The rumors are true...we are expanding into the unit next door (previously Builder Bob's). This will give us an additional 1200 square feet of space. We will be using the space for Muay Thai and Jiu-jitsu classes. The move will not happen right away as it will take time to paint and put the room together to best serve our needs. An additional bonus to this expansion is more parking room.
Parents, please beware that traffic may increase through the driveway at our front entrance due to the opening of the new Sunrise thrift shop in the former Umpqua Video building. Please make sure that kids do not go in and out of the dojo front door and please supervise them closely when going to and from your vehicles.
Well, here is what we have planned for this week at the dojo.
--Adult MMA--
Monday and Thursday
We will be working on some Russian style wrestling techniques and blending them with Muay Thai style strikes. Awesome!
Tuesday and Friday
Bring your gloves, shin pads, and mouthpieces. We will be going over some fun and effective striking drills.
--Adult Judo--
Monday and Thursday
We will be working on combination throws. Pretty cool tying this stuff together. Combos win matches!
Tuesday and Friday
More combos and some counter attacks.
--Adult Jiu-jitsu--
Monday and Thursday
We will be working on S-mount and combining attacks from the position. Again...Combos win matches!
Tuesday and Friday
Escapes and reversals of positions.
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Monday, July 25, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Judo terminology
- Anza sitting cross legged
- Ashi foot or leg
- Ashi waza foot/leg technique
- Atama head
- Atemi waza striking techniques
- Batsugun instantaneous promotion
- Budo martial way
- Bushido way of the warrior
- Dan degree in the black belt ranks
- Do way—also torso of the body
- Dojime body scissors—“body strangle”
- Dojo hall of learning the way
- Domo arigato thank you
- Eri Judogi lapel
- Fusegi escape
- Gaeshi/kaeshi counter or reversal
- Garami entangle or entwine
- Gari reap
- Gatame/katame lock or hold
- Godan 5th degree black belt
- Gokyo no waza 5 stages of throwing techniques
- Gokyu 5th level belt (orange belt)
- Guruma wheel
- Hachidan 8th degree black belt
- Hadaka without the gi (naked)
- Hai Yes
- Hajime begin
- Hane springing action
- Hasoku make disqualification
- Harai/barai sweeping action
- Hidari left
- Hiji elbow
- Hikikomi retreating pulling
- Hishigi crush
- Hiza knee
- Hon basic or fundamental
- Iie no
- Ikkyu first level belt (brown)
- Ippon one point
- Jigoku hell
- Joseki side of the dojo or mat area reserved for senior judoka or officials
- Ju the principle of gentleness or giving way
- Judan 10th degree black belt
- Judo gentle way
- Judogi judo uniform
- Judoka judo practitioner
- Juji cross mark
- Juji gatame cross lock
- Jujitsu gentle art
- Junbi undo warm up exercises
- Kaeshi waza counter techniques
- Kake execution 5% of the throw
- Kami upper or top
- Kansetsu waza joint locking techniques
- Kata shoulder—also formal pre-arranged routine (form)
- Kataha single wing
- Katame waza grappling (holding) techniques
- Kesa scarf
- Ki internal force or spirit energy
- Kiai spirit shouting (forceful exhale during execution of technique)
- Kime decisiveness—instantaneous tensing at the correct moment
- Kiyotsuke attention
- Ko small
- Koka near yuko
- Komi pull
- Koshi/goshi hip, waist, loin
- Koshi waza hip technique
- Kudan 9th degree black belt
- Kumi kata forms of gripping
- Kuzure variation of
- Kuzushi off balancing
- Kyu class of belt ranking below black belt
- Makikomi wrapping around
- Ma sutemi waza back falling sacrifice techniques
- Mata thigh
- Matte stop
- Migi right
- Mokuso meditate
- Morote both hands
- Mudansha holder of any rank below black belt
- Mune chest
- Nage throw
- Nage waza throwing techniques
- Ne waza supine position techniques
- O big, major, large
- Obi judo uniform belt
- Okuri assist or sending
- Onegai shimasu please
- Osae komi hold-down, pin
- Osaekomi waza pinning techniques
- Otoshi to drop
- Randori free practice, sparring
- Rei bow
- Ritsurei standing bow
- Sankaku triangular
- Sasae propping
