January 2012
3 posts
just got back from dancing
Please help remind me that I love going dancing. I danced for almost all of 3.5 hours. Even though my legs were already sore.
Jan 22nd
what is this for?
I don’t know anymore. For awhile it felt important to track my exercise, especially what I was learning in judo. But most of the time it just made me feel bad, like I should be doing more. As much as I still love my judo people, I’m less and less excited about judo itself. Now that I’m a brown belt, the one tournament I’ve gone to (unblogged - I won one round of three...
Jan 21st
What should you do during an election year?
You should endeavor to understand the electoral process through the drug-addled eyes of Hunter S. Thompson. 40 years ago he followed the Democrats through their primary process and somehow not only am I reading along with it this year (though I intend to read at something approximating my normal pace, not move along with the full year) but I seem to have talked some other people into doing it too....
Jan 4th
July 2011
3 posts
it just hasn't been my week
toe still hurts when I try to curl it or push off to generate power, so no judo. somehow I managed to have meetings that messed up going to all 3 possible yoga classes. so: friday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 2. despite my netflix streaming sucking mightily. damn you roku!
Jul 17th
judo classes 227 and 228
monday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 2 tuesday: judo. endurance training is killing me wednesday: lunchtime yoga thursday: judo. killing. jammed/bent my left big toe pretty crazy bad. hopefully it will heal over the weekend.
Jul 9th
judo classes 225 and 226
monday: lunchtime yoga tuesday: judo wednesday: lunchtime yoga thursday: judo. survived being the person who wasn’t let rest in naiwaza drills. saturday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 2
Jul 5th
June 2011
2 posts
judo classes 222, 223 and 224
tuesday, june 7: laid low with the sinus evil thursday, june 9: made it to judo the next week: out of town monday: lunchtime yoga tuesday, june 21: judo. some great drills for o uchi. Key idea - your whole body makes that circle. You are spinning around and taking that person with you. thursday: at a conference saturday: judo, mostly conditioning drills, a little naiwaza.
Jun 26th
judo classes 220 and 221
monday: 30 minutes elliptical. this is an ankle test. tuesday: judo wednesday: lunchtime yoga thursday: judo friday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 2
Jun 5th
May 2011
5 posts
the week I babied my ankle
I think I hurt it dancing, and then walked around on it for a few days in the same shoes. go me. It was swollen and hurt randomly. monday: lunchtime yoga - included balancing. that convinced me the ankle was actively not happy ice and elevation for a few days, then found my ankle exercises from physical therapy
May 30th
math and travel week
monday: lunchtime yoga wednesday: lunchtime yoga
May 23rd
judo classes 218 and 219
sunday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 2 monday: lunchtime yoga tuesday: judo - our favorite visitors from mines. turnovers, naiwaza wednesday: lunchtime yoga thursday: judo - more mines visitors! JL’s ko uchi - step across with offside foot, wrap entire lapel side leg around their knee. lapel goes up, sleeve gripped elbow goes down to their waist, BANG. if they step back out of it, just...
May 14th
judo classes 216 and 217
tuesday: judo wednesday: lunchtime yoga thursday: judo - moving uchikomis, some good randori
May 8th
judo class 215
monday: lunchtime yoga tuesday: judo - passed sankyu test. pushing/controlling drills. turnovers (I never caught which side I was supposed to roll to.. right/left is so complicated) naiwaza, randori. uchi mata trick where you come in more to the side. less vulnerable, but too far over to turn into harai if you miss. wednesday: lunchtime yoga
May 1st
April 2011
3 posts
judo classes 213 and 214 and tournament 10
sunday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 2 tuesday: judo wednesday: lunchtime yoga thursday: judo. elbowed in the eye. the beginners are dangerous saturday: our big local tournament. lost my masters fights. won my novice fights. and then I published this nearly a week late because I was traveling and did nothing.
