And frankly I’m just hoping to get my will written by then.
what sort of training regimen do you have for that? Are you weight training at all? Any sort of high intensity cardio? are you going to compete? 
Originally posted by red5angel
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what sort of training regimen do you have for that? Are you weight training at all? Any sort of high intensity cardio? are you going to compete? [/B]
Actually, I spend most of my training hours trying to figure out what “exculpatory” means.
I think it’s an artists term for when you mess up a bust.
Originally posted by red5angel
I think it’s an artists term for when you mess up a bust.
That probably doesn’t need to be in my will then.
unless you messed up a bust. My guess if you did you weren’t training hard enough, probably need to focus more on cardio…
Yeah, pretty much all I do is in the training BLOG thread. It’s fairly time consuming. Fortunately, I lack anything resembling a social life.
Red I hear you and think that works for most, like I said.
I was very succesful as a kid. Won lots of trophies, ect.
But now these are young men that I compete against. They can kick harder than me – mostly because they train to kick hard and fast and I don’t. They have better endurance than me, too – mostly because I don’t train the cardio.
If we rely just on that info, we don’t have to fight. We can moniter bag kicks and run the 40, and 2 miles and see how we compare.
Also, if I rely on that type of physical power, how do I fight the 20 year old at 30 … 40 … 50 … 60?
It’s a matter of what one wants: short term or long term.
I’ve put lots of years in to the kicking and punching game. I’m thinking I’m as good as I’ll get at it. Now I’m investing my time in TECHNICAL POWER. The difference in bending over to pick something up and using a lever. My pysical power is finite, but I can increase its effectiveness via technology. My mental power is infinite; knowing how to set the other guy up and trap him is important.
Which ever way, best of luck. I see guys getting better all the time and training hard. Now is a good time to be in MA.
It’s a matter of what one wants
as always, that’s the key. For example when I was in ok shape, I was confident I wouldn’t have a problem with sparring or on the street. I knew as I began training to compete that it wouldn’t cut it though, I was out of breath too quick and couldn’t get it back fast enough. It’s also nice to have lost of a ton of weight, it’s amazing how much a little in the middle can get in the way!
it’s amazing how much a little in the middle can get in the way!
It’s nice being able to kick your belly…
Originally posted by dodger87
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You do weights everyday? Someone on this forum told me that that was overstraining or something. [/B]
That person was right and wrong, depending on the method used. If you are doing high sets and reps, or low sets and high reps, then yeah, that CAN be true, unless you are splitting the body parts you work - you do a full body session every day.
With strength based training that I mentioned above, that doesn’t apply. I can bench press (for example) every day and be just fine.
I do Muay Thai/BJJ twice a week and Shuai Chiao/San Shou twice a week. My SC is modeled after my MT. Here’s a typical SC workout I wrote up for a friend.
Standard Warm-Up
Body joint rotations (neck, shoulder , elbow, wrist, hip, spine, knees, ankles)
100 Jumping Jacks
100 Squats
100 Lunges
100 Calf Raises
2 minutes crunches
2 minutes flutter kicks
Kick the sky and torque the spine (falling set) 2 minutes
1 minute push ups
100 belt cracks from horse
50 belt cracks squat and raise
50 belt cracks forward stance side-to-side
Forms (2 minutes per form – choose 5 forms per workout)
Diagonal Cut
Neck Surround
Forward March (w/ belt crack)
Downward Pulling
Bowing (w/ belt crack)
Backward Kicking
Waist Control Lift
Dragon Stepping
Penetration Step (from western wrestling)
Pad work (2 sets of 3 drills)
1 minute drills
Crosses
Hooks
Uppercuts
Round house kick
Knees
2 minute drills
jab
jab-cross-hook-uppercut
cross-hook-cross
jab-cross-body-body-hook
jab-cross-hook-roundhouse-roundhouse
jab-roundhouse
jab-cross-sidekick
teep-jab-cross-hook
jab-cross-hook-uppercut-grab and knee
Drills – 2 minutes each
Pummeling drill (put on boxing gloves, fight for double underhooks)
Ning drill (jacket wrestling – must throw with grip work only)
Sweeping drill – always sweep in 3’s
Arm banging
Shin banging
Repetetive Throws (set timer for 5 minutes, then switch) pick 3 throws
Free Wrestling OR kick boxing OR San Shou at least 3 2 minute rounds
Cool down with 3-4 tai po @ 30 seconds each. You should do the whole set while pushing bricks at least twice a week (30 seconds per posture)
Originally posted by red5angel
Why would this question be limited to MMA or competitive martial artists?
my guess is he wants to get into competition and wanted insight from some who compete. I dunno though - I can’t answer for him.
