Be Honest

[Kansuke]

Will you train more, less, or the same in 2009 that you did in 2008?


I am determined to squeeze in a few more hours per week this year because the big 4-0 is knocking on the door, but in reality it may be hard to do because a little fella just joined us.

[Ray Pina]

More for sure. Though I've been on my a$$ the past two weeks with a busted foot.

[sanjuro_ronin]

I HOPE that I will be able to train more, but with 2 kids and a really F'ed schedule that makes the only training time possible be 5 AM to 6:30 Am, I don't think so.
I still put in 5 days a week at best, though it tends to be more like 3.
The fact is, with no gyms open, I am stuck with solo training, except for Saturdays.
So, right now, its:
Solo MA:
Monday to Friday in which I do one day striking, one day knife work, one day stick work and so forth and then grappling/sparring on Saturdays.
Sucks, but it is what it is.

[couch]

I HOPE that I will be able to train more, but with 2 kids and a really F'ed schedule that makes the only training time possible be 5 AM to 6:30 Am, I don't think so.
I still put in 5 days a week at best, though it tends to be more like 3.
The fact is, with no gyms open, I am stuck with solo training, except for Saturdays.
So, right now, its:
Solo MA:
Monday to Friday in which I do one day striking, one day knife work, one day stick work and so forth and then grappling/sparring on Saturdays.
Sucks, but it is what it is.

You've said this before, but we're one in the same. I'll join in on your solo-training camp from afar!

I train Wing Chun once weekly committed and then get in a run once a week. With my 2 munchkins, my own business (like Sanjuro), etc, etc...it's tough sometimes to get in a workout. Sometimes in the evenings I end up doing some pushups with my son on my back and my daughter trying to pull at my arm to stand up! But...I wouldn't trade it for the world and my crazy fitness ways are catching on. My son has even started emulating the first and second section of Siu Nim Tao (he's 2.5).

Will I train more in 2009 than 2008? Yes. I've mixed my work schedule up so that I can train twice weekly starting this Friday!

[sanjuro_ronin]

You've said this before, but we're one in the same. I'll join in on your solo-training camp from afar!

I train Wing Chun once weekly committed and then get in a run once a week. With my 2 munchkins, my own business (like Sanjuro), etc, etc...it's tough sometimes to get in a workout. Sometimes in the evenings I end up doing some pushups with my son on my back and my daughter trying to pull at my arm to stand up! But...I wouldn't trade it for the world and my crazy fitness ways are catching on. My son has even started emulating the first and second section of Siu Nim Tao (he's 2.5).

Will I train more in 2009 than 2008? Yes. I've mixed my work schedule up so that I can train twice weekly starting this Friday!

Every so often I get my eldest, she is gonna be 6, to hit me with sticks and such, as part of conditoning, and it helps her work on her stick work.
She seems to enjoy it a bit too much....

[couch]

Every so often I get my eldest, she is gonna be 6, to hit me with sticks and such, as part of conditoning, and it helps her work on her stick work.
She seems to enjoy it a bit too much....

LOL My son likes to say, "Punch daddy" and then proceeds to chain punch me to death. I think it's great, but then he says "Punch Mommy" & "Punch Abby." That's not good. :D

[sanjuro_ronin]

LOL My son likes to say, "Punch daddy" and then proceeds to chain punch me to death. I think it's great, but then he says "Punch Mommy" & "Punch Abby." That's not good. :D

LOL !
True, that is the downside, luckly Sofia is old enough to know that beating on Daddy with sticks is ok, so is elbowing him in the fave and kneeing him in the stomach, but only on daddy.
Marisa on the other hand, has no issues with grabbing a wooden spoon and hiting mommy on the butt.

:D

[David Jamieson]

same.

I'm old and stuck in a routine. lol

[SimonM]

Trying for more.

If my broke ass doesn't get less broke it may be more simply because of having f-all to do other than train. :p

[TenTigers]

I just got back into running after a few months lay-off. I am trying to get up earlier, which is hard, as I usually can't get to sleep before 2:30 am. Trying to change my circadian rhythm, so I can be out the door and on the track by 8ish.

I am also working more lien gung-as my SPM teacher said, he was going to start really working on the developmental aspects-drills,lien gung, less forms.

I started duck walks and squat hops this week-ouch.

weight training is with lighter weights, just for maintenance for shoulder,back and knee injuries, not for size or power, as it interferes with my SPM power generation training.

