Range Safety Officer

My cert finally came in.

NRA Certified Pistol, Personal Protection inside the home, Personal Protection outside the home, Range Safety Officer.

Saturday's IDPA Match - CHAINFIRE

Well, it started out with a bang. Technically 3 rapid fire bangs.

Something happened w/ my SW99. During the first stage of the first match, my gun malfunctioned and chain fired three, possibly four rounds. Freaking scary shit.

We stopped and took the gun offline. I had just cleaned it, so I can't blame it on any kind of fouling, but something weird happened.

I went back on the line and shot a full mag with not issues, so they let me re-run that stage.
Again, no issues and was able to shoot the rest of the match.

It left me very rattled tho. I only managed to place second in the Marksman category.
It was a 4 stage match and even trying relaxation exercises, it was not until the final stage before I felt settled down from the chain fire incident.

I will probably sent her off to the S&W factory for a check-up.

Friday Afternoon target practice

Took a new shooter and met a coworker for a post-lunch shootfest.

Scored really bad on the FAST drill. So bad I dont want to post it here. I am readjusting to my old sights, having just removed the XS sights.

I jsut could not adjust to teh XS sights. I know some folks can shoot really well with them,, but for me, it was just one more thing to master in addition to severl other techniques. I decided I would rather focus my attention on grip and front sight picture than hassle with the XS sights.

We then did the TDA Dot Torture Drill. We stayed at 3 yds.

My buddy scored 45/50, i did 42/50.

After that we just had some fun shooting steel targets.

Thomas Jefferson

"A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, 1785

Shot a 9.85 sec FAST test today. (2 shots to a 3x5", slide-lock reload, followed by 4 shots to an 8" circle.)

Qualifies me as Intermediate. Need to break 7 seconds to reach Advanced qualification.

Ouch!

Woke up w/ my left foot hurting something awful. I must have kicked someone hard yesterday.

Hoping to do my Insanity Cardio-Recovery at lunch time. We'll see how it plays out.

A little more dit-da-jow for the bruises.

Tae Kwon Do

Started with a lot of heavy bag work followed by a bunch of hardcore sparring.
I have some nice bruises and welts on my shin. Might even get a shiner by morning from a well placed punch. Time will tell.

A little dit-da-jow for the bruises.

Day off

16kg Workout #2 5 reps each side unless otherwise specified.

Clean and Press L/R
Swing L/R 10 reps
Clean and Press L/R
Clean and Front Squat L/R
Clean and Press L/R
Get-up L/R
Clean and Press L/R
Snatch L/R
Clean and Press L/R
Repeat 2x

Elbows a little unhappy, but my negative drop on the Press is SIGNIFICANTLY better than it used to be. The key is to keep the forearm vertical and carry the weight on the lat. You have to tuck your armpit to get the right feel.

RKC Prep work

Workout #1 with 16kg

2h Swing 18reps
Clean and Press L/R
1H Swing L 18reps
Clean and Front Squat L/R
1H Swing R 18reps
Get-up L/R
1H Swing L 18reps
Snatch L/R
1H Swing R 18reps
Repeat 2x times

RKC Prep work

My future work from Hardstyle Mag (Winter 2008)

The template lays out three different
workouts for three consecutive days
where one drill will be emphasized as the
other drills are practiced in between.
Perform 1-3 circuits of the drills in the
order listed. Perform 5-8 reps per set
except on swings where you can feel free
to increase the reps as long as form stays
perfect. You will not need a day to
emphasize cleans or snatches as you will
be performing enough of those during the
other drills and with your snatch test
practice (which is to be performed in
addition to these workouts on at least
two of the days).

Workout #1
Swing
Clean and Press
Swing
Clean and Front Squat
Swing
Get-up
Swing
Snatch
Swing

Workout #2
Clean and Press
Swing
Clean and Press
Clean and Front Squat
Clean and Press
Get-up
Clean and Press
Snatch
Clean and Press

Workout #3
Clean and Front Squat
Swing
Clean and Front Squat
Clean and Press
Clean and Front Squat
Get-up
Clean and Front Squat
Snatch
Clean and Front Squat

Rest

Insomnia last night.

Plus not enough people showed for TKD, so today is a rest day!

Tae Kwon Do

Good workout. Finished up with some hold breaking techniques.

Stretching

Trying to work on splits for TKD.

Saw some of Pavel's Beyond Stretching DVD not too long ago, so I'm trying some of the techniques from that. Hoping to find a used copy out there... $205 ($18 shipping!!) seems steep for a 5-disc set...

Snatches & Swings

Was hoping to have a killer MVO2Max workout, but I was low on energy. I stopped at 10min to protect my form.

16kg Snatch 15:15 protocol 7/reps per :15
Total time 10 minutes.

32kg Swings 30:30 protocol
Did 10.5 minutes, but I had to set eh bell down eary a few times towards the end.

All in all, not bad for a low energy workout.

Need to work on more heavy swings and more volume for my snatches if I am to have any hope of passing the RKC test.

One of the tests is 5 min's of 24kg snatches. You must hit at least 100 reps to pass.

IDPA Postal Match

Named for the days when you had to mail in your results. before (GASP) the internet!

Did pretty good, scored 1st in my classification (SSP)

Ranked 5th overall; Cant complain about that!

Tae Kwon Do

TKD night. Lots of crazy lunges and some knife fighting!

I WILL be sore tomorrow. But tonight, I am a Man. :)

Day Off

Gotta rest these bones.
Tweaked my knee a bit in TKD class. Nothing major, but its sore today.

Wiped!

Mega energy today, but now that I'm at home, I'm wiped. Gonna take it easy, I have my appt with Keira tomorrow for some kettlebell practice.