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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
