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5-27-2007

Rest.

[Frodo]

5-28-2007

Rest.

[Frodo]

5-29-2007

Went to the Panther Grappling Club. Had Randy and Bryce show techniques:

• Old school (Bryce).
  
• Armbar from mount (Randy).

Got crushed by Randy and Bryce while rolling, but I was still tired too.

...

Went to SCMA and did some techniques (which I don't remember) and some rolling.

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5-30-2007

Went to South Hills Judo. We covered:

• Left osoto gari.
  
• Right osoto gari.
  
• O goshi.
  
• Grip fighting.

We finished practice with some randori.

...

Stayed for BJJ. Bryce, Randy, and I all showed techs from half guard:

• Old school (Bryce).
  
• Plan b -- the rolling sweep (me).
  
• Take the back (Randy).

Finished the day with some rolling. Finally got Randy with kata ha jime from side control to the back, but he was tired. I didn't know it, but this was the last time I rolled with Randy before he left Pittsburgh...

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5-31-2007

Went to the Panther Grappling Club. We covered some takedowns then did some rolling.

...

Went to Eugene's in Cranberry. Proceeded to drill:

• 20x left osoto gari.
  
• 20x right osoto gari.
  
• 20x harai goshi
  
• 30x tai otoshi.
  
• Grip fighting.

Finally we finished with some rolling then randori. That's it for May!

[Frodo]

6-1-2007

Rest.

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6-2-2007

Went to SCMA for gi. We covered:

• Okuri eri jime from the back.
  
• Okuri eri jime from the back with his arm trapped.
  
• Armbar from back.

We did a little bit of rolling.
...

Stayed at SCMA for nogi. We covered:

• Maintaining mount.
  
• Old school.

Then did some rolling of course.

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6-3-2007

Rest.

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6-4-2007

Went to Pittsburgh Fight Club. Dave mainly ran practice. We did a lot of cardio:

• MMA-heavy bag strength workouts
  • Butterfly grip switches while holding
    
  • Gable grip switches while holding
    
  • Dead lifts over alternating shoulders
    
  • Side control with elbows (each side), only toes on floor
    
  • Kesa gatame with pulling head off ground, only feet on floor
    
• More conditioning
  • Jumping up to the boxing ring, then down quickly
    
  • Deep lunge held with toes on boxing ring
    
  • Sequence of 6 people.
    • each person does each in succession, wait for everyone to finish, then go in reverse.
      
    • at end, we just did springs and hangs
      
    1. Wall Sits
       
    2. Sprint to end of gym and back
       
    3. Jump up and hang from bar
       
• Dirty kickboxing combos
  • jab with blocks
    
  • cross with blocks
    
  • jab cross with blocks
    
  • jab cross clinch circle with blocks and counter jab after clinch
    
• Random with MT pads: jab, cross, hook, kick, clinch, block

Then we did some sparring on the mats and in the cage. At end, stretched and grappled with Bryce's friend.

[Frodo]

6-5-2007

Had surgery on my right ear. Same as last time with Doctor Analik. They put the catheter in the top of my hand this time. Ear hurts a lot, so I can't do anything for a week until I get the stitches removed. Attached is a picture of my ear.