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Todays updates will be for Friday’s session (the 2^nd of June 2006) and today’s; June 6^th 2006. I didn’t get a chance to do Fridays because I went out with some friends.

-June 2^nd-

I started with my usual warm up, and then worked on so many kicking and striking drills I don’t even know where to start. We actually did stuff for nearly two hours straight because he got there super early, and Master Lee didn’t pull me into any of the kid’s classes. By about 6:15 we were both so tired and concerned we were going to pass out in our actual class. We both knew that we wouldn’t have, we just like talking shit. Board of Trade Mikey came in around 6:20 and seemed like he was depressed, because he was saying he was unsatisfied with everything. It was funny.

At about the time our class was going to start, Master Lee informed me I was going to teach the adult beginner 6:30 Hapkido class. Fine by me, I was already fucking exhausted from all week, and from what Greg and I did earlier anyways.

I led the warm up, pushed them really hard.

They had to do basic kicking drills, and two new defense against belt grab techniques I have never seen before. Master Lee pulled me aside and showed me them both before I had to demonstrate.

1. Front Snap, Roundhouse, Axe Kick. Back fist, Knife Hand, Ridge Hand, spinning back fist.
2. Defense from belt grab Technique #1
3. Defense from belt grab Technique #2

I will edit these both later because I am not feeling well. I just want to get a basic outline of the last two days and I will edit later.

-End June 6^th, 2006-

As per usual, I did my warm up. After this I did a TON of shadow kicks while the school manager was scolding these 3 kids that were goofing off. I paid no attention to it really, I didn’t want the kids to feel any more embarrassed then they already were. So I just kept doing shadow kicks. They were forced to sit in the training room that I work out in as punishment, and wait for till the end of the class till their parents arrived.

Greg arrived (also got promoted today, he is friggin’ brown belt now. Congrats Greg) And we did a good amount of strike practice. For about…40 minutes or so I would estimate.

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Around 5:40 Master Lee came in and had me teach all the Tae Kwon Do blue belt kids their “one step sparring” routine and their “kicking routine”. Each belt level in TKD has each of these, and a form per belt.

Blue Belt TKD kicking routine is (starting left foot forward): High front snap, Right hand punch, left hand punch, roundhouse kick, reverse side kick, spinning hook kick, roundhouse kick.

Blue Belt TKD one step sparring routine is (starting left foot forward): Left hand center block while stepping forward with right foot. Return right foot to original position and perform a front foot roundhouse, spinning hook kick, then roundhouse kick

I worked on the group of about 7 students for about 30 minutes. After this Greg, Ibro (green belt), and myself worked on more strikes.

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At around 6:15 Chris (black belt) showed me some awesome momentum/jump training drills for my jump spinning kicks. Chris is one of the strongest people in the school, the dude is scary. I really like him too because he always helps me with tons of stuff and gives me new ways to train my skills. These momentum jumps he was teaching me I am going to add to my regular routine because they just kicked my ass and I was surprised I was able to do 540 spins.

Class started and Chris ended up being my partner.

We started with 10x break falls (all).

1. Momentum Drill #1 (EDIT)
2. Momentum Drill #2 (EDIT)
3. Attacker throws Left jab, Right cross, left hook, right elbow strike to the throat, pull down defenders neck with a rear knee to the face/chest, hop step back into outside crescent kick. We did at least 30x each side, was awesome.
4. A new choke takedown I have never seen before. Attacker throws a punch; defender steps outside with and pushes the punch at the base of the elbow with front hand. After this is done defender does a rush choke hold with the rear hand and locks front hand on top of the choking hand. The defender executes a rear leg sweep/takedown to the Attackers rear front foot, taking them down. The defender has to do a side fall and Attacker basically front falls on their chest. After the front fall is performed by the defender, the defender has to switch leg positions into a “scissor” position (chris-crossed basically). The defender tucks their head into the side of the choke, and pulls on the hold. If done correctly the Attacker would be out cold in about 3 seconds. This was challenging for me because it was the first time I did it, I am sure it will get better as the week goes one. We did about 10x per side.

I will edit this later, not feeling well but at least I have a blueprint up.

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