WOD
20 100# Push Press
25 Pull Ups
30 24kg Swings
35 Incline set ups
40 Burpees
Time 15:45
12 rounds 30s work 30s rest bag work
KM1
Sparring
Ground and Pound--plow the field--Ground and Pound
Knee Burpee Ladder 7 rounds
Side Hammer Pivot Elbow 1 Knee
Elbow 2 Elbow 1
Side Kick-advancing
Choke from Side
Friday, April 30, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
KM in WTcF and KM womens 5
Worked with David C
Three rounds
Front kick-round kick-knee (5x each leg)
15 Thrusters 55#
Closing attacker control
straight-with center line spin-off punches- combo all with round kick
Explored Ice Pick stab defense
Later in day
15 Min on bags
KM womens 5
Punches from knees
Punches from sit up
Choke from Mount
Headlock from Mount
Three rounds
Front kick-round kick-knee (5x each leg)
15 Thrusters 55#
Closing attacker control
straight-with center line spin-off punches- combo all with round kick
Explored Ice Pick stab defense
Later in day
15 Min on bags
KM womens 5
Punches from knees
Punches from sit up
Choke from Mount
Headlock from Mount
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Great Blog Post!!
Failure Training by John Whitman
Any Krav Maga instructor worth his salt knows that we are making a mistake if we just train techniques. Techniques have to be applied under stress, during drills and in scenarios that come as close as possible (given logistics and safety issues) to reality. This is a basic tenet of our training. “Success” for our students can’t be measured by their understanding of the technique…to the extent that it can be measured at all, it has to be measured in their ability to perform that technique adequately under extreme stress.
But what happens when they fail? What tools or training are we giving them when the technique doesn’t work? When the gunman pulls back on the gun too fast for us, or we fail to trap the knife arm? This is a worthwhile topic for discussion and, in my opinion, a totally legitimate area of training that many of us might not be exploring. As instructors, we should ensure that our students training includes real-time reactions to situations where our vaunted techniques get fucked up.
The obvious (and very Krav Maga-like) solution is aggressiveness. If you miss the gun during Gun From The Front (for example), burst in, catch the gun any way that you can, and counterattack like a madman until the threat is neutralized. But I want to give me students a basic strategy for how to burst in (all call this family of defenses my “Oh shit” defenses…not sure how I’m going to publish that). Once they understand the defense and can execute it aggressively, I want them to experience failure and react aggressively and decisively to that situation. I build into the training drills moments of flawed technique or extra-sharp attacker reactions and make the defenders deal with it.
There is a downside to this training. I can almost guarantee the following: if you incorporate drills where the defender must attempt one technique, fail, and then transition to some other movement, at least some of your students will cheat the first technique in order to prepare for the second. This is obviously unacceptable. They must make the initial defense decisively and aggressively…and THEN make adjustments on the fly if things don’t work out. (Can you think of a better metaphor for life?)
This last observation begs the question: when in training do we incorporate these sorts of failure drills? If we introduce them too early, then we destroy the student’s confidence in the basic technique. A good rule of thumb is to let the student train on the basic technique until they have a good, solid understanding and can execute it well under stress. Once they have that ability, start pushing the envelope. Introduce them to real-life scenarios where failure is certainly a possibility, then give them tools to use in those situations.
Obviously, we must start with basic techniques and principles—not simply because those techniques and principles are inviolate, but because those tools allow students to act decisively and aggressively, and it is decisiveness and aggressiveness that will safe their lives. Once they have those basic ideas, they must transfer that decisiveness, they must use that aggressiveness, during higher stress situations that are outside their comfort zone. When we do that, we are bringing them a greater measure of safety.
Any Krav Maga instructor worth his salt knows that we are making a mistake if we just train techniques. Techniques have to be applied under stress, during drills and in scenarios that come as close as possible (given logistics and safety issues) to reality. This is a basic tenet of our training. “Success” for our students can’t be measured by their understanding of the technique…to the extent that it can be measured at all, it has to be measured in their ability to perform that technique adequately under extreme stress.
But what happens when they fail? What tools or training are we giving them when the technique doesn’t work? When the gunman pulls back on the gun too fast for us, or we fail to trap the knife arm? This is a worthwhile topic for discussion and, in my opinion, a totally legitimate area of training that many of us might not be exploring. As instructors, we should ensure that our students training includes real-time reactions to situations where our vaunted techniques get fucked up.