Originally posted by Water Dragon
[B]I do Muay Thai/BJJ twice a week and Shuai Chiao/San Shou twice a week. My SC is modeled after my MT. Here’s a typical SC workout I wrote up for a friend.
Standard Warm-Up
Body joint rotations (neck, shoulder , elbow, wrist, hip, spine, knees, ankles)
100 Jumping Jacks
100 Squats
100 Lunges
100 Calf Raises
2 minutes crunches
2 minutes flutter kicks
Kick the sky and torque the spine (falling set) 2 minutes
1 minute push ups
100 belt cracks from horse
50 belt cracks squat and raise
50 belt cracks forward stance side-to-side
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real similar to our bjj warm up. Our MT warmup consists mainly of jumping rope, shadowboxing and line drills.
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Originally posted by red5angel
Why would this question be limited to MMA or competitive martial artists?
quote: sevenstar
my guess is he wants to get into competition and wanted insight from some who compete. I dunno though - I can’t answer for him.
I was just curious is all. I haven’t competed in a while and just wondered what kinds of training you all do.
Cool post Waterdragon
some good resources for it on this board. I’ve used MerryPranksters regimen a few times and it’s killer. Waterdragons looks tough too. Lately I have been using sort of a hybrid, using scrappers workout, some of the stuff I got off this board and my own innovations.
WD’s is pretty tough, but Merry’s looks just brutal.
Coming in late to add my two cents, I’d say never neglect your cardio. That’s easily the most important part of conditioning. I’m starting my roadwork all over from the begining this weekend, two miles a day, 5 days a week for the first 3 weeks, three miles a day 4 days a week for the next three. Then I’ll see where I stand before my matches coming up.
I do a lot of traditional conditioning if you will, “iron palm,” roller bar, “iron shin,” “iron shirt,” forms, chi sau, finger condtioning, and all the stuffs to the system. Heavy Bag, Pad Work, push ups, sit ups, and all that kind of stuff. Cardio and footwork. I feel pretty comfortable when it comes to most anything standup. However, ROLLING is getting the best of me. I have previous grappling experience, but not even close to near enough to compete at say NAGA, and the few students I have get tired out on the ground way too easily. There are no bjj schools or even judo schools anywhere around my area, so this is beginning to suck. I feel comfortable on the ground in a streetfight moreso than, but I wouldn’t in the ufc or a national event, or stuff with just straight up killas, cuz thats what them guys are all about. You guys are gonna laugh at me about this, but,how does one condition for a 30 minute rolling, grappling match? I guess the overall best would be, sparring with a grappler better than you an hour a day huh? Has anyone here noticed how much easier it is (im sure you all have), or quicker I should say, to run out of gas (energy) on the ground. In a competitive event against straight up bad arses, if you dont got an enduring clinch and an enduring ground game, you be gone unless you be lucky before hand. Anyways, thanks again.
TAO
The most important thing is to stay relaxed. Once you start to relax, you’ll notice that you conserve more energy when you roll. we go for 5 mins a round, for 45 mins to an hour… If you’re not relaxed, you’ll be out of gas by the third roll.
The most important thing is to stay relaxed. Once you start to relax, you’ll notice that you conserve more energy when you roll. we go for 5 mins a round, for 45 mins to an hour… If you’re not relaxed, you’ll be out of gas by the third roll.
I agree with 7*, but with some caveats/clarification
One of the common problems in BJJ is people who wait around for an opening or spar too slowly. They’ve taken “relax” to mean “sluggish.”
This is not the case. “Relaxing” is sort of a catch-all word that encompasses a lot of things:
Breathing
“Mat Sense” (comfortableness moving on the ground)
Knowing which muscle groups to activate, when
Energy conservation
Maximizing body attributes through proper mechanics
Flow
There are probably more. Similar is Judo’s idea of “Maximum efficiency, minimum effort.” A lot of people seem to think that means perfecting technique and timing at the expense of everything else. The see minimum effort and read “effortless.” This is rarely the case, even on the “perfect” throw. What Judo’s maxim and what “relax” really mean is one thing, IMO: Learning how to get the most out of your body through proper technique and strategy. That may mean busting your ass for 7 minutes straight with a heart rate of 180+.