boring things I want to remember

judo classes 107 and 108 - tournament 2

monday, friday - elliptical

wednesday - 30 min wii fit

tuesday - deashi barai, randori - osoto to o uchi worked nicely

thursday - seo nagi, ogoshi as a counter, easy exercise: 110 pushups, 100 situps. naiwaza

saturday - denver buddhist temple novice tournament. 4 women signed up. We range in weight from 100 to 215 lbs. We also get a brown belt to fight, but she drops out before the rankings.

1. tiny blind girl - she moves in for a slow forward throw, I move in for a slow tani o tochi, I win

2. the featherweight - couldn’t get her to hold still long enough to get anything. she dropped me on the corner of my head, then stacked up my legs and got a great throw

3. the heavyweight - couple of things looked promising, but didn’t go off. did a counter so badly that she got the yuko. she got another nice yuko later, and won on points - 3 minute round.

4. the brownbelt - threw enough to move us to the mat, then when I thought I was not in a holddown and was clearly wrong, I tried to wait out not being able to breathe. I had to give up before they either called the holddown or whatever was going on.

Somehow, this = 3rd place. 3rd out of 4 is an improvement over 2nd out of 2.

Things that went better: I actually tried to attack. I remembered most of where to walk and when to bow.

I definitely did not have my game day mojo. Except maaaaybe in that first round. I really do take blind people more seriously, because I know they are taking the game more seriously. Things I can actively work on: breathing, trusting my throws, having a sane grip when I’m out there. I don’t tighten my forearms in randori the crazy way I do in tournaments.

No barfing. Had a bagel for breakfast and it sat ok. If I could eat a little more, that would be good.

judo classes 105 and 106

Monday - elliptical

odd bits of wii fit

tuesday - ko uchi gari, seo nagi, randori. alex is not scary and I even managed to counter him once. osoto as a fake starts looking plausible

thursday - tani o tochi, heeza garuma, randori. osoto as a fake still works. esp starting on left side.

judo class 104

and we borrowed a wii, complete with wii fit. curious whether the balance stuff is actually helpful.

judo classes 102 and 103

sunday, wednesday: elliptical

monday - 20 minutes with the kettlebell. I should be more careful with turkish getups for awhile

tuesday: tae o tochi. psa psi - osoto - seo combo

thursday: 3 person drills for seo. tae o tochi. tani o tochi. load someone up on your back and run down the mat idoicy - reiterating my hatred for moroto seo nagi, and jacking up some kid’s ankle. randori with the grownups - doing much better against the teenage girls (I actually threw Sh. once. and stopped a few of hers.)

judo classes 100 & 101

I need to get back on the pilates & elliptical bandwagon :(

tuesday: soto maki komi - didn’t injure anyone this time. osoto w/ a twist - if you can’t get the right side, or just want to fake it, w/out moving your hands, move to the other side and sweep THAT leg. Worked surprisingly well.

thursday: tomo e nagi. gah. After about 8 falls I finally realized that I need to LET GO so I can slap. Then everyone tried to give me helpful pointers which weren’t instead of letting me concentrate on that. I hate landing on my kidneys. Tani o tochi - always fun. I think Joe was taking pity on me for my terrible falls. Naiwaza - the little guys are fierce! some good tae o uchikomi practice.

judo classes 98 and 99

tuesday: footsweeps. broke my left baby toe EXACTLY the way I broke my right one last year. (as uki for footsweeps, I seem to be incapable of holding my damn toe out of the way.)

thursday: the hop on one foot balance game. seo nagi, with lapel pull, which I finally believe in. A new sacrifice throw - the one where you’re supposed to have your foot inside their knee, and really we all just kicked each other in the crotch a lot. (Sumi Gaeshi maybe?) Some good neiwaza - considering I have a broken toe - and a little randori.

first judo tournament

mon-thurs: pilates

mon,tues,thurs: elliptical

wed: DDR

Saturday - First Judo Tournament!

Lessons learned:

1. Don’t ever sign up for a mixed martial arts tournament again. Judo is a small ghetto there, and you don’t want to fight the BJJ people who don’t know the rules
2. Don’t worry about your weight class. There won’t be enough people in your division to use the posted weight classes
3. Learn to trust your throws. I never committed to anything because I didn’t believe I could throw, and I knew it would open me up.

I won the first round of my best two out of three. Caught her off balance and took her down. Lost the second to her throw. The third went the full time, with both of us getting penalities for not throwing enough. She got a throw to go off well enough to get a half point, and so won when the time ran out. I was soooo tired for most of the last round that I couldn’t get my legs to move enough to try to throw, I just concentrated on staying up. The judge hated me so much. There’s a photo of me having her down during round 3, but I don’t remember it too well, so I’m not sure what the deal was. I’m pretty sure I didn’t get a half point or anything for it.

Weirdly, I had an AWESOME time. I felt sick before, during and after. I had to fight the one person I didn’t want to fight. Somehow, it was still fun. So I’m really looking forward to the next one!

judo classes 96 and 97

monday elliptical

mon-thurs: pilates

tuesday: seo nagi drills, during which I did something weird and uncomfortable to my left lower back. It hurt enough that I went home early. :( Iced it that night and again the next morning. Still acted up a little Friday when I walked all over campus.

medical: I had an infected cyst on my back! perfectly placed to make bras difficult. Started hurting monday. tuesday night it clearly needed professional attention. wednesday afternoon it became a small angry hole instead. thursday I felt fine about skipping judo.

saturday: the head instructor replied to my email about the gym not really being closed saturday and un-cancelled practice - but we were still the only two to come to practice. So I got a 1 hour private lesson! awesome. great tips on tae o and o uchi.

judo classes 94 & 95

mon/wed - pilates in the morning

monday - elliptical

tuesday - Uchi Mata, working with new people on O Soto, O Goshi, and the basic holddowns. tiny bit of naiwaza with the main novice class

thursday- working with new people. brief O Soto refresher, fun with the O Goshi 3-person drill, O Goshi as a throw. One quick round of randori

Friday  - tournament form went in the mail. I’m really going to compete. eep.

judo class 93

mon/tues - pilates

thursday - 20 minutes of DDR

saturday - indoor rock climbing. ok, but not much fun. I’m too scared of heights

tuesday, judo - o soto/psa psi combo. as usual, I’m prone to trying to skip steps like putting my foot down facing the right direction. some good randori time.