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I said a few months ago that I wanted to start boxing. Unfortunately my achilles is not getting any better and because boxing involves a lot of endurance and footwork I've decided not to pursue it. However, I have chosen to start another sport- Judo. I had my first training session today and it was pretty cool. I can't remember any of the names of the techniques but I learnt how to fall sideways, front and backwards and also learnt a couple of cool throws and chokes with 1 on 1 training for 90 minutes. I think I pulled up fairly well but we'll see tomorrow. I plan on going back on Thursday for my 2nd session. At this gym they train on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Chin Ups-
7,7,6,6

Pull Ups-
4,4,3,3

Quote from: Mutumbo000 on August 11, 2020, 09:21:42 am

I said a few months ago that I wanted to start boxing. Unfortunately my achilles is not getting any better and because boxing involves a lot of endurance and footwork I've decided not to pursue it. However, I have chosen to start another sport- Judo. I had my first training session today and it was pretty cool. I can't remember any of the names of the techniques but I learnt how to fall sideways, front and backwards and also learnt a couple of cool throws and chokes with 1 on 1 training for 90 minutes. I think I pulled up fairly well but we'll see tomorrow. I plan on going back on Thursday for my 2nd session. At this gym they train on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Chin Ups-
7,7,6,6

Pull Ups-
4,4,3,3

Nice! Judo is badass.

Once you learn the techniques you will find your strength a huge advantage. By chance I actually came across this a little while back which I thought was interesting.

Quote from: Coges on August 12, 2020, 03:12:24 am

Quote from: Mutumbo000 on August 11, 2020, 09:21:42 am

I said a few months ago that I wanted to start boxing. Unfortunately my achilles is not getting any better and because boxing involves a lot of endurance and footwork I've decided not to pursue it. However, I have chosen to start another sport- Judo. I had my first training session today and it was pretty cool. I can't remember any of the names of the techniques but I learnt how to fall sideways, front and backwards and also learnt a couple of cool throws and chokes with 1 on 1 training for 90 minutes. I think I pulled up fairly well but we'll see tomorrow. I plan on going back on Thursday for my 2nd session. At this gym they train on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Chin Ups-
7,7,6,6

Pull Ups-
4,4,3,3

Nice! Judo is badass.

Once you learn the techniques you will find your strength a huge advantage. By chance I actually came across this a little while back which I thought was interesting.

That's a cool chart. I'm planning to be in the -90kg division. Currently I'm Regional for Bench, Squat and Deadlift. I should be National for Bench and Deadlift in a few months.

In my first session I was just learning some of the fall techniques and a couple of basic throws and chokes working individually with one of the instructors. I don't think he was putting in much resistance against my throws because it was just working on the technique. Vice versa when he did throws on me I didn't resist much and just focused on falling to the ground with the correct technique.

I had my second session today and worked in with the group today but we didn't do any throws or much stand-up. It was mainly ground based for the whole 90 minutes. On Tuesday I wasn’t paying much attention to what the group was doing but I think Tuesday was dedicated to stand up and throws so maybe Thursdays are their ground nights but it’s too early to tell and I didn’t ask.

Anyway with the ground work I felt like when I was on top they struggled to get me off, but it was just awkward because I don’t know what to do apart from that one move I got shown on Tuesday. When I was on my back I was fucked though. We did these 3-minute drills where you would start facing each other on your knees and wrestle. After 3 minutes we’d get 30 seconds rest and move onto the next person. I’m used to that because we did that in rugby but not for 3 minutes! I think it was only the 2nd person and I was already soo gassed from the 1st person I couldn’t get anyone off when I was on my back. I remember looking up at the clock on the 2nd person and I was on my back struggling I thought it must be close to 3 minutes. Nah it was still 1:41 seconds to go so I just tapped so we could reset. The next 3 people after that I just had no energy so it wasn’t good.

Prior to training I was planning to go to the gym and just do some bodyweight exercises but after training I felt drained. Next training is on Saturday. Hopefully it’s throws!

Thanks bro I had my 3rd session today. I learnt that on Tuesday and Thursday the sessions are Randori ( free practice) and Saturdays are Kata (technique/form). Today's session was really good and I bought my first Gi today. My body is slowly adapting. I've got carpet burn on my knee, a couple of small cuts on my fingers and even some cuts on my feet. I can also feel it in my core as well so I'm giving my muscles a good workout. After judo I had a quick gym session.