Author: ginajkd

I am from JKD Sweden /Jeet Kune Do Sweden, Bruce Lee´s martial Art. Only authorized training Group in Sweden under Bruce Lee´s private student Ted Wong.

Stretching

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Just done with today´s training.

Stretching is the  main focus today, I feel that it goes well,

The Bridge position does not look any better today  but like everything else, I have to give it some time. ( I am a bit sceptical for this one really, I don´t know how I will be able to get more flexibility in my back, I look forward to receive the book I ordered and see if anything can help me in there).

Either than that,  I did some pushups and Situps. Increase the level of those would also be nice.

I feel quite tired today, hopefully I will be in better shape tomorrow as weight lifting is waiting for me when I get home:-)

ok,  now I will add some fotwork and I will be done for today…

Flexibility !

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Tonight I tried to find good exercices on the web , not much to find so first I ordered a book about flexibility for martial artists then I stretched .

I believe that I will get there, the split I mean, how long this will take I don´t know,  but I assume that  if I go on with good exercises everyday I will be much more flexible anyway.

But what´s up with my back ? no really, I tried to do the bridge today in front of the mirror to see how it looks like and really I am a bit concerned , my back is just not flexible at all.  I tried with the medicine ball under the lower back and get started from there, then with the big yoga ball, works as long as I have something maintaining my back but what can I  do to get there with no help?

This one will be a real challenge, because right now it just looks ridiculous.

14-02 Happy Valentine´s Day … It´s crushing time!

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Today you are going to suffer !  Yeah, Some truth about that day …

Intensity was the theme of today´s training, participants Remy, Gina, Micke.

Michel is nowhere to be found, may be having a romantic Valentine´s  day instead? we others are training  ! 🙂

– Drills on focus mitts and heavy bag , punches with full  power and speed

– Start from lying down on the floor ( face down ) get  up  directly to on guard position and direct hook on mitt, about twenty of those…

– 4 punches on mitts and lift the mitts holder …. Remy is so nice,  I feel he jumps a bit to help me lift, or ? 🙂  then it is Remy´s turn to lift Micke, I feel this one is a bit more difficult ( let´s say this again : Micke is 103 kgs ! )

–  Punches:   Jab Cross Hook, Around 50 of each, full power on the heavy bag… our hands are hurting and start to bleed but none of us is complaining!

– Rounds of 30 seconds on the heavy bag. All techniques and full power and speed, alternate with Remy and going around 5 times each, no break …  High level of energy for both of us ..

– Kicks on pad and heavy bag at the same time ( Remy is on the bag), both sides 10 of each :  Hook kick, Whip kick, Side kick..  tirrrrrreeeeeddddd…………….

– 10 full power punches on pad and bag, alternate with pushups, up again and punches, down and pushups, up and punches,  down.. up .. down … and OH my God I am dead ..

Ok we are done for today,  let´s stretch :  start with the bridge , Ok …this is how this one went :

Gina: can´t do it at all, Micke helps lifting  but I cannot hold the position myself , that is very bad !

Remy: no problem … but a muscle pain had him down for a few minutes …

Result : hmmm !!!

– Static training, Hook Kick position:  the leg is too low, work on the leg muscles , how?  Kicks !

– DO THE SPLIT NOW !  Remy and I look at each other , hm…  how  will we be able to do this before the summer ?  And out with the spiders please ! Nice to be stuck  in this position (  half split ) and see a running spider under my legs!

Anyway .. good training today really intense and feels good afterwards, a lot of things to work on as usual but good energy!

Thank you guys and see you next time..

Thoughts about motivation

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When I started training JKD I had a tendency to want to be good already at the beginning, I was impatient and immature .

Together with JKD I had to learn to behave mentaly. This was another hard part but a part of the training is the  control of the behaviour and attidude . I have to say that this took quite a while .  This was leading to decreasing motivation for me. ” I can´t do anything, I am worthless”.. or even ” I don´t want to train anymore I don´t deserve it” … bla bla bla …

“well stop complaining and do something about it” ! .. this is what I have heard numerous times. The right attidude was needed for me to be better, to want to be better and accept that a lot of training  and time will be needed to get somewhere . If you want to be good at something you have to practice, that is all.

I left the bad childish thoughts behind me and  I have accepted that I am here to learn and that it will take time. I am training with a great instructor, it is up to me to take all the tools he gives me and use them.

Some days I don´t feel like it, I am tired or stressed but  as soon as I start, I feel better and the best of it is when I am finished , I feel good because I have achieved something, even if the session was hard or not so good , I have something to work on. That is how I get motivated those days.

In 2005 after the first day  Seminar with Ted , as we were sitting at the bar before diner and he told me something about motivation.  ” I train every day, some days if I don´t really feel like it, I just think about Bruce and then  I just  do it ”

And last year  Ted became emotional when he told us :  ” I am not doing that for myself, I am doing that for you, the next generation”.

How can we not be motivated. This is already a great priviledge to train Jun Fan JKD ,  Ted Wong JKD.

I am not talking for anyone else but me, I get the motivation from the fact that I truly think I have been given a great opportunity.

A lot of people do not get what JKD is all about and I don´t feel like I have to explain. My passion is personal and I only fully share it with my training partners and with myself.

Am I motivated to go on? of course,  because training JKD makes me feel good on so many levels and I don´t need to prove or explain it to anyone. This is all about my personal achievement and depending on my own goals and expectations. What I am looking for is to get better according to my own  goals.

I am the new generation, in a way I owe this to Bruce and to Ted.

2-02-2010

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2-2-2010

Training of the day, session at my place with Micke:

Speed reaction on pads, punches and kicks, found this quite difficult… I am too slow ..