By popular demand, my seniors have asked me to do the "Kicks from He11" workout, twice a week. This was from my old TKD school notebook, and consisted of a drill called sa bum chuk (?) anyway, it was a series of around 15 kicking combos done in 4 directions, we do it across the floor. It's a great workout, really opens up the hips,and makes kicking very natural-as you are doing so many different variations.
(My fave is,"Shuffle front kick (teep), jab, cross, uppercut, hook off the uppercut, step foward back hook kick")

I need to step up my flexability and yoga-I need to get back that effortless feeling of movement I had as a kid.
WTF happened? I get up and I have a backache."oh, I must have slept wrong."
"SLEPT WRONG??" how da fuk do you sleep ...wrong?
:confused:

[Lucas]

I'm aiming for more. 08 was pretty relaxed for me. went into 08 with a really lame injury, and went in and out of a few schools looking for a new place to train. Nothing seemed to fit right for me that I tried out. I'm thinking obukan judo will be a great fit though.

re-amping my cardio and conditioning. getting preped while i settle my finances through the holiday season.

Also have a couple guys asking me to train them. I've been reluctant, but now I think Ill have them come over and work with them. they get free instuction and I get partners to work with at home.

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

unless i get fired martial arts training will remain at 0. because im in school all day, i work every weeknight until 9pm, and every saturday until 6pm. there simply are no classes available to me around this schedule. however, i get to work a lot of those hours from home. this allows me to keep up on both work and school full time while not being a stranger to my family, so i can't really rock the boat.

i might start hitting the bag or something, but i caught the jiujitsu bug and its hard to practice grappling by yourself.

i do lift religiously though. this will not change. if anything i might force myself to lift less which wont be easy. maybe play with off periods every 6 - 8 weeks to enhance recovery.

[Lucas]

unless i get fired martial arts training will remain at 0. because im in school all day, i work every weeknight until 9pm, and every saturday until 6pm. there simply are no classes available to me around this schedule. however, i get to work a lot of those hours from home. this allows me to keep up on both work and school full time while not being a stranger to my family, so i can't really rock the boat.

i might start hitting the bag or something, but i caught the jiujitsu bug and its hard to practice grappling by yourself.

i do lift religiously though. this will not change. if anything i might force myself to lift less which wont be easy. maybe play with off periods every 6 - 8 weeks to enhance recovery.

i feel you here. ive just been spending my time in front of my heavy bag, or with my weights since i started that lifting program. my fingers are feeling the pullups sanjuro told me about with the cloth finger grip for gi practice. my neighbors certifiably hate me now I think. above and on both sides (apartment) fug em!

[sanjuro_ronin]

i feel you here. ive just been spending my time in front of my heavy bag, or with my weights since i started that lifting program. my fingers are feeling the pullups sanjuro told me about with the cloth finger grip for gi practice. my neighbors certifiably hate me now I think. above and on both sides (apartment) fug em!

To add to those grip pull-ups, you can wrap up weights in your gi and lift them and move them as such to work your grip that way also.

[Lucas]

To add to those grip pull-ups, you can wrap up weights in your gi and lift them and move them as such to work your grip that way also.

sweet!

im going kind of ghetto. i dont actually have a gi, so im using a rough towel. but sweet deal, and thanks again for the ideas. im just waiting for my sign up to buy a gi.

do you suppose i could do my rows with this and just skip using the bar?

[TenTigers]

oh yeah, and I signed up here

http://www.islandrock.net/

just for the grip and claw training!

so..what's this gi/towel thing, Ronin?

[Lucas]

oh yeah, and I signed up here

http://www.islandrock.net/

just for the grip and claw training!

so..what's this gi/towel thing, Ronin?

im going to be starting judo soon. so he suggested i hang a gi over my pull up bar and grip that while i do pullups instead of holding the bar. likewise, putting weight in the gi and doing lifts. for the gi gripage.

im a bum and dont have a gi yet, so im using a sturdy towel :D

ive been looking at http://www.portlandrockgym.com/ for the same reasons. just kinda spendy for me given my increasingly tight budget.

[TenTigers]

man, that mushroom thing looks insane!

[Lucas]

man, that mushroom thing looks insane!

lol ya it does. i hadnt seen that before. they have huge windows outside so you can watch people climb, but either thats new, or not visible from the window. some of those people are just plain hard core.

a friend of mine built a frame he uses in his apartment. it has various hand holds for climbing on it.

he will hop on it and grip and just hold. change to different holds and climb around it. he said its great practice, and pretty cheap to build. ive been thinking of having him build me one. since im not very handy and dont have any wood or tools or a car to get the supplies.