- Seiryoku zenyo maximum efficiency (Judo principle)
- Seiza proper sitting (on knees)
- Seoi to carry on the back
- Sensei teacher
- Senpai senior student (often assistant instructor)
- Shiai tournament
- Shido penalty
- Shiho 4 corners/quarters
- Shihan master or founder of an art (Jigoro Kano)
- Shime/jime strangle
- Shime waza strangle technique
- Shumatsu undo cooling down exercises
- Sode sleeve
- Sore made that is all
- Soto outside/outer
- Sumi corner
- Sutemi sacrifice
- Sutemi waza sacrifice technique
- Tachi waza standing technique
- Tai body
- Tai sabaki body turning
- Tatami judo mats
- Tate straddle
- Tawara rice bag
- Te hand
- Te waza hand techniques
- Tokui waza favorite technique
- Tomoe circle
- Tori person performing technique
- Tsubame swallow (bird)
- Tsukuri fitting in or entering into position
- Tsuri lift
- Tsurikomi lift pull action
- Uchi inner or inside
- Uchi komi practice without completion
- Ude arm
- Uke person receiving technique
- Ukemi breakfall methods
- Uki floating
- Ura back side
- Ushiro reverse
- Uwagi judo jacket (kimono is also acceptable)
- Wake armpit
- Waza technique
- Waza ari almost ippon (1/2 point)
- Yame wake up (signals end of mokuso)
- Yoko side or lateral
- Yoko sutemi waza side sacrifice technique
- Yoshi continue
- Yudansha black belt rank holder
- Yuko near waza-ari
- Zarei kneeling bow
- Zubon judo uniform pants
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Martial Arts Maturity
I have been a student of martial arts most of my life. For nearly two decades I have had the privilege of being an instructor of martial arts. Over those many years of training and teaching, I have witnessed amazing changes in the lives of others as well as within myself. I am perpetually intrigued and continually strive to keep learning.
Once while watching a submission grappling tournament, another instructor and I were noticing a very talented young man in the competition. He did very well in all of his matches, but displayed bad attitude before, during, and after his matches. As a matter of fact, during his matches it looked almost as if he were purposely trying to inflict injury on his opponents.
The other instructor and I discussed this talented young man and talked about how it was a shame that he displayed such weak character. Then the other instructor said something to me that has stuck with me since. “He is simply immature as a martial artist.”
Sometimes just a few words can have paramount meaning.
As we go through life, there are many things that help develop our character. Our parents, siblings, school teachers, and friends teach us early in life. Later, our employers, co-workers, peers, and government guide us along. Life’s events such as relationships, births, deaths, successes, and failures help continue to shape us. These are the things that mature us as human beings…just being people.
As in life, we mature as martial artists. We start off knowing nothing of the physical, mental, or spiritual application of martial arts. We move into an adolescence stage where we think we know much more than we actually do. After much experience, we mature as martial artists and realize that we will never know it all.
Another friend once described the four levels of consciousness to me. He said, “There is unconscious unconsciousness, conscious unconsciousness, conscious consciousness, and unconscious consciousness.”
Again, just a few words, but paramount in meaning.
We are at first unaware that we are unaware. This is the stage before a person begins martial arts training.
As we begin to train, we are humbled in learning that we are not magically able to apply martial arts and that it will require many hours of hard work to develop these skills. We have to swallow our own ego and admit that we make mistakes.
Next, we begin to become more efficient in our application of skills. We know that it takes work to improve, but we now also know that the work pays off.
Finally, we reach a level to where application of skills can be done as a muscle memory action. We no longer have the think and plan out each move. The techniques simply flow though us. We are humble and no longer are our motives ego driven.
