your whole family test in the same session? My son and I have gotten onto different testing cycles, which I like because it means that on the nights he is testing, I can just be a paparazzi Mom and not worry about missing something because I am concentrating on my own test.
Family class this morning. Not the best class. My son had a tough time in the sparring session immediately before (he's fine, but was still reeling from getting bopped in the nose accidentally). And by the end of class, I was being a mush-brain and having a hard time translating what we were supposed to do into physical action. But that is the point of practice. There are good days and hard days, and the act of going is the reward
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The next two weeks are going to be miserable. No carbs to cut 10 lbs ...ugh I should not have taken the holidays off. Need to make weight for a tournament or move up to heavy weight, which I really don't want to do.0
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@arianera Our school separates the "kids" (under 12s) and "adults" (12 and over) for both classes and tests. It's nice, because class is held every night, 6-7 for kids, 7:15-8:45 for adults, Sat morning is a combined class so it's very flexible, we can go whenever we want. We have a 3 month testing cycle for everyone. Kids' test is 10-12:30, Adults 12:30-3 (or longer, depending on how long the tests take). So we get to watch the kids test, then do our own. It's stressful, because I worry about him getting through his forms (my stomach is always in knots until he's finished), but then they do one steps/self-defense, sparring, and breaking so I can relax a little before our test.
We all did really well, my son is now green with one stripe and my husband and I are red belts. Got to break a board with a punch, which was super fun!0 -
@rayfu75 Heavyweight div is no joke, for sure... Good luck in your weightloss!
@kellypence Congratulations to you and your family!!0 -
@kellypence that sounds really cool. Do you find that you have less stress when you are up to test since you've watched the kids prior?
@arianera I messed myself up by not taking my diet the slow and steady route a month or two out. Now it's crunch time and I'm hungry lol.
@bwmalone heavyweight sure is rough. I'm 5'5 so any division I am in I'm always the shorter competitor. I've had the most success at medium heavy which is 195 with my gi on. I'm always up for the challenge to fight bigger opponents but would rather save that for the open divisions after I fight in my normal weight division. My goal is to get to the middle weight division which is 181lbs with the gi on. Maybe by years end I can get there.0 -
@rayfu75 I've never competed that heavy .. but it's been 15 years since I've been in competition, and before I gained weight. I prefer to fight @ 150, which is what I'm aiming to get back to.0
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@rayfu75 In a way, yes. I generally am not worried about myself at all, I know I know my stuff, and it's all about just relaxing and surviving 3-4 hours of intense effort. Our tests have the same structure every time, so we know in general what's coming, the Masters just change up little things, like which advanced kicks they want to see us try to kill ourselves with (thank goodness for Karate Kid, I've got the jump front kick down, but 360 inside/outside crescent kick still needs a bit of work). Good luck on your cut!0
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Laid back class last night. Looks like Sensei A's schedule has changed so he can no longer teach on Monday nights for the next while. Class with Mrs. Sensei is also good, but she tends to go easy on the "VIP" members asking for clean technique rather than high intensity exertion. Both are valuable in the long run, but I was hoping for something a bit more strenuous yesterday.
