Hi Everyone! Happy New Year!
As a lot of you already know, one thing that I highly recommend is logging your martial arts training routine. I have been doing this on a daily basis for the past 9 years, and it has helped motivate me to practice more, work out harder, and to balance my training consistently in all areas (e.g., forms/sets, techniques, stand-up fighting, ground-fighting, weapons, and so on).
One of the biggest changes to my 2012 workout routine is that I started training in Gracie Jiu Jitsu in early January 2012. I am going to write a lot more about this journey in a future blog, but for now it will suffice to say that it has made my American Kenpo skills much stronger. I also started training with the kettlebell 3 days per week to improve my strength.
The following is a breakdown of my entire training routine for 2012:
Days Practiced: 330/365
Taught Kenpo (days): 193
Total # of Classes Taught: 579
Sparring (days) – 54
Random Kenpo Techniques – 5187
Sit-ups – 17,880
Weight Training/Kettlebell (days): 115
Blocking Set 1 – 131
Blocking Set 2 – 101
Kicking Set 1 – 55
Kicking Set 2 – 16
Finger Set 1 – 61
Finger Set 2 – 13
Coordination Set 1 – 26
Coordination Set 2 – 12
Striking Set 1 – 32
Striking Set 2 – 12
Stance Set 1 – 71
Stance Set 2 – 15
Two Man Set – 22
Staff Set – 12
Short Form 1 – 116
Short Form 2 – 100
Short Form 3 – 101
Long Form 1 – 58
Long Form 2 – 82
Long Form 3 – 45
Long Form 4 – 25
Long Form 5 – 12
Long Form 6 – 24
Long Form 7 – 13
Long Form 8 – 12
10 Yellow Techniques – 12
12 Orange Techniques – 12
12 Purple Techniques – 12
16 Blue Techniques – 12
20 Green Techniques – 12
20 3rd Degree Brown Techniques – 12
20 2nd Degree Brown Techniques – 12
20 1st Degree Brown Techniques – 12
20 1st Degree Black Techniques – 12
2nd Degree Black Techniques (Orange ext) – 12
3rd Degree Black Techniques (Purple ext) – 12
4th Degree Black Techniques (37 Blue-Green ext) – 12
5th Degree Black Techniques (36 Brown ext) – 12
Anyo Isa – 40
Anyo Dalawa – 19
Anyo Tatlo – 5
Anyo Apat – 5
12 Basic Strikes (control) – 53
12 Basic Strikes (pull back) – 2
12 Basic disarms: 5
Center lock (cross; same side): 7
Backward throw (outside; inside): 3
Slice blocks: Block, check, counter to 12 basic strikes – 24
Tapi Tapi (block, check, counter, check counter): 4
Cut Block to Arm Bar (Angle 1): 5
Cut to Forearm Disarm to Standing Center Lock (Angle 1): 5
Cut to Can Takedown (Angle 2): 5
Six-count drill (canes) – 14
Six-count drill (empty hand) – 2
Six-count drill (knives) - 1
Trapping hands (De cadena) – 19
Trapping hands (block, check, counter to 12 basic strikes) - 11
Downward figure eight – 2
Figure eight vs. angles of attack (1-2) – 3
Reverse figure eight vs. angles of attack (1-2): 2
Banda y banda vs. angles of attack (1-2): 3
Rompida vs. angles of attack (1-2): 2
Single Sinawali (traditional canes) – 7
Single Sinawali (modern canes) – 15
Single Sinawali (modern with double vs. double poking drill) – 11
Single Sinawali (modern with single vs. double poking drill) – 8
Single Sinawali (empty hands) – 5
Single Sinawali (empty hands – with double vs. double poking drill) – 4
Double Sinawali – 6
Reverse Sinawali – 1
3-count sinawali boxing – 6
3-count sinawali boxing with backward throw – 1
3-count sinawali boxing with uppercut counter – 3
3-count sinawali boxing with uppercut to arm bar – 1
3-count sinawali boxing with uppercut to shoulder lock – 1
Single Stick Sparring – 1
Redonda - 10
Tiger and Crane – 5
Cross Path 1 – 3
Long Fist 1 – 2
Long Fist 2 – 2
Roaring Tiger - 9
Breathing Law 1 -4
Single Dragon Short Stick - 1
Double Dragon Short Stick – 4
Wandering Dragon Staff -
Orr Fai Do Fa – 1
Tonfa Set 1 – 3
Bando Knife Form – 2
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
Trap & Roll Escape from Mount: 502
Americana Armlock from Mount: 157
Positional Control from Mount: 171
Take the Back from Mount: 81
Rear Naked Choke from Back Mount: 60
Leg Hook Takedown from Standing: 44
Clinch (Aggressive Opponent) from Standing: 51
Punch Block Series (Stages 1-4)from Guard: 118
Straight Armlock from Mount: 32
Triangle Choke from Guard: 36
Elevator Sweep from Guard: 35
Elbow Escape from Mount: 35
Positional Control from Side Mount: 30
Body Fold Takedown from Standing: 10
Clinch (Conservative Opponent) from Standing: 8
Headlock Counters from Mount: 29
Double Leg Takedown from Standing: 18
Headlock Escape 1 from Side Mount: 21
Straight Armlock from Guard: 20
Double Ankle Sweep from Guard: 21
Pull Guard from Standing: 6
Headlock Escape 2 from Side Mount: 16
Guillotine Choke from Standing: 22
Shrimp Escape from Side Mount: 6
Kimura Armlock from Guard: 4
