I have not been completely inactive since last post, just bogged down with tiredness from work and only sporadically training. My doctor told me i have a little bit of fatty intrusion in my liver and to adjust diet accordingly. I have been gobbling ice cream and sometimes beef steak a lot over the last number of months and I guess a slow down in exercise allows it to take a toll. I still want to eat, I will focus on getting back to my regular execise level.
that said, so far this Canadian Thanksgiving holiday weekend I have slumbered. I just want to. I really, really want to. I also feel thrifty because I patched my air mattress and will soon deposit the refund cheque for it when the exchange rate is more favourable. When asking myself, “Am i happy?”, I finally am saying yes. Still, application to exercise and striking technique is looming near.
This past week I made a return to weighted carries. One benefit of this is that the lift involves one hand gripping the bottom end of the banana bag to get it to my shoulder, and I figure this must be great for my grip. This is important. I have done some basic jab, cross, lead hook, with the occasional low jab. Still, I am mostly focusing on head level striking.
As to videos: I predict that after tonight’s sleep I will feel sufficiently rejuvenated to do an honest to goodness series of videos of the technique I have been taught.
I don’t know if I mentioned it above but after Labour Day (the same as stateside) I negotiated with work to let me finish 90 minutes early for the two weeks after so that I can sleep earlier and generally have more energy to have one on one kickboxing lessons. The difference from posts above is that it is the coaches business partner, a woman, who on three occasions during this time met with me in my local park. I think I looked odd walking down the street with shinguards on to get there, one person actually looked at me and spit on the ground.
She is awaiting my notification that I have posted some video evidence of my training, she just doesn’t want to sign up to post herself.
She had me run around the area of the park to warm up, stretching, and generally had me going at focus pads most of the time. Moving around, she would call the strikes and it was remarkable how often I did the wrong thing. Trying to breathe and think at the same time.
One main criticism was jumping into combinations, and acting like I want to put too much into the crossjabs. She was looking for a fast pop, I seemed to be kind of winding up for it which she said ruins effect. My round house kicks she believes have potential, and she said I could be tough as she said it, although I thought that was more of a state of mind. Also i tend to in mid combination try to reset my stance, I take it this is a waste of time and of opportunity to catch the opponent.
Later in the last lesson she put on her own gloves and we quasi sparred. She is a woman of about 140lbs and I was getting beaten by a girl. Yes, you read it.
She mentioned that she thinks the quality of boxing in Canada is quite good (she was a kick boxing champion in Europe) but that of kickboxing is terrible.
Tomorrow I will see if I can post some technique quality videos. just shadow work, I will not so soon go at the bag and just use it afterwards for just exercise as weighted carries.
