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It’s kind of humbling to be starting at the bottom of a new belt system after achieving black belt in another. But that’s where I’m at. Bryan mentioned that I’m dabbling in MMA type training. I guess that’s a good description. My TKD background has me ready for all-things-kicking. I’ve had to beef up my boxing and striking. And I had to start from stratch with my ground game.
On Wednesday I need to do some endurance drills with the punching and kicking and then when I’m immediately need to execute two each of the following submissions within two minutes:
- arm bar from the mount
- American Lock
- Waist Clinch, Rear Sweep, Naked Choke from Behind
- Leg bar from the guard
- Triangle choke from the guard (Love the Triangle)
- Guilletene
- Snap down, Quarter Choke
- arm bar from the guard
So that’s about 12 seconds a submission at 2 minutes. My best time is 1′30″
What’s impressing me about martial arts is how deeply embedded mentoring is embedded into it. No matter how long you train, there is always someone ahead of you, farther down the journey. And there is always someone new coming up behind you that you need to bring along. I think this is something that we’ve lost along the way in our Western Christianity– the ethic that everyone is to be investing in somebody else’s life and showing them what it means to hear from God and to follow his lead in a practical way.
There’s a non-profit out of Portland, OR that I’m really impressed with, the Belmont Foundation. I highly encourage you to check it out. They are committed to find male mentors for the boys of single moms.
www.belmontfoundation.org
June 9th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Larry, I’ve got to be honest: I get nervous just reading those submission moves. Each one makes me cringe. Let us know if you achieve your goal in under 2 minutes!