Apr 22nd
judo classes 210, 211 and 212
monday: lunchtime yoga tuesday: judo. worked on harai and tai o some, randori, naiwaza. practiced my two new holds. wednesday: lunchtime yoga thursday: judo. everyone worked on harai (getting the hip in far enough) and some randori saturday: judo. kids randori, adults randori, switch!
Apr 11th
judo classes 208 and 209
monday: 116 pushups: 40,40,36 tuesday: judo - went over the brown belt test. gonna try to test in 2 weeks. need to learn 2 new hold downs first. thursday: judo - naiwaza drills, went over the holddowns for the sankyu test - not at all what we thought they were tues. :( friday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 2 - no knee trouble!
Apr 3rd
March 2011
4 posts
judo class 207
sunday: 6 rounds of just dance - N even joined in for a few. extra fun! monday: 108 pushups: 40,40,28. gonna make it to 3 sets of 40 one day. wednesday: 112 pushups: 40,40,32 thursday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 2. getting kinda worried about my knee. judo - joshi judo with D. very similar turnover to the one from JL a few weeks ago. some hardcore naiwaza (and I’m better at it than I...
Mar 27th
gym closed to bring up to fire code
sunday: 35 minutes elliptical. tried to do intervals, my knee said no after about 15 min monday: 100 pushups: 40,40,20 tuesday: 20 minutes wii fit wednesday: 5 songs on just dance, 100 pushups: 40,40,20 thursday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 2. my knee was ok, but it felt difficult
Mar 20th
judo classes 205 and 206
tuesday: judo - 2 line uchikomis, pair up and work on your favorite throw. I did uchi mata and o uchi - wisdom acquired: uchi mata depends on getting your hip into their gut, gotta be pretty close. pulling the jacket all the way over the shoulder really helps with o uchi. a little out of breath, but not too bad. last of the crappy faux protein drinks. eh randori. thursday: judo - complicated...
Mar 12th
judo classes 203 and 204
tuesday: o uchi gari - but from weirdo extreme opposing grips stance. the general idea of taking a step to move them around first was good though. randori went poorly. easily out of breath, but not totally useless. thursday: legpowered turnovers. 1. from the side, lean your upper chest into them and shove shove shove with the legs. 2. If they flatten out, lay on their back, pull one knee toward...
Mar 6th
February 2011
4 posts
judo classes 201 and 202, tournament #9
sunday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 3, 30:60 second intervals. tuesday: judo - lunch wasn’t sitting well, so I needed breaks all the time. wednesday: lunchtime yoga. hip openers. this seemed like a good idea until my hip muscles were really really sore for next day judo thursday: judo - worked on the “why turnover, just choke!” and a “control their head with your...
Feb 27th
judo class 200
sunday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 3, 30:60 second intervals. thursday: judo - seo nagi drills, randori, naiwaza. I had a protein shake early like around 2, and I was recovering from being sick, but still somehow managed to do just fine through 2nd round of randori. Just out of breath though, no dizziness or nausea.
Feb 21st
judo classes 198 and 199
tuesday: judo canceled due to cold and snow. 35 min elliptical, level 3 (plus of course, snow shoveling.) thursday: judo. got to work on my osoto-uchi mata combo. seems promising. add tsa sai at the beginning and an extra osoto at the end for extra umph. we did some randori. I did ok with lightheadedness, but was out of breath a lot and both calves cramped from too much uchi mata. saturday: 35...
Feb 13th
SF trip
Sunday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 3 Saturday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 3
Feb 5th
January 2011
5 posts
judo classes 196 and 197
tuesday: judo - a little instruction on combos, a ko soto to tai o, then an o uchi to uchi mata ( I like this one. ) then some randori. had to sit out at least twice, and took it easy between rounds of randori. Had a really hard time staying upright, didn’t really feel like overheating, quick to get to nausea. wednesday: lunchtime yoga. yay for restorative week. thursday: small class,...
