Class - March 25, 2018

Attendees:
Guro Lem
Bryant
Dan

Notes:
We warmed up with drilling transitional drills 1 - 5. I noticed the guys were forgetting some of the targets from td's 4 and 5. They probably need a refresher course on those drills next class.

Next we worked on some different feeds using 3 of 9 as the main targets for this exercise. We went through at least 10 different feeds. In this exercise, we changed the way the Feeder would deliver the counts. I think the guys liked this approach to doing the 3 of 9 drill. If the Receiver still would get cut, he would reset and try it again until he was able to correctly tap it. With this drill, it helped them become more proficient in their tapping.

Some things to remember to break their habits in doing:
Don't keep a picture pose when a Receiver is tapping. Finish the tap all the way through until blade is away pointing in another direction.
Finish with a control and/or ready to punch.
Get in a ready stance before the attack.
Start farther apart from each other. Don't start off in the drilling range.

Class Notes: March 18, 2018

Attendees:
Guro Lem
Bryant
Dan

Notes:
Reviewed 5 count passing drill. Added a vital target after passing blade.
Reviewed 7 count passing drill. 
Free flowed with both of the students. I fed most of the time. First, I gave them easy lines to counter. When they started getting the control/strip consistently, I added clears to my feed. Next I added non-linear. Most of my attacks and clears came from the 3 of 9 drill. Sometimes I would add transitional drill 1 to my clears.

In the end, we had a good workout. Most of the time they got their control and strips.

Class Notes: March 4, 2018

Attendees:
Guro Lem
Bryant
Dan

Notes:
Taught 5 count passing drill. Emphasizing on gunting (scissors) technique.
Tried using blades in both hands during the drill.
Grip change: one blade in forward grip and the other reverse grip.
Reviewed 3 of 10 template and 4 of 12 template.

 In this class, I asked them to get into their best fighting stance. Whatever they wanted to try to get into the most efficient and safe stance for the 5 count passing drill. I watched and saw that both of them crouched lower and kept the blades closer to their body. I also made them emphasize a slower pace but with intent. No strength involved or speed. Looked pretty good.

Class: Feb 11th & 25th

Attendees:
Guro Lem
Dan
Bryant

Notes:
2/11
Reviewed 3 of 9 true left and transitional drills 1-4 for warm up.
Taught template 4 of 12. Later with two blades.
Reviewed template 3 of 10.

2/25
Reviewed templates 3 of 10 and 4 of 12.
Taught template 4 of 9.
Went over 5 count passing drill. Emphasis on the gunting (scissor) technique. Alternating feeding every count.

Going to see if adding a modifier to templates helps them remember the templates better. Maybe add a timer?

Class Notes: October 1, 2017

Attendees:
Guro Lem
Isaac
Bryant
Andrew

Notes:
We warmed up class with 3 of 9 tapping, left hand template, and left defeats right drill. Reviewed and drilled TD1. Worked through stop-blocks with Bryant. Later, Andrew and Bryant went through TD1-4. I've noticed that sometimes a student gets stuck at a certain count in a drill. Every teacher has a way of letting the student know what's the correct way to do the drill.

Sometimes what I like to do is to let them try again with a slower tempo with no verbal correction. Maybe I'll try that again with a slower tempo and see if they can correct the technique. Later, correct them if they can't figure it out. Sometimes it's nice to have the student work through it in their head. Giving them hints along the way is good but when they figure it out on their own is better for their growth than giving them the answer every time.

Class Notes: Septemeber 24, 2017

Attendees:
Guro Lem
Isaac

Class notes:
We went through 3 of 9 template L/R hand. With tapping. Left defeats right.
Installing TD1

September 12, 2017 - Injuries and Martial Arts

I haven't posted in awhile. I've been busy with life and had some injuries along the way. I thought of chronicling my experience or what I've gone through with injuries. I'm sure some of us go through some pain and aches. Sometimes accidents happen or injuries occur because of the amounts of reps we do to attain perfection or success.

Lately, I've been working through an injury called lateral epicondylitis, or in laymen terms tennis elbow. I did some research on how to work through it. I had some of my students recommend an equipment to work through my pain. I did wait about four days after my initial pain to start working on my injury. I know I wanted to work on it instead of waiting for the pain to stop. Here's what I've found.

So, I looked up some information on the injury and found some cool articles. One article I found was on a website called, Art of Manliness. This first article called, "Bicep tendonitis - A multi-step approch". I really liked the information that was presented there. I know my tennis elbow was probably a tendon issue and not so much muscle, but I still used the concept in this article to my rehab. I needed more information so I looked up more stuff to see on that website. I found another article with Mark Rippetoe. Actually, it's a video of him explaining what he did when he had "golfers elbow" which effects the bottom of the forearm. It was very similar to the other article above so it seemed like a good idea try it. Here's a small video of him explaining what he did to fix his issue.




One equipment was recommended from one of my students. It's called the Flexbar and you can get it on Amazon. I've been working with it for awhile now and it seems to be helping. I've been doing 3 sets of 10 with this twice a day. It seems to be working and helping me get stronger.

It's been about four weeks now since the initial onset of pain. It looks like it's getting better. Other things that I've done are alternating hot and cold compress, massage, ice after workout, and rest. Before, my first week at rehab I could only lift up a 3 lbs dumbell doing 3 sets of 20. Now, I can lift up to 10 lbs with some pain. Still getting stronger.

These are just my notes and experience on this injury. Please consult your primary doctor for diagnosing and treatment.