First of all a very heart felt thank you to Terry, Biker, Bryan and the rest of you guys for your advise and concern. Man, it never ceases to amaze me the quality of people I meet and convers with that are invoved with the TBA. And Terry I am especially thankful that an artist of your caliber would take the time to give such detailed and sincere suggestions and perspectives (not to disrespect in any way the much appreciated help from Biker and the rest of you). But what can I say, I love this family, the TBA!
First of all, yes... no BJJ at the moment. I do study and really love the art. It's just that there are only so many hours in the day. I am the better half of 27 years old and got a late start. I believe in what Guro Inosanto says that "the arts tend to be age specific". It's not that I like Thai Boxing any more than BJJ (although in my heart of hearts I actually do... just by a smidget... I mean you get the best of all worlds, punching, kicking, elbows, knees and even the wonderful prumb... which I find I understand with the eyes of a Jiu-jitsu guy... that is not forcing anything).
But I do love the ground game. It's just I felt that I only had so many years that I could clack shins with other shins, knees, elbows and other body parts. My goal is to test under Ajarn Surachai Sirisute. After that the I will place more emphasis on the ground game, and Kali both of which I believe you can work on well into your later days. I got to watch Guro play around with Sensei Paulson and Khru Bernales at Thai Camp with some of his Kali and such and it was just plain cool.
As far as the advise is concerned:
1: You're completely right, it's the first thing to go. Not by design but I average about 6 hours a night.
2: I'm not sure about the diet. I try my best to eat as much protein as possible, shake in the morning, beef jerky for a mid morning snack, chicken or fish for lunch and chicken for dinner. Occasionally I'll throw in some white rice or wheat bread. And I'll also put in as much leafy greens and apples, strawberries and banannas as possible. I only weigh 143 lbs though (on a full stomach) so I'm not sure if I fit into the caloric intake and protein suggestion... do I? I don't know.
3: Cool, will do.
4: I'm on top of that one as well (but what are hypers?) and also what are your suggestions for working the sides of your neck. Typically, I do 50 neck ups lying flat on my back then 50 neck twists fromt the same position. Then I do 50 belly down and then 50 neck twists from the same position.
5: I'll give that a try. Any suggestions for the amount of time I should jump for?
6: Amen... I'll look forward to those laid back workouts
7: I just might take you up on that... calling you that is.
8: I usually cycle like you said... I spar whenever I get the chance and use thai pads when I have holders and the heavy bag when no one is around... training to fight is often a long lonely road for me unfortunately. I wish we could have Thai Camp all the time.
9: I get in about 2 to three 10 to 15 minute streches each day. But most of my injuries are to the bones and joints. The shoulder started from a stupid skiing accident. I'll never hit the slopes again I swear. The knee was from a JKD stop kick put on me... You better believe that one works. But the nose and eyes... I don't know how to stretch stuff like that.
Do you really think a sports medicine man can help me? I guess it couldn't hurt and anything beats being this frail little weakling that I am.
10: Some day baybee... someday.
Thanks again Terry... TBA Every Day! Every Day... TBA!
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Sincerely,
Brian
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