It's been far too long since my last post, I've started and restarted this one with many ideas of what I've wanted to write without ever getting a chance to really complete it. And now, I find myself deleting everything that I had originally and starting completely from scratch all over again. Well now, here we are, there's so much that has been going on lately that I don't know where to start.
Karate
Karate will, and always will be, the primary focus of my training. I love the art far too much for me to ever focus on something else more than on I do on perfecting my karate. As I progress, I've started to get a vague understanding of my own abilities, and my own personal "style" of practicing the art. Every karate-ka has their own interpretation of how karate should be practiced, and we all have our own methodology of going about using karate to our benefit. My good friend Nick's style of karate is very dynamic and light, but when he hits it's like you're getting hit with a brick. Scarano Sensei, as everybody knows, is all about sweeping, Sensei Warner loves to kick. These are just examples of different karate-ka that have different ways of going about doing the same thing - being successful at utilizing their karate.
As I move forward, I'm starting to see what things I'm good at, and what needs more work. For instance, my double gyaku-tsuki blitz works fairly well, but I need to work on cleaning it up for tournament purposes. On the other hand, my round kicks are incredibly powerful but I'm always very hesitant to throw kicks out of concern for my shins...I know, I'm a big pansy. Anyway, these are my two main focuses in my karate, I want to make my blitz both effective and scoreable, while also working on my kicks, in general, but mawashi-geri in particular.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Things started off very well for me with BJJ, I was absorbing the new material very quickly, but not that I've been forced to cut back on all forms of training a little bit I'm beginning to fall behind in certain areas. Primarily, my base of knowledge just isn't as deep or wide as that of the others that I started with as they are still training 4 days a week while I'm stuck at 2-3 depending on the week. Regardless, training is training and I make the most of it.
One major flaw in my game, at the moment, is my ability to go in for double and single-leg takedowns. I've become fairly handy with the judo style sweeps and trips, but the wrestling shots are incredibly difficult for me. My biggest problem is my head positioning always leaves me wide open for a guillotine choke (not very comfortable, to say the least). Shooting drills will be key for a while, something I might want to do out of regular classes as well.
It's time to start writing things down; specifically the minutiae that make the locks, chokes and submissions work. Hopefully remembering those details will make the difference.
Anyway, back to training, wish me luck!
Karate
Karate will, and always will be, the primary focus of my training. I love the art far too much for me to ever focus on something else more than on I do on perfecting my karate. As I progress, I've started to get a vague understanding of my own abilities, and my own personal "style" of practicing the art. Every karate-ka has their own interpretation of how karate should be practiced, and we all have our own methodology of going about using karate to our benefit. My good friend Nick's style of karate is very dynamic and light, but when he hits it's like you're getting hit with a brick. Scarano Sensei, as everybody knows, is all about sweeping, Sensei Warner loves to kick. These are just examples of different karate-ka that have different ways of going about doing the same thing - being successful at utilizing their karate.
As I move forward, I'm starting to see what things I'm good at, and what needs more work. For instance, my double gyaku-tsuki blitz works fairly well, but I need to work on cleaning it up for tournament purposes. On the other hand, my round kicks are incredibly powerful but I'm always very hesitant to throw kicks out of concern for my shins...I know, I'm a big pansy. Anyway, these are my two main focuses in my karate, I want to make my blitz both effective and scoreable, while also working on my kicks, in general, but mawashi-geri in particular.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Things started off very well for me with BJJ, I was absorbing the new material very quickly, but not that I've been forced to cut back on all forms of training a little bit I'm beginning to fall behind in certain areas. Primarily, my base of knowledge just isn't as deep or wide as that of the others that I started with as they are still training 4 days a week while I'm stuck at 2-3 depending on the week. Regardless, training is training and I make the most of it.
One major flaw in my game, at the moment, is my ability to go in for double and single-leg takedowns. I've become fairly handy with the judo style sweeps and trips, but the wrestling shots are incredibly difficult for me. My biggest problem is my head positioning always leaves me wide open for a guillotine choke (not very comfortable, to say the least). Shooting drills will be key for a while, something I might want to do out of regular classes as well.
It's time to start writing things down; specifically the minutiae that make the locks, chokes and submissions work. Hopefully remembering those details will make the difference.
Anyway, back to training, wish me luck!
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