Blocking drills with simultaneous attack.. this one goes  a bit better

Try to hit Micke with hook kick… well ….

Reaction on attack situations, self defense  drills , few exercices with arm grabbing, strangulation and usual attacks with bare hands.. Grappling, result of this is quite obvious, speed in the reaction is needed not to end up there at all .. because of my size there is no way I can pull myself out of Mickes body weight ( 103 kgs !!! )  if I get down it is too late, I can try to bite and reach some sensitives parts but either that , there is not much I can do.

stretching,  balance drills,  situps and to finish me, punches and heavy ball throwing in the stomach,   for the abdominal muscles to get stronger, because they are TOO WEAK !! says Micke..

the rest of the week is for me to work on my strengh and speed .. and stretch and.. and everything else.. 🙂

1-2-2010

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As I said Mondays are a bit tricky, tired after the sunday session and pain almost everywhere, at first I thought I would take this day off but I didn´t feel too good about it.

So I did some pushups anyway,  better than nothing but very bad .. I know !

Our team, Short Presentation

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Remy, Michel, Coshe and I,  first met at Stefan Nikander´s school in Stockholm in 2004. Stefan is the  JKD  Head Instructor in Scandinavia, he is certified by Ted Wong. Because of his illness, Stefan closed the school in Stockholm and  openned another one  in Nynäshamn where he lives. In 2005 I started to train privately with Micke and the guys joined us.

Let´s start with Coshe who just left us to move to the US for a while, Okan-Coskun  Akdag is currently living in Los Angeles were he is studying the film Industry. Coshe is always in a good mood, always trying flashy moves and training hard until he pukes ! no puking no fun !

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Michel our team mate who is well known for always being  on time 🙂 Michel  Curpurdija has joined us at the same time as Coshe. Michel is the crazy one, like it tough and  joins Coshe in the puking team!

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Remy Ng  joined us a bit later , never missed a training session since then ! Remy is very dedicated gives it 100%,  always in a good mood and ready to go! Remy has trained martial arts for around 12 years.

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Micke or the Iron Man, trying to hit him is like … well.. it hurts you more than anything else !  On a more serious level , Mikael Egidéus is a very talented JKD instructor, He is certified by Stefan.  Mikael has been training martial arts for over 25 years, he trained  Shaolin Kung Fu for around 10 years and then JKD with  Stefan Nikander for several years before he started as  a JKD instructor having his own school in Uppsala. In 2005 after the Ted Wong Seminar,  he started with another team in stockholm,  first member: me.

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I just would like to add that I am proud to be part of this team. My training partners are good friends and I really look forward to many more years of  hard training together. As for myself , I am a small girl trying to keep up with all the big guys:-) As I wrote in another post,  I have been training martial Arts ( JKD only)  since 2004.

2010 Goals

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Well, that is easy , be better

SPEED and POWER

Because of my size and weight I need to be faster, I need to have more power in the kicks and punches.

FOOTWORK

This is of course the key for everything, good fotwork and TIMING !

In my dreams I would like to be able to stand in a 3 minutes fight with Micke and get out of there alive ! OK NOT HAPPENING ! Would he give 100%,  I would be dead after 5 seconds . I saw myself almost knocked out after less than this,  with only a “touch” as he says! … No but realistically,  I need to be able to defend myself and get out of a fight against strong men like him and I want to work on this.

Have more STABILITY and FLUIDITY in the fights  and see Michel or Remy fly away from one of my side kicks !

And wish ( or demand )  from the trainer for both Remy and I :

DO the SPLIT before the summer !

And yes one more personal thing :

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Running up the stairs….  time to beat : Michel´s time 🙂

Training Overwiew

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Apart from Sundays which are dedicated to group training, I have one session a the gym on wednesdays, the rest of the week is mostly own training , I add some variations everyday.

Mondays : I have to say I do not train consequently every monday because most of the time my body is all broken by the sunday session. Some mondays I can´t walk or straighten my arms, first question of the day on mondays:” how is is going with the muscle pain, it hurts ? GOOD !!”  …  But I try to  do some pushups and situps anyway as well as stretching… when I can move at all … So we can leave the Mondays aside.

I don´t have a settled training plan. Thuesday Thursday and Friday are the remaining days for my own training which looks approximately like this:

Stretching, situps, pushups, fotwork, heavy bag, JKD pole, wristroller, shadow boxing, weight lifting, …stretching!

When the swedish weather allows it  some days look a bit different, and biking and running are added especially on saturdays.

There have been some times where I trained less, Sometimes I need to settle down a little bit  and then come back stronger. but at the peak of my condition I hold this schedule quite well.

Looking forward to a better weather now, when the snow disappear we will be able to train outside again… good times to come!

31-01-2010

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Todays training at my place , participants Remy Gina Micke.

Start with stretching…a bit of trouble there for both Remy and I :-). One of my problems, my body is not flexible at all, I blame it on the fact that I really started training very late, no excuse though … working on it anyway

Drills on thai pads:

– shovel hook, corkscrew hook , full power and speed.. those are more difficult technically speaking, great exercise as well for the bare hands , Remy is bleading..

– Knees and elbows  both sides full speed and power ..  those pads are as hard as steel ! but after a while we don´t feel anymore..

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Drills on  Kick pad:

– Hook kick full power both sides full speed .. kicks always take a lot of energy , great !

– Rounds 3 minutes full speed and power punches on pad

– Alternate with push ups and sit ups

Drills with the JKD pole… Ted Wong showed this to Micke, very good one but difficult, I do 15 on each side, Remy did 30 , well done ! … don´t tell us how many Ted does 🙂

drills with the wristroller .. this is a real arm killer  3 times up and down and I am done !

Stretching… Remy and I : need to work on that !!! 🙂