Back in Action

Alright, Boys and Girls. I'm back to blogging. But, more importantly, I'm back to training. Yeah, things went downhill about 2 years ago. I was dating someone and I slacked off. Lost all the muscles and most of my tone. So from now on, if I date a girl, I CAN'T slack off. I'm making that a promise.

So yeah, this blog is going to become a Martial Arts only blog that I'm going to host here on Blogger and over on Facebook via links. It's just a little tool to let people know whats going on Martial Arts wise with me. All posts dealing with training will have the JKD stamp and others that are about other Martial Arts related stuff will be unmarked. I think I might add a little on nutrition on here too.

On with the show. I've decided to change up my routine. I'm going with a modified exercise schedule similiar to the one that I was doing when I took Jeet Kune Do in 2006. Sifu James was crazy so I took out the old school chinese exercises that caused more harm than good. I replaced it with Body conditioning exercises that are a little modern and proven to increase stamina. Here it is. Hopefully, someone sees this and could use it for their purposes.

Independent Training Schedule------Days: M/W/F/S

9:00AM ------ Wake up, Stretch and daily essentials-Breakfest, Bathroom, Protein Intake, Vitamins, Chinese Medicine and Quick meditation

9:30AM ------ Stretch and jog at the park or do route A. (Jog to the Highschool and back)

-10 minute stretch and rest

-20 Minutes on Jogging

10:00AM ------ Body Conditioning --- Iron Tao, Pushups, Pullups, Chinups and Abs workout

-50 knuckle pushups

-25 chin ups

-10 pull ups

-40 crunches and situps 

-Gradually increase all repetitions by 10 every 2 weeks to max of 80

-Skip rope

11:00AM ------ Kicks and Strikes (Bagwork, shadow boxing, etc.)

-60 Kicks(side kick, Round kick, and back kick)

-60 Punches(Boxing, Kenpo and Open palm Strikes)

11:30AM ------ Internal Martial Art Conditioning-Meditation, Practice forms, QiGong, etc.

  -10 minute meditation

  -10 minutes shadowboxing (Seperated by 3 minute rounds with x2 30 second breathers.)

NOON ----- Water break (Food, Social, Whatever)

12:15 - fourty five minutes of working on something that needs work. Free Time. (If I get a partner, Grappling practice.)

Saturday Only ---12:00PM ------ Technique training and Body Conditioning w/partner (Mitts, physical body conditioning, kicking shield, etc.))

Just some reference Notation I found on Footwork and uses from either the Chinese Kenpo Federation or stuff taught to me by Sifu James Chen.

Step and Slide - Equal Distance slides forward, back, and side to side. Be sure to slide. (Experimented and done with Karate, Wing Chun, Boxing and Muay Thai Movements.)
Push Step and Slide -  Equal Distance push off wit your back leg forward. (Usually done in the traditional Wing Chun stance, Back heel raised ever so slightly and 90 degress away from your opponent.) Good to incorperate it with a side kick or boxing punches.
Side Step - Left or right slide movement. Self Explainitory.
Heel and Toe Sway - Very Slight movement forward and back. Just like Push Step and slide but no sliding. Good to incorperate it with a side kick or boxing punches.
Curving Sidesteps - Same as side step but back legs moves left or right. Turn to face your opponent.
Rock and Shuffle - Stay on the balls of the feet and bounce back forth. Practice often for balance training due to weak balance as you first start doing it. Good for throwing off your opponent when he's trying to read your moments. For example of it used in JKD see Bruce Lee in Way of the Dragon.
Fencing Stance - Low stance with your feet a few inchs more apart then the traditional Karate or Tae Kwon Do Strong Stance. Good for intercepting and reposte's. Never stay in position too long due to limitations on the lower body.
V-Step or Triangle in Step - Step forward, back left and side step right (or Step foward, Back right and step right) Good to combine with some bobbing and weaving.
Bob in left - Slip the Jab or hook and go for the body all while moving to threat.
Bob in right - Slip the Jab or hook and go for the body all while moving to threat.

Martial Movements

1.) Counter to Lead Straight - Wrist Lock and lead front kick to knee
2.) Counter to Jab - Trap hand. Vstep into guard and elbow lock
3.) Low kick, Low Kick, (Double Low Kick) Combination
4.) Low kick, Low Kick, Low Kick (Triple Low kick) Combination
5.) Counter to Jab - Stop Kick (Shin or Knee) to spinning Hook kick
6.) Counter to Lapel Grab - Inside Wrist Lock and kick to the Knee or Shin
7.) Counter to Shoot - Advance push off to head grip and knee to face (hanuman thayarn)
8.) One, Two Punch with Round kick combination
9.) Counter to Lapel grab - Shihonage (Over the bridge wrist lock to throw)
10.) Round kick to spinning hook Combination
11.) Chain Punch to Elbow (Follow up with a reverse elbow or backfist) Combination
12.) Elbow followed by a Reverse Elbow to temple or face
13.) Low kick to knee or outer/inner Thigh
14.) Reverse Punch to Back Fist
15.) One, Two with Inch punch combination
16.) Trap punch and left kick to knee or shin (Variation Trap Punch Vstep in kick to the back of the knee) 17.) Trap punch and shoot to legs
18.) Deflect to Chain Punch, jab, hook, staight, etc.
19.) Stop Kick to Right Lead Straight
20.) Shoulder or hip throw (Morote, Ogoshi, kataguruma) to face stomp or Submission wrist Lock
21.) Elbow to reverse elbow to reverse Elbow (Should end up in beginning stance)
22.) Jab, Jab, Straight
23.) Hook, Hook, Straight
24.) Trap punch to outside wrist lock