The obvious (and very Krav Maga-like) solution is aggressiveness. If you miss the gun during Gun From The Front (for example), burst in, catch the gun any way that you can, and counterattack like a madman until the threat is neutralized. But I want to give me students a basic strategy for how to burst in (all call this family of defenses my “Oh shit” defenses…not sure how I’m going to publish that). Once they understand the defense and can execute it aggressively, I want them to experience failure and react aggressively and decisively to that situation. I build into the training drills moments of flawed technique or extra-sharp attacker reactions and make the defenders deal with it.
There is a downside to this training. I can almost guarantee the following: if you incorporate drills where the defender must attempt one technique, fail, and then transition to some other movement, at least some of your students will cheat the first technique in order to prepare for the second. This is obviously unacceptable. They must make the initial defense decisively and aggressively…and THEN make adjustments on the fly if things don’t work out. (Can you think of a better metaphor for life?)
This last observation begs the question: when in training do we incorporate these sorts of failure drills? If we introduce them too early, then we destroy the student’s confidence in the basic technique. A good rule of thumb is to let the student train on the basic technique until they have a good, solid understanding and can execute it well under stress. Once they have that ability, start pushing the envelope. Introduce them to real-life scenarios where failure is certainly a possibility, then give them tools to use in those situations.
Obviously, we must start with basic techniques and principles—not simply because those techniques and principles are inviolate, but because those tools allow students to act decisively and aggressively, and it is decisiveness and aggressiveness that will safe their lives. Once they have those basic ideas, they must transfer that decisiveness, they must use that aggressiveness, during higher stress situations that are outside their comfort zone. When we do that, we are bringing them a greater measure of safety.
Kettlebell WOD
Five Rounds/bell can't touch ground/20kg kb/2.5 min break between each round
5 left snatches--5 right snatches--5 left c&p--5 right c&p--20 swings
This was hellish, especially with the 20. Confirms my lactic acid recover time is ~3.0 min. Had to drop to 3 snatches and clean/presses last round.
5 left snatches--5 right snatches--5 left c&p--5 right c&p--20 swings
This was hellish, especially with the 20. Confirms my lactic acid recover time is ~3.0 min. Had to drop to 3 snatches and clean/presses last round.
KM and Yin 2
Choke from front-thruster-pull up ladder to 4
Structure during palm heel
Driving Palm heels
Structure during straights
Slow drives
Hard Straight Drives
Palm-Elbow-Knee combo
Choke from front one hand pluck
Knee-sprawl
Yin-- Explored T and Pigeon and forward fold over ankles-not butterfly.
Structure during palm heel
Driving Palm heels
Structure during straights
Slow drives
Hard Straight Drives
Palm-Elbow-Knee combo
Choke from front one hand pluck
Knee-sprawl
Yin-- Explored T and Pigeon and forward fold over ankles-not butterfly.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Seminars and SS
Houston Alexander seminar. Some decent cardio drills ( side to side hop, two bear crawl-pushup clap ) Truthfully it was fun, but did not really learn anything. Got in the ring for 15 seconds with him-felt ok about it. First he almost knocked Scott out, then drove him into mat from about 4ft in air--bad hit on head and neck. Uncalled for, unnecessary, and damn dangerous for a person with a pre existing neck condition. Just a dumb ass move---pro or not.
PAR seminar
Gun from Front cupping
Gun from front on knees
Gun from some one in your guard
Gun to you head from mounted.
Practice and the for real with redman
** Had a validation experience in that the first take away from redman did not come of as clean as I would have liked, I immediately went to head butts and take down controlling gun all the way and making disarm. Also with Dave, gun hit floor, and without thought, we were fighting for it. You always work toward the goal of adaptation on the fly-it worked today.
Still had energy when I got home so.....
Squat 3x5x155
Dead hang pull ups 3x5
Push press 3x5x100
PAR seminar
Gun from Front cupping
Gun from front on knees
Gun from some one in your guard
Gun to you head from mounted.
Practice and the for real with redman
** Had a validation experience in that the first take away from redman did not come of as clean as I would have liked, I immediately went to head butts and take down controlling gun all the way and making disarm. Also with Dave, gun hit floor, and without thought, we were fighting for it. You always work toward the goal of adaptation on the fly-it worked today.
Still had energy when I got home so.....
Squat 3x5x155
Dead hang pull ups 3x5
Push press 3x5x100
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