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I'm curious what your workouts look like..we all talk about what we do or don't believe works..but I'm curious what some of your average workout days consist of..Is it in a class? Is it with a buddy in the backyard..do you always train alone? In any case, I'm interested what we all practice..here's mine
with friend:
boxing day:
focus mitts -
-link boxing combos (jab-jab, jab-cross, jab-cross hook, Jab-elbow-elbow)
-striking with evasion/counterstrikes (jab-cross-[slip incoming jab]-hook) ([stophit incoming jab]-cross)
-one man attacks/one man defends : we are mostly doing straight punches with this..but working hooks and such in slowly as well..wearing headgear and heavy mitts.. the attacker attacks in twos and threes
-sparring: boxing style. intermediate to hard contact. 14oz gloves, rubber head gear, medium contact with occasional hard crosses as punishment for stupid moves..untimed long rounds. main interest is to learn to engage, trade, and get out, at this point.
-sticks we used to drill like crazy, these days we're spending more time sparring with semi padded weapons and less time with supporting drills.. this pattern goes in waves
wrestling days:
-we're working on 5 basic throws, drilling them like crazy.. shoulder throws, hip throws, major outer reap, major inner reap, and uchi mata.. we also work single legs and some twisting/spiral throws..but we don't drill them too much. this is soon to change
-wrestling free play- standing: we wrestle from a stand, looking for entries to clean throws..after one of us gets a throw we take about 10 seconds on the ground until one of us finds a fairly dominant position..then back to an up position
-wrestling free play- ground: we wrestle from a down, starting on the knees.. we're not trying so much to gain our feet as to win in the groundfight situation..therefore, we avoid rising above the kneeling position..we allow all submissions, and that's the only way to win..no striking in our grappling yet..
we had lots of wrestling drills for our wrestling days, but we've really focussed on these 3 main areas lately...we still do a lockflow pretty often..and work on some escapes..but most of that was getting real old, so we've reduced it to basics..fighting, mostly..
I'm curious to hear what you guys do? aside from partner training, I spend my home training time learning to attack while moving through various triangle patterns, with and without heavy bag..trying to learn the more complex triangle movements that I don't yet do naturally.. The other thing I do a lot at home is stand in an extended UchiMata type position..on one leg, with my head and other leg forming a plane parrallel with the ground..for several movements..very helpful for powerful throws..I work through siniwali, with and without a heavybag, and varying triangle footwork patterns.. I also do these drills with a 3 foot, one inch iron pipe with either hand..Soon I start my Chen style qigong classes..and I'll be doing the form daily, looking for applications within it..
[Edited by quietanswer on 11-27-2000 at 12:40 PM]
with friend:
boxing day:
focus mitts -
-link boxing combos (jab-jab, jab-cross, jab-cross hook, Jab-elbow-elbow)
-striking with evasion/counterstrikes (jab-cross-[slip incoming jab]-hook) ([stophit incoming jab]-cross)
-one man attacks/one man defends : we are mostly doing straight punches with this..but working hooks and such in slowly as well..wearing headgear and heavy mitts.. the attacker attacks in twos and threes
-sparring: boxing style. intermediate to hard contact. 14oz gloves, rubber head gear, medium contact with occasional hard crosses as punishment for stupid moves..untimed long rounds. main interest is to learn to engage, trade, and get out, at this point.
-sticks we used to drill like crazy, these days we're spending more time sparring with semi padded weapons and less time with supporting drills.. this pattern goes in waves
wrestling days:
-we're working on 5 basic throws, drilling them like crazy.. shoulder throws, hip throws, major outer reap, major inner reap, and uchi mata.. we also work single legs and some twisting/spiral throws..but we don't drill them too much. this is soon to change
-wrestling free play- standing: we wrestle from a stand, looking for entries to clean throws..after one of us gets a throw we take about 10 seconds on the ground until one of us finds a fairly dominant position..then back to an up position
-wrestling free play- ground: we wrestle from a down, starting on the knees.. we're not trying so much to gain our feet as to win in the groundfight situation..therefore, we avoid rising above the kneeling position..we allow all submissions, and that's the only way to win..no striking in our grappling yet..
we had lots of wrestling drills for our wrestling days, but we've really focussed on these 3 main areas lately...we still do a lockflow pretty often..and work on some escapes..but most of that was getting real old, so we've reduced it to basics..fighting, mostly..
I'm curious to hear what you guys do? aside from partner training, I spend my home training time learning to attack while moving through various triangle patterns, with and without heavy bag..trying to learn the more complex triangle movements that I don't yet do naturally.. The other thing I do a lot at home is stand in an extended UchiMata type position..on one leg, with my head and other leg forming a plane parrallel with the ground..for several movements..very helpful for powerful throws..I work through siniwali, with and without a heavybag, and varying triangle footwork patterns.. I also do these drills with a 3 foot, one inch iron pipe with either hand..Soon I start my Chen style qigong classes..and I'll be doing the form daily, looking for applications within it..
[Edited by quietanswer on 11-27-2000 at 12:40 PM]
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