[taai gihk yahn]

more - which, considering I did very little in '08 isn't saying too much - I started BJJ in September and was fairly consistent 2 - 3x / week up until the holidays hit, now it's been about 2 weeks since my last class - but I'm starting up again this weekend, should be more consistent; might also be able to swing a private class in there as well 1x / week, which should be helpful

also got my work schedule reorganized so I will be able to get into NYC to see my sifu 1:1 at least 1x a month

and have just organized a home routine which is a combo of body-weight stuff (Hindu squats / push-ups / bridges), the BJJ workout we do (triangles, "opas", bicycles, egg-beaters, shrimping, etc.), and stuff from the yi jin jing I practice (some pretty intense qigong stuff)

also gonna do the Body for Life diet routine, have been psychologically transitioning towards that for a few weeks, will start up full tilt on Monday...(hey TT - what was that egg recipe you said made when you were doing that?)

[Reality_Check]

Will you train more, less, or the same in 2009 that you did in 2008?


I am determined to squeeze in a few more hours per week this year because the big 4-0 is knocking on the door, but in reality it may be hard to do because a little fella just joined us.

Hopefully more. Though after coming off a couple of herniated discs in my neck which kept me sidelined for a while, that's not a lot.

[Kansuke]

Hey, more is more.

[BoulderDawg]

Hard to say

There are a lot of things I would like to do for 2009

[Lucas]

Hard to say

There are a lot of things I would like to do for 2009

I'm just hoping none of them involve GDA's mom.

[BoulderDawg]

I'm lost.

Who's GDA? And is his/her mom hot?:p

[Reverend Tap]

Hopefully more. My wacky work schedules have been he|| on my ability to keep up my classes per week, and the tiny apartment I live in doesn't allow for much. Getting my schedule organized around a lot more usage of the kwoon's open hours, though, so I'm looking forward to whiling away numerous hours on the heavy bag and getting in tons more sparring.

[IronWeasel]

I HOPE that I will be able to train more, but with 2 kids and a really F'ed schedule that makes the only training time possible be 5 AM to 6:30 Am, I don't think so.
I still put in 5 days a week at best, though it tends to be more like 3.
The fact is, with no gyms open, I am stuck with solo training, except for Saturdays.
So, right now, its:
Solo MA:
Monday to Friday in which I do one day striking, one day knife work, one day stick work and so forth and then grappling/sparring on Saturdays.
Sucks, but it is what it is.



...ahhh, the seldom seen solo grappling!

All you need is some alone time and the internet...

[Lucas]

without further ado, i give you our localGDA (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/member.php?u=6801)

[TenTigers]

BFL is amazing-just be careful-you develop strength real fast and sometimes you can get overzealous. I have gotten many injuries from this.
The egg recipies are in the beer and food section, one is for geurng chung yao(ginger and scallion oil) and the other is simply tobasco chipotle and ketchup.

btw-BFL has become so effective that the companies like NAPMA and others are marketing it for the McDojos, and there is now an MLM based on BFL called Transitions.

[eomonroe00]

absolutely more,
kung fu
strength
yoga
qi gung
meditation

This is the year of years, i am not even allowing myself to sit,

[friday]

I'll train as much as I can depending on how work goes. In my line of work I work till I get things done which has in the past been 3-4am in the morning at times.
the market has gone quiet the last few months so I have been able to train 5-7 times a wk.
Will be flying to hk for a few wks in Feb 09 to train with my sifu and at other places there - which should be fun.

Hope this quiet period doesn't last too long otherwise I could be out of a job!

[Judge Pen]

I will train more, but only because I had to take a sabbatical for the last 6 months for personal reasons.

[banditshaw]

Just to train more in general. That includes more.....
sparring
bagwork
conditioning
Lion Dance.
Amongst other things like better diet, running and hopefully some swimming.

I do Hung Kuen and at the moment I am learning the Gung Gee F00k Fu set. So at this time with my two jobs I try to make it at least once a week to class. It is usually a good week if I can get two classes in and exceptional if I can get to our fight class on fridays. I really want to spend time with this set and pick my Sifu's brain regarding the apps. So for me this a strong focus in the early part of the year.

Plus meeting up with my other fight group and kwoon brothers on the weekends is something I am pushing more towards in the new year.

I think next year(2010) I will try to get some competing in and possibly cross train in some kind of wrestling/submission art. I am turning 35 this year so I'll see how it goes.

[jet64]

More training for this year :)

more drills, and more power training :)

[Pork Chop]

Should be more than last year... heck if you don't count the swimming workouts i did in 2008, i'll probably be able to hit my # of hours in the gym for 2008 by June of 2009.

More importantly, I think I've finally proven the link to myself between drinking/smoking and lowered immune system. So this is going to be a dry year for me; but hopefully a healthy one.