Jan 30th
math meetings again
friday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 3
Jan 23rd
judo classes 193, 194, and 195
tuesday: I from ZS had his first judo day. went fine. Worked on Seo a bit, then naiwaza and randori thursday: lots of time on uchi komi combos - always good for me. Randori. saturday: big class, visitors from the springs. naiwaza, randori todo - figure out what the arms are supposed to be doing in uchimata.
Jan 16th
judo class 192
sunday: elliptical, level 3, 35 minutes monday: lunchtime yoga tuesday: judo - “easy night” ko uchi, and then ko uchi to psa psi. a little randori. ko uchi is really a side footsweep, you turn your back foot and then you can put your hips into it. I’m going to start tracking my weird medical-ness: Had to sit out right in the beginning of warmup uchikomis. seemed to be...
Jan 9th
more holidays
friday: elliptical, level 3, 35 minutes
Jan 3rd
December 2010
3 posts
no judo for the holidays
sunday: elliptical 35 minutes, level 3 thursday: elliptical 35 minutes, level 3 friday: elliptical 35 minutes, level 3, return of the wrist weights
Dec 26th
judo classes 189, 190 and 191
after being out of town for work for a week… sunday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 2 monday: lunchtime yoga tuesday: judo - shove each other out of the circle, use the edge of the circle to practice o uchi (keep your toe on the circle!) o uchi to osoto and o uchi to tai o combos. randori. thursday: judo - visitors from mines. two cool naiwaza tricks - both starting with them turtled. 1....
Dec 19th
judo classes 187 and 188
tuesday: tag, leaning on each other pushups, build up setups for o uchi and osoto - break the grip (I found it worked better to just grab the sleeve and come in during randori) keeping a grip on the sleeve with the off hand. come in close and throw your on hand around their neck/over their shoulder. take a spinning step to take them into a wide stance/off balance position. come right in for o...
Dec 5th
November 2010
4 posts
judo class 186
tues: judo, JL lead the warmups, so we started with flag tag almost immediately. put together an ko uchi gaki -> seo nagi combo that I love! It’s still hard on my knees, but it forces me to bend them enough when I get into position so that it might actually work. randori … got a few good throws in. naiwaza … face is still too fragile for this to be a good idea. got squished in...
Nov 27th
judo class 185
sunday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 3 thursday: judo - two lines of uchikomis, naiwaza, randori. During the last 15 minutes, I managed to get my head trapped under someone’s arm, and then get thrown on the back of my head, crushing/scraping half my face against his gi. awesome. doesn’t seem to be any permanent damage. saturday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 3
Nov 21st
judo classes 183 and 184
sunday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 3 tuesday: judo: changed warmups to split up the kids and adults. two lines, naiwaza drills, randori, trick to pull elbow of grip. thursday: judo: drills for what to do when you get someone on one knee. naiwaza. saturday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 3
Nov 14th
judo class 182
thursday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 3. judo - matwork drills, naiwaza. seemed to go fast!
Nov 6th
October 2010
5 posts
judo classes 180 and 181. tournament #8
sunday: 35 minutes elliptical tuesday: judo: more working on breaking the grip to lead into harai or tai o. some randori thursday: judo: beginner class in an attempt to ward off pre-tournament injury. lots of psa psi, some uki/tori randori. some uchikomis. friday: 40 minutes elliptical, level 2 saturday: 10th Denver Classic 5 divisions. masters: not great fights, and I landed on my head...
Oct 31st
judo class 179
sunday: 35 minutes elliptical. level 2 thursday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 2. judo: three different throws starting with removing their grip and pulling them forward: koshi garuma, harai ogoshi (worked well!) tai o tochi (not BAD, but I have a harder time getting the rotation going) then some randori. good times. neck is STILL stiff.
Oct 24th
judo class 178
sunday: 35 minutes elliptical wednesday: 35 minutes elliptical, lunchtime yoga thursday: judo - crash pad, uchikomi combos, randori, matwork trick to remove a locked leg - sit out to the side, butt on the matt. naiwaza. saturday: worked scoreboard at buddhist temple tournament. Learned a LOT about how the judges and ref interact and how hard it is to tell if something is a yuko or a wazari and...
