UNBRIDLED TRUTH

Between holiday disruptions and some medical matters with my cat, I didn't do any training during last week, so I wasn't in a rush to get this out before things resumed. I am expecting more disruptions from New Year's Day, but at least I am back to cracking some leather again while I can in the mean time. Monday   Muay Thai class The guest kru had us working on hitting different levels with round kicks, mixed with different initiation techniques. It got a bit silly eventual

I know I'm late posting this. Alas. Monday   Muay Thai double class The first class this day was a padwork session by the guest kru. It stuck to basic strikes but mixed them around in a few ways to build comfort with different transitions. It was nothing groundbreaking, but my balance was a bit off this day, so it was a good coincidence that I was able to function mostly on muscle memory while focusing more on staying in control of my body. The second class was a light sp

Trying to arrange things such that I can stay for double classes more often again, but that was not something that yielded results for this week. Monday   Muay Thai class This was a nine-spot drill station gauntlet rotation to start the week off hot. It felt like I did well through the first seven stations (plus a free bagwork bonus station), but I fell off a cliff for the last two. I managed to recover enough for some high-volume round kicks and calisthenics to finish off

I will get back to that Ironsworn campaign, but in the mean time, there is always Muay Thai. Monday   Muay Thai class This was a basics padwork class, to help some newbies come along. My mind was out of phase with reality, so my balance felt off, but at least I wasn't the person who fell on a round kick this time. Anyway, I pushed through the difficulties and made what I could of things. Tuesday   Muay Thai class This was another newbie-helper basics review day. One of th

Clearly, I did not make it happen last week. I just can't seem to push my focus where I want it to be these days. Oh well, nothing to do but to try again. Monday   Muay Thai class It was head-to-head back-and-forth defense drills to start off the week again. If the guest kru keeps this pattern up, that would be a welcome trend. Even the awkwardness of doing those in a trio didn't stop me from having fun. Granted, the drills themselves had a couple of oddballs, as I expec

I really do want to get back to doing more with that Ironsworn Actual Play series, but I somehow keep getting distracted by other things, even after I did start on the next session. I want to make it happen again this week, because I do want to play more with Quinn, but sometimes, the brain does not cooperate. Monday   Muay Thai class We did head-to-head back-and-forth defense drills with the guest kru. That's always fun stuff, though it's a little odd to me that he encoura

I remain discombobulated. Monday   Muay Thai double class The guest kru had us working on low kick defense and counters. It started out quite practical, by his standards, though it did stretch on and on to the point of feeling more useful for keeping up good technique through fatigue than for real use. That's still a good thing to work on, though, so I've got no real complaints. I was also just glad to be back to training after a break. Tuesday   Muay Thai class This was a

Late posting this because I'd been away on a work trip last week, so there wasn't a pressing need. October 27's work will remain hidden in my personal records. Monday   Muay Thai double class The guest kru had us work on starting with a simple drill and building on it gradually to end up with some extended offense practice. Then we finished up by having some fun with jumping round kicks, which the main kru complimented me on (granted that her standards were probably lowered

I can read between the lines. Tuesday   Muay Thai class This was a volume day, to make up for the holiday on Monday disrupting the regular flow of things. We did a few rounds of smaller drills and then putting them together into a larger one, then eventually finished up with some high volume round kicks. It was a good grinder straight off of a bit of a break. Wednesday   Muay Thai class The guest kru was back to teaching for this day, and he was also back to having us do ra

Between the holiday on Monday and a work trip later on, I'll have my workout pattern disrupted this coming week. Maybe that'll be a good thing overall. Monday   Muay Thai class This was a typical Monday stamina class. We did lots of round kicks, including finishing with a couple drills of repeated round kicks mixed with push ups. I felt off mentally, and I think that was reflected in making a couple of atypical mistakes from loss of focus, but I was still getting good impa