2008 Workout #20, Perfect Pushups #6: <lj user=”supakawaiihero”> is stronger than she thinks!

Today’s workout was fantastic! I was running a little behind because I stayed to help Tasha with her Perfect Pushup Workout #2, she did great and had much better form this time around.

After I arrived at Mapleton, we did “endurance basics” which comprised the entire tests syllabus (and then some), each pass up and down the gym was done without a break. We would switch what basic we did at half court and it was tough. My technique didn’t feel terrible, but my stance was betraying me around every corner today.

After that, we did some sparring drills focusing on pressing and cutting blocks. During the first set of drills I got the good fortune to be across from who was throwing out some wicked reverse punches, a series of which caught me in the rib cage. A few times I had to stop for a bit because she was very precise in hitting the same three inch stripe over my ribs. I have a cool “rib outline” red bruise to show for it! (Good job, Liz!)

This grew into some training that we don’t often do in our club on throws and arm locks. I’ve come to find that the body action isn’t all that different than my normal blocking, so I think I may take a few of the smaller lighter people in our dojo and try turning a few of these hip throws into my sparring repertoire. This was extremely fun and I hope we do a little more of this… it reinforces the importance of hips and timing… I think it applies across the whole gamut of sparring training.

I finished up with Perfect Pushup Workout #6, which I’m pleased to say is getting easier and easier. I momentarily considered adding the second set of regular pushups into the mix but decided against it since it was around 10:15 and I had to get to the bank today.