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That's impressive Wood. How do they score? Is it open fighting? I'd much prefer to watch something like two evenly matched fighting styles than MMA cage fighting when it just deteriates into a faggy mat cuddle.
 
i won first place in the adult advanced sparring division at a tournament in the bronx.

no one showed up for my division, adult intermediate sparring, so the tournament host invited me up to advanced. i dont think they expected me to win. the guy i beat for first place, his teacher walked up to him and socked him in the stomach lol. plus i was the only kung fu fighter against all karate fighters as usual, to add salt to the wound. even better, the guy asked for a no-armor/gear match, so all i wore was a mouthguard and fought bare knuckled lol (i think that was intended to intimidate me? no idea, but it wasnt a good one).

kung fu is said to be "soft," lol...

and now after weeks of training, its time to binge on doughnuts and woopie pies!

Nice work rm-rf!!!! =D Requesting videos of you kicking arse? lol I'll bet your opponent for the final match will be the but of a lot of jokes at his dojo.... beaten by the intermediate-level kid from another style! How quick are bare-knuckle matches? I'd imagine they'd be pretty brutal, over in a flash and you could severly injure your opponent?
 
Boxing session this morning - been a flat week for me and not much fun :(

Am hunting around for a good Muay Thai club to join.....have to try more and more sparing.
 
^^ heh yeah get yourself some iron shins that way

point sparring is extremely fast, its not brutal at all judges would DQ you for bad conduct, though its entirely possible to "walk into" on coming fists and feet.

continuous contact sparring is a lot more intense, though an incident that you would call "brutal" is still rare.

one of our black belts side kicked me in the teeth last night, and also once in the groin (missed my nuts thank god). you could say he kicked me, but you could also say i simply diddnt do anything (good enough) to stop him.

MMA is a dumb term, there is nothing "martial arts" about it, though i have complete respect for MMA fighters. Martial arts tournament sparring is a really quick affair, and may not be that interesting looking to someone who isnt part of the culture. a real martial arts fight lasts about 0.2 seconds, you want to deliver a killing blow as quickly as possible (of course, no killing in a tournament, just trying to hit "next" to the guy's head ;) ).

better to watch classic hong kong kung fu movies for impressive displays. black belt fights blast through 5 rounds in like 30 seconds.

you could call martial arts tournaments "open fighting," but youre being judged by 3-5 high ranking and life-long black belt executives. doing something that doesnt look "martial arts" would be frowned upon. not a good idea to get on the bad side of someone like them.

i mean if someone just straight up punched you right in the face, theyd get a warning for excessive contact, and youd have a fucked up face to fight with. the guy who hit you would be on the judges bad side, theyd think he was a n00b, and as long as you dont look like it kicked your ass theyd probably judge your points better. if that same guy hit you in the face again, theyd likely deem him not capable of producing real martial technique, and send him packing. ppl hit each other in the chest/ribs/legs/arms/etc with full force most of the time, but martial arts also conditions the body to absorb blows, so it doesnt look like much happened.

this is entertaining to watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk9icUGg9H4

this is what point sparring looks like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_p2vxSMbo0

imo this judge is lazy, hes not calling techniques until like 9 have been delivered, he isnt that aware of the fighters, and theyre socking the shit out of each others heads probably thinking "dude call stop allready!"

self defense demos are a bit cooler to watch for the uninitiated: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRRIidGpTBY

and forms are always a great workout: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRjbxP1p9Dw (fuck yeah mantis!).

but yeah in reference to the "uninitiated," can you count how many arm breaks and eye gouges are in that form? knee breaks? thats what im referring to with how "entertaining" sparring might or might not appear. if you dont know what to look for, it just looks like one guy tryign to kick a guy while another guy swats at his head and a judge yelling stop and its over.

as for videos me, no one gives a shit about some green belt. i may as well be the floor mopper! gimme like 2 years and ill have some material worth seeing.
 
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^ got a friend/housemate/partner you can haul into the fireman's hold and squat with? Works suprisingly well :)

Thanks for the links rm-rf, will check them out when I'm not at work =D
 
8 mile hike on the Appalachian Trail in Virgina
Met a dude who was hiking since Dec from Georgia.
 
