alright starting training tomarrow

[Kane Fan]

ok last Saturday (so 3 days ago I think) I had some training so that was good
instructor feels we are moving along suprisingly well on the ground, but really badly at striking (I really expected it to go the other way and so did he)
when we were doing single leg takedowns I found that I can pretty easily roll the other person and get to my feet or to top possition if I continue the roll
I'm a lil suprised by this but I think I may be solid on the ground soon...
freaky
my big problem is that I shy away from contact even in light sparring sessions (to the face) my friend thinks it's just because I wear glasses
I personally think I'm a punkass bitch..
but I like his explination better
any idea how long this usually takes to go away...

 

[Kane Fan]

training again tomarrow
I hope

where is everybody?

 

[Kane Fan]

ok trained thursday
then again thursday
then saturday
the second class thursday was as a throw/takedown dummy for a friend
he was going to do a tournament saturday and he wanted practice doing takedowns on someone his size
his instructor is a lot like my instructor
his takedowns went pretty cool
we rolled some and he tapped me out a lot but I think I did ok for someone with no submission experience (and rather little training)
I went for a damned collar choke and didn't X my hands I left them straight, couldn't figure out why it wasn't working...
I was in his guard and picked him up a few inches and slammed him on his shoulders twice that was pretty cool
I also rolled him so I was in top possition (I thought that was awsome no one said anything)
he did say that I did a lot of stuff he'd be dealing with at the tournament so I think that's pretty cool
the instructor asked me if I wanted to compete on Saturday
not because I'm good or anything it was a joke cus my friend got his knee hurt
so I dont' even know if he got any use out of the training
he didn't call to tell me how his knee is, that jackass

 

[Kane Fan]

I trained again the saturday after that thursday
and this past saturday I trained
I did a lot better sparring this past time
I caught someone who normally dances around me with a 4 punch combo
it was a sloppy combo, and all 4 punches where hooks
but normally I'm lucky to hit him once if he isn't coming in towards me so, I'll take it

and normally when I hit him he backs off to recover and I usually let him, this last time I moved in on him whenever he went to recover, boy that helped a lot
not sure why it took me like 2 or 3 months to do that but now that I started it helped a lot
also my blocking has worked a lot better
I also bolwed him over when I caught him once, so that was a nice charge
trying to think if anything else cool happend
instructor let me try some low kick work and said it looked alright
so that is good

 

[Kane Fan]

skipped training last week so that sucks
should train again this saturday

 

[Judo Tom]

you seem to be getting good instruction and covering the all the basics of standing and ground work.

keep at it.. just think where you were a few months ago and how you have progressed since then..

good luck!

 

[Kane Fan]

my biggest problem is still the whole flinching thing
pisses me off
I really think that after I get past that, I'll be a danger..
to others
now I'm a danger to myself AND others I want to drop that myself part

 

[Judo Tom]

thats not a bad thing to have that as your biggest problem! that will go away w/ time if you like doing this and that seems obvious. it would be a lot worse to say i keep getting choked or swept or subbed or had some serious technical issues to correct.

 

[Kane Fan]

didn't train yesterday, which sucked
really bad
in fact yesterday all around was a piece of crap day

 

[Judo Tom]

Hey im gonna start a log too..

ill just post up what techniques we went over and link pictures and maybe vids.. if i ever stop being lazy i will start a free video series of my own.. like i said if i ever..