I am sore in every way it is possible to be sore.

Eating my egg sammich with a glass of V8, Spike Shooter to follow. Then, to karate!

Standard workout. All drills, kata, etc.

No additional after the one each. Super sore.

Didn't see chiro, but no pain, stiffness. No complaints about that.

Not the best workout in the world, but I'll take what I can get.

So the Sabaki Challenge is coming up soon... Are you still going? Just wondering I have been following this thread weekly and wanted to see if you were still going.

I'm still planning on it. I'm not getting NEAR the sparring I want and need, though. With work and family the way it is now, I may only have kata and some bagwork to get me through. I suppose that makes me a paper tiger of sorts, but okay.

So yeah, plans are in place to go. Just have to get doctor's o.k. (that's going to be interesting).

I do have contingency plans, though. If I can't make it to the Sabaki, either because of work, doctor, or the fact that Stuff Happens, I would like to make it to the kung fu centric Tai Ji Legacy. The sparring is continuous as opposed to full contact, there's no ground work ( ), or strikes to the leg. Sucks, but that's why it's my second choice, venue-wise.

haven't missed the gym this week, haven't gone to the chiro but twice.

My karate workouts have been short - fatigue from Monday's session. Looks like:

Two-Man
Seisan Bunkai
Basics
Kata

Weights yesterday, still fatigued. DId one set of everything, back to back, no rest periods. Got a set of 10 on chins, got 40lbs DB on my wide grip alternating overhead dumbbell press.

Karate (feeling fine today, so at least the usual, plus 2x5 on Sunsu), probably more Saturday.

God es teh r0x0rz.

Seisan bunkai
Two-Man
15 Upper Body Basics
10 Lower Body Basics

Seisan
Seiunchin
Sanchin
Naihanchi
Wansu
Chinto
Kusanku
Sunsu

Chizi kun bo
Chatan Yara no Sai (partial)
Kusanku Sai

Bo/Bo (four total drills, two attacker, two defender)
Tokumine no Kun

plus

2x5 - Sunsu - various speeds, focus, etc

2x5 - Naihanchi - various speeds, stepping & "sweeping" methods, etc

30 minutes footwork. Shuffle, skip, shuffle-shuffle-crescent, crescent, triangle footwork, circle-walking, Wansu-inspired movement.

nothing saturday - lot's to do.

Monday:

Regular Warmup, then

1Arm DB Snatch (1ADBS): 5x5 - 35, 40, 45, 50, 50

Lunging Step-Up (LSU): 5x5 - 30 (5x5 on left leg, 5x8 on right. Noticed a muscular and strength difference. Increasing volume to compensate)

Angled Glute-Ham Raise (Hyper): 5x5 - 60, 65, 70, 70, 70

[superset]
Chinups: 4x5 , 5x5 (superset 5x5 w/below, 1st 4 sets single)

Overhead Dumbbell Press: 3x5 , 2x5 - 40s, 35s, 45s, 35s, 50s (lighter sets used shoulder-width pressing motion)
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1 Arm Cable Rip-Down (To Anatomical Position): 3x5 - 40

Pike: 5x5

2x10 Reverse Hypers, then

Seisan Bunkai
Two-Man

15 Upper Body Basics (2 Forward, 2 Back - each side)
10 Lower (4 kicks right, 2 left)

Seisan
Seiunchin
Sanchin
Naihanchi
Wansu
Chinto
Kusanku
Sunsu

Chizi kun bo
Chatan Yara no Sai (partial)
Kusanku Sai

Sunsu - 2x4
Naihanchi - 2x4

Same as yesterday, but 2x5 on Sunsu, and that's it.

Same as Monday, but with 35 DB on LSU.