Each of these levels of consciousness has also come with many failures. It is the failures that teach us humility. Loosing keeps us humble. Overcoming the failures and losses is what helps us grow and mature as martial artists.
Since the beginnings, martial artists have sought out worthy opponents to test their skills against. The test is not of whether one can beat the other, but rather to discover one’s own physical, mental and spiritual weaknesses. Once those weaknesses have been exposed, the martial artist can focus energies to overcoming and correcting those errors.
As in life, physical maturity in martial arts comes much sooner than mental. Even black belts can be immature as martial artists. The literal translation for “shodan” is “beginning degree”. This is to indicate that the person is mature in the physical application of technique, but the path to martial arts enlightenment has just begun. Statistically, only 1 in 100 students will ever make it to shodan rank. Even less make it farther than that.
In life, we learn from our mistakes, and if we’re paying attention, from the mistakes of others. In martial arts, we do the same. Learning helps us to grow. Growth means that we are maturing. This continues throughout our lives. In our entire lives, we will never learn all there is to learn in martial arts, but we will continue to mature as martial artists.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Periodization Training vs. Overtraining Syndrome
There are 3 main ingredients to building strength. Those ingredients are work, nutrition, and rest.
1-Work- No athletic success comes without a great deal of work. When we talk specifically about strength building, work means the stress we put our body though that actually causes microscopic damage to the muscle tissues. Damage? Yes, damage! By damaging the muscle fibers, we are prompting a rebuilding process, which if the other ingredients are in place, should make us stronger than before. However, this cannot be achieved without the other two ingredients.
2-Nutrition—proteins are the building blocks for the muscles. Carbohydrates are fuel for the work and the recovery. Healthy fats help promote the loss of bad fats, serve as reserve fuel, and have other benefits as well. A proper nutritional program must regulate how much proteins, carbs, fats, and other micronutrients we intake. We must also take these nutrients in at proper times.
3-Recovery—in order for the muscles to take advantage of the work and the nutrients to rebuild, there must be a rest time. If muscles are sore, it is because they are damaged and pumped full of acids. The nutrients help flush out the acids and provide fuel for the rebuilding process, but the rest period is the time needed for the repairs. Athletic improvement actually happens during the "rest" period.
There are many more details I have left for later discussion, but you should get the general idea.
Most sports around the globe have a preseason in which to train, a season of competition, and an off season for recovery. In martial arts, there typically is no off season. Martial artists in general, are expected to be in peak shape and top form all the time. It sounds good, but is actually impossible. In fact, martial artists tend to suffer from “overtraining syndrome” more than any other athletes.
Overtraining syndrome is probably best defined as the state where the athlete’s body has been repeatedly “damaged” by training to the point where rest is no longer adequate to allow for recovery. The "overtraining syndrome" is the name given to the collection of emotional, behavioral, and physical symptoms due to overtraining that has persisted for weeks to months. This is different from the day to day variation in performance and post exercise tiredness that is common in conditioned athletes. Overtraining is marked by cumulative exhaustion that persists even after recovery periods. We are also more prone to injuries during this time.
As I mentioned before, most sports/athletics have seasons and in turn “off seasons”. Trainers for these sports take that into consideration while planning the athlete’s workout programs. They use a method called periodization. Periodization allows and athlete to work out their full capacity and while preventing overtraining.
Periodization itself is the principle of cycling the athlete’s workout programs over a period of time such three segments in a 6 month period.
An example of periodization is as follows…
Phase one might be a predatory period of about 3.5 months focusing on building the athlete’s foundation through strength training and bio-motor development.
Phase two would be the competitive period wherein the athlete is in peak condition. It is during this period that the athlete will work to maintain and protect the progress made in phase one. This is also the time for tactic and strategy preparation.
Phase three would be a 2-3 week segment called transition or taper phase. This is the time the athlete lowers the intensity level of workouts giving the body time to heal. This is not an ideal time for competition.
After the three phases are completed, the cycle repeats itself. This type of cycling of workout/competition seasons will not only greatly benefit the athletic abilities, but also help prevent overtraining syndrome.
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