Finally back and started a week of normality, besides the fact that i am still jet lagged and waking up at 6am most days and going to sleep at around 9pm and falling asleep as soon as my head touches the pillow.
One thing thats kinda funny is i get up really early and watch a bit of Today and then after half an hour or so i get bored so i go and wake up Sam. And for those that know Sam she aint a morning person so its a bit of a hobby of mine to wake her up because im all awake and hyperactive and shes all tired and slow and cant even open her eyes. Its a classic.
Training this week has been pretty hard due to the fact that we have NSW International Open this weekend. Along with training for that i have been trying to give myself the motivation to catch up with my schoolwork and study for the test that i had today (and i passed with a Distinction) Yay!
I ran our Marist session on Monday night and we got a huge turnout. I ran the session very Japanesy with alot of timed uchikomi and timed rounds of fighting with large rests in between. To help our athletes taper for compeition. For people that want to know leading upto compeition you want to do short and really intense bouts of Judo followed by a long recovery before doing it again. This is the proper scientific way to taper for compeition opposed to fighting for 2 hours straight with a lower intensity.
Today i went to the ANU open mat and there was so many people there. The ANU open mat is where random people come and train together at whatever you want, weather it be judo, wrestling bjj or whatever u like really. It's sometimes nice to train for fun and enjoy something rather than having to constantly train hard at training and never slacking off.
I also like rolling some of the BJJ guys and show them some of the setups and techniques i use in my game plans because due to the differences in sports i am usually alot quicker and a bit more strength opposed to a slow moving technique that is just as effective, but just different.
After this weekend this will be my 4th compeition in 5 weeks so i am getting a little bit menatally drained so its good to just be able to fight some guys for the enjoyment of it rather than going all out 100% and getting whatever you can out of a session because we only train a few times a week.
thats why i have started an elite training on Wednesday nights at Marist. Its only an hour of intense technical and tactical work that can hopefully give our elite players a chance to train what they want rather than sometimes having to do drills or exercises that are more catered for lower grades.
So thats bout it in my world. Just catching up on schoolwork and trying to get my bodyclock back to normal. I have another comp this weekend and then ill have a week or so off so i can work heaps and savea stack of money to pay all the bills i have upon returing from Europe.
I will look into competing down in melbourne in the Pan pacs for BJJ and see if i can add another placing to my lists of comp placings this year. I was looking at my bio and i have done a fair bit of comps this year, its been great to be able to do this many without it interfering with uni and work.
I will also be starting a new gym program on friday so that'll be pretty cool im looking forward to that when i get it ill post it up here and surely someone will find it interesting
Chat soon
Have an awesome day
Matt
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