Oct 17th
judo classes 176 and 177
sunday: 35 minutes of elliptical, level 2 tuesday: judo - lots of uchikomis (two lines drill). working on psa psi with an osoto setup. an hour of randori. my shoulder seemed ok while I was there, but it’s super sore the next day. thursday: judo - combo uchikomis, crash pad “bury them!” (during which I did something horrible to my neck. possibly when someone landed on my head...
Oct 10th
judo classes 174 and 175
tuesday: judo - learned something garuma - goshi garuma? (hip wheel) I’m bad at it, but it kind of works. and it doesn’t involve lifting anyone. Similarly, we modified my offside osoto to use the left arm to shove the neck back. it’s not smooth, but it’s more sensible than not moving the arm. Only did randori with easy people - I still outweigh the teenagers, which was a...
Oct 3rd
September 2010
4 posts
judo class 173
sunday: 35 minutes elliptical. level 2 tuesday: judo, naiwaza drills then naiwaza. ow ow. ow.
Sep 27th
too many math meetings
wednesday: lunchtime yoga thursday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 1 friday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 2 saturday: 35 minutes elliptical, level 3 Yes, I was trying to finish a Glee DVD.
Sep 19th
judo class 172
sunday: 35 minutes elliptical. back down to level 2 tuesday: judo - worked on ko uchi and ko to o. pretty good night even if I did need two more breaks than everyone else. wednesday: evening hippie lady yoga. thursday: oh look, headcold runny nose sore throat. That killed my weekend.
Sep 13th
judo classes 170 and 171
sunday: 35 minutes of elliptical on level 3. my poor leg muscles monday: lunch time yoga. different sad leg muscles. tuesday: judo - probably the best advanced class I had yet. I think he took it easy on us since class was canceled last week. uchikomis at own speed, favorite throw from different grips, then throw, 3 seconds to get hold and then escape. and still time for randori and naiwaza. ...
Sep 5th
August 2010
4 posts
judo class 169
sunday: 35 minutes elliptical monday: practice at denver judo! it was weird and hot and different. but not all that different, and I knew a lot of the people and all of them were nice. We did some interesting “start from different positions” naiwaza drills. friday: 35 minutes elliptical saturday: 40 minutes elliptical
Aug 29th
judo classes 167 and 168
monday: lunchtime yoga tuesday: one of those judo nights where nothing goes right. Somehow, I managed to do everything wrong except actually injure myself. So it could always be worse. thursday: Judo: I didn’t feel like we did anything special, but my amazing new bruise collection indicates otherwise. friday: 35 minutes elliptical
Aug 22nd
judo classes 165 and 166. tournament #7
sunday: 35 minutes elliptical monday: 35 minutes elliptical tuesday: judo. uchikomis, randori, tiny bit of naiwaza (ended each round of randori with 1 min naiwaza) wednesday: lunchtime yoga, 35 minutes elliptical thursday: 35 minutes elliptical. judo: helped out in the beginner class: ashi barai, ippon seo nagi. 5 minutes working combos: ko ouchi to seo, ko to osoto. Depressed about how much...
Aug 14th
judo class 164
wednesday: 40 minutes elliptical at the hotel. saturday: 35 minutes elliptical. judo: only visitors showed up, but there were a bunch of them and it was a pretty good practice. just naiwaza than they tiniest bit of randori, but good getting back at it for me after a week out of town.
Aug 8th
July 2010
5 posts
judo classes 162 and 163
sunday: 35 minutes elliptical tuesday: judo: lots of uchikomi’s, some naiwaza, some randori. landed on my head once. was forcibly reminded that I am terrible at landing from tomo e nagi wednesday: evening yoga thursday: judo: lots of uchikomi’s - great tips on tai o and ko uchi gaki. some work on handling stiff armed opponents - but we kind of did it wrong. randori, naiwaza. ...
Jul 31st