Crown

Went 6 rounds -- got taken out by the two finalists -- losses in the 3rd round and the 6th round -- HRH Ulfr took me out of the tourney.  My fighting was nowhere near as crisp as I would have liked.  Way too many blows and not efficient enough.  I think I was top 16, but that really does not matter, because looking back I know I can fight more decisive.  the good news was that I had presence and I brought a fierce fight.  Now its time to work on tempering that ferocity with decisive blows, timing changes, and a better negotiation of measure.

Plan for Next Six Weeks

Six Week Training Log 08/23/2012 – 10/4/2012

GOALS:

                   Health:                  lose 15 lbs.

                   Fitness:                 not breathless walking up hills or at end of hour

                                                15 reps all exercises in Power 90

                   Technique:           flat snap feel natural, no bicep strain

                                                own the leg with snap/ tight wrap

                   Fighting:               final in a tourney

                   Mental:                 be able to visualize a fight with anyone

DATE	PELL WORK (Daily)	CARDIO (6x week)	STRENGTH TRAINING (3 x week)	FIGHT PRACTICE (2 x week)	DRILL WORK (3 x week)	EAT RIGHT (Daily)	MENTAL WORKOUT (Daily)	WATER – GAL/ DAY	JOURNAL (3 x week)	TOURNEY (1 x month)

Reflecting

Today is my 39th birthday.  While I was walking the wee dog this morning, I decided that I was going to start blogging here again -- it will be more of a training blog -- this is what I'm doing to get better, etc, and less of a reflective blog than it was before -- I still am a bit raw from the 'plosion after Crown regarding the more introspective stuff. 

Anyway, Crown is now a week and a half away -- honestly, a week ago, I would have said I just was not feeling it -- I have been sick and unable to train and practice the way I want and my confidence was just not there -- but after fighting over the weekend, I'm feeling better about entering Crown and the goal will be to fight my best fight and to leave everything on the field -- the focus will not be on winning, but on fighting to my best ability -- wherever that gets me will help me decide what/how I need to train over the winter for May, and honestly, that is all I'm looking for next weekend.  Well that, and I want to fight well and honorably so I represent my consort well, but that is sort of a given.

I have decided to break up my training into six week increments.  That training starts today and I am going to put a little time aside tonight to write down the regimen for the next week and my mini-goals that will go along with that.  The goals will be associated with developments I want to make in health, skill level, fitness, psychological headspace, as well as making my kit look better.  I'm pretty excited to really get my shit together.

Deleting this Blog

I have worked very hard to balance my honest introspection about fighting with always making my failures about me and not putting blame on my opponents or "slamming" my opponents. To me there is a difference between saying I am not happy with a fight, or that I thought a blow was good, but my opponent didn't, and talking and assessing the ways I can make my fight more definitive versus calling someone names and playing the blame game. The latter of which I try to do and the former, I consciously and painstakingly avoid. However, it has come to my attention that not everyone appreciates the nuances. And that through the rumor mill, I have been accused of slamming certain fighters in my fighting posts and that such accusations have been taken at face value as truth by those in positions of power -- in order to avoid such allegations in the future, while still maintaining my outlet for self-assessment and for receiving feedback from my trainers both near and far, I will be deleting this blog and instead maintaining a private blog limited to people who know me well, who will call me on my bullshit directly, and who will not make assumptions or presume malice where it is not intended.