Not Quite Koga (Yet) – Wed, Apr 22, 2009

No lifting, just judo (at Main Line) today.

I successfully escaped being thrown, and actually got a chance to throw about 30 times (te guruma, seoi nage, osoto gari, harai ogoshi, ouchi gari).

Overall it was a very nice training sessions in the sense that Tom closely looked at the way I was doing . . . → Read More: Not Quite Koga (Yet) – Wed, Apr 22, 2009

Squats are a Man’s Best Friend – Sat, Apr 18, 2009

I guess I should start posts off with some quantitative data on the day’s training.

Intensity is on a scale of 0 to 4:

0: very light (lots of walking, yawning, and no sweat) 1: light (same as medium, but with some sitting-out, so basically trying to do medium but failing because of injury) . . . → Read More: Squats are a Man’s Best Friend – Sat, Apr 18, 2009

Lonely Friday without Lonely Matt – Fri, Apr 17, 2009

Practice at Mainline Judo Club

I drove a couple girls (Sarah, Joan). Matt had to stay home, so we had another instructor: Nick. It was not the same without seeing Matt on the sidelines with the excited/frustrated “I want to get on the mat, but I shouldn’t” look on his face. Not sure if . . . → Read More: Lonely Friday without Lonely Matt – Fri, Apr 17, 2009

Gym Doors Open – Wed, Apr 15, 2009

Finally got access to the gym using my card, instead having to sneak in during Judo practice… EDIT: No wait, after I wrote this optimistic sentence in the morning, I then actually tried to get into the gym and failed. I was promised to gain access tomorrow. We’ll see.

Watching Judo

Tiago Camilo (BRA) . . . → Read More: Gym Doors Open – Wed, Apr 15, 2009