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crouched on one leg with all weight just on one leg and attempted to meditate for 7 mins... trying to get it up to 15 mins. then did the other leg for same time. legs feel like they weigh about 90lbs each now lol.

few things make me sweat. when i was into bodybuilding, i could work out for an hour and have only a moist sheath forming on my forhead, same for armpits, thats all. even jogging, unless done on the hottest day of summer in direct sunlight, never made me sweat. meditative breathing while holding stances makes me sweat profusely. its a very cleansing and empowering feeling.

i can do this for almost half an hour now. 2 years ago, i could squat over 350lbs but couldnt do this for 30 seconds. now i have no idea what i squat but i imagine its somewhere around 200lbs, though i feel like i could hold my legs in the position of that linked pic indefinitely if my mind werent such a wandering monkey.
 
ran to/up Fed hill, sprinted hills on the way back, then walked. got harassed by a bunch of homeless fuckers
 
played 2 hours of basketball with some locals in the afternoon sun. no matter which pair of shoes i wear, i always seem to get blisters on my big toe (both feet), well, they rip open straight away, so instead of blisters, i should call it torn skin instead. done some online reading and ordered a pair of sports toe socks. hopefully they'll help, cuz i know i'll have a slight limp half this week.
 
played 2 hours of basketball with some locals in the afternoon sun. no matter which pair of shoes i wear, i always seem to get blisters on my big toe (both feet), well, they rip open straight away, so instead of blisters, i should call it torn skin instead. done some online reading and ordered a pair of sports toe socks. hopefully they'll help, cuz i know i'll have a slight limp half this week.

Are you wearing socks that aren't 100% cotton?

Otherwise, your shoes are either too tight or too loose. If you can't figure out how to fix the problem, eventually you'll just grow some nasty, blister-resistant skin :D
 
Yeah. The guy I hike with thought he was sketchy. I did not get any negative vibes. We chatted for about 5 minutes. The season for hiker crimes is fast approaching. This dude told us he was ripped off a couple of weeks ago and had to replace his gear.

Off to 45 min spinning class!

Nope! It is 70F today so I took the dog on a quick 3.4 mile mountain hike.
Then about 30 min of weights. I bought the Jillian Michael set of 3, 5, 8lbs dumbbells that came with a chart and instructional DVD.
I already had 10 lbs but they are too heavy (right now) for most of the compound exercises.
I am trying to get into working out at home when my work schedule does not permit me to get to the gym.
 
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Are you wearing socks that aren't 100% cotton?

Otherwise, your shoes are either too tight or too loose. If you can't figure out how to fix the problem, eventually you'll just grow some nasty, blister-resistant skin :D

yeah, i think they're 100% cotton. maybe they need to be thicker. i dunno, my feet are babies from being spoilt in amazingly comfy shoes for the last 20 years. time to build some thick skin.
 
btw: my feet hurt so friggin much. the entire skin between my tight toe and the ball of that foot has separated with two long cuts on either side.
 
Full body depletion workout prior to my carb up (running a ckd diet) http://www.thinkmuscle.com/articles/mcdonald/training-on-ketogenic-diet.htm

3 Circuits of Leg Press, DB Bench, Yates' Rows, Leg Curls, Shoulder Press, Overgrip Pulldown, Calf Raises, Tricep Pushdown
1 min between excercises, 5 min between circuits. 20 reps/set, almost to failure
Never been in the gym that long. Weekend carbup was amazing. Ill post some before-after pics after a few more weeks of this diet. Already dramatic change.
 
^ looking forward to your progress

I didn't do shit yesterday (except drink and eat), so today I'll have to punish myself :D
 
Sun salutations
MANY dips
Bunch of "diamond pushups"
Wide pushups
Rowing (lats/shoulder)
Some curls
A lot of hammers


Been doing this every other day for the past 2 weeks, and I can now make my pecs dance again hahahaha :D Immense strength training mission I'm on, whilst not going to the gym and doing it all at home.
 
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