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I used to train in WTF TKD. Did that for about a year and a half..........and my son was training with me as well. We both were blue belts, but had to stop training due to financial reasons. It was a great school, and my instructors were awesome.......but in WTF TKD, the focus is mostly kicking and not enough punching IMO. SO, this year i'll be looking around for something that incorporates both. I have it narrowed down to Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Karate, or Krav Maga.0
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Monday night I taught kobudo! It was lots of fun to offer up my knowledge. Looking forward to doing it on a more regular basis.0
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I learn more when teach then I do as a student. I love teaching the youth class at our TKD school.0
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Class last night was kick drills and then learning the new form, Bassai. LOVE IT. And @Imp379 and @trackercasey76, I love teaching the lower belts, I find that I'm much pickier on myself afterwards, really helps me clean up my technique!0
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Well my weight is slowly dropping. Down 16lbs so far. Still have 3-4 lbs to go by Wednesday. Competing the 21st but also injured my calf working takedowns 2 days ago. Man getting older and competing is not easy. Brazilian jiu jitsu is just so addicting that I have a hard time not training even while hurt. Oh well time to train for an hour and a half this morning too and back again tonight as well. Happy Friday!0
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I have had a terrible training session today, nothing has gone right, the kata's I have learnt and practised for years I couldn't get right, I was all over the place, not focused & wobbling about, doing kumite and walking into attacks, leaving myself open all the time when I was blocking kicks, I have no idea what's been up with me, I seem to do this about once every 6month, I come home feeling so deflated & feel like I've moved back 4/5 yrs of training0
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@rayfu75 Hope your calf heals before the big day
@victal I have days like that - they tend to be related either to not sleeping well a few nights earlier, or pesky things like monthly cycles. Hope your next training session is better.
This family class was better than the last for me. I was more focused than last week. I now know that the formal family class is only going to be 30 minutes long (rather than the typical 45) because of the 3 & 4 year old, but that my son and I can keep practicing for the extra 15 minutes if we want to. Next time we come on Saturday, we will go for the full time.0 -
@victal - I have had my share of those kind of days over the years. Especially morning workouts, I am more suseptible. For me, it's either over-training, not enough rest, or if I haven't been eating right. I noticed a link between what my diet and performance years ago.. but it took keeping a food log (long before I needed to do it for weight loss) to figure out what was giving me a hard time.0
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Had a great class last night, We have two 16yo boys that want to cage fight when they turn 17. we did some 2 on 1 drills and I showed them that they still need to find their "Man Strength" . They might be young and fast but they learned that getting hit hurts. It was fun to be able to relax the power a little (at their request) and show that youth isn't everything.0
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@trackercasey76 I know what you mean - I've found as I have gotten older that the speed that I've lost is made up for in power, determination and skill.. I'm a much better fighter than I was 20 years ago.
And.. I'm finding that as I train harder and drop weight, some of my speed is coming back too.0 -
So tournament is Saturday and was already battling a calf injury & cutting weight. Got to my goal weight but now injured my toe. Thought it was broken but after xray only sprain no fractures. Now I'm torn if I keep my weight on point and compete or order a pizza and sit it out.0
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@rayfu75 Glad your work to make weight paid off. That's a tough decision.
When is your next opportunity to compete if you pass this one up? Will you be more disappointed to perform badly because you are protecting your injuries (and trying to avoid more) or to have to wait a while before you get the challenge again?
I've gotten to the age where injuries take a looong time to heal, so would be leaning towards getting healthy and not risking being unable to train for an extended period. But as we've already established, I don't currently have the competition mindset, which also colors my response.
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@rayfu75 If it were me, I'd not make the decision today. The toe may feel much better in a day or 2. RICE the toe, and see if you feel ready on Friday night.0
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So I decided to compete. I taped my toe and gave my all. First match I was down by 2 points but was able to escape a back take and pass guard for 3 points in the last 30 seconds. Second match was a draw as I played my guard but end up losing it with 4 seconds left and lost. Well I didn't lose I ran out of time0
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Not bad... Did you place at all?0
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I took second. There were only 3 total in my division. I fought the loser of the first match then fought the winner for gold.0
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Congratulations!0
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@rayfu75 Nice! 2nd (almost 1st) is definitely respectable. How did your toe hold up?0
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With the adrenaline going I didn't feel it until after the end of both matches. Sunday however it was swollen and sore and is still sore today. I have a few months to heal and get back into shape for the next one. Usually sometime in June or July would be the next tournament locally here in Phoenix.0
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@rayfu75 Sounds like plenty of time. I was born in Phoenix, and I train with my instructor in Tucson a few times of year.0
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