Warrior Challenge ~ A Simple Deck Of Cards

For today's warrior challenge, Dawson had a doozie for us. He said I would hate him for it, and for a few minutes i did.

Get yourself a deck of cards.

Face cards are worth 10
Aces are worth 12

Hearts = Medicine ball slams
Clubs = Push-Ups
Spades = Squats
Diamonds = BURPEES!!!

Go through the whole deck, yeah the WHOLE deck. barf

I swear, Dawson stacked the deck with diamonds. About 10 cards in, I think we drew 4 diamonds. A face card, the ace, another face card and a 6. In my head I yelled "F#@$ You DAWSON!!", in reality, he could only make out the swear becasue I couldn't breath. I needed some water after that.

Kids Class Game: Snake Horse

I got to teach the kids class last week and they were so much fun. I was hoping for 10 kids to com, but I think I had close to 20. Oh My!! At  least I know them all, it makes it easier. I went in with a plan, but with my plan being for 10, the plan went out the window. One of the games I had in mind worked out very well. The kids loved it and when they saw me yesterday, three asked if we could play it again.

Warrior Challenge - Bag Work

Over at DW's Fitness Factory, today's warrior challenge had lots of bag work, my favorite.



warm-up 3 minutes jumprope

core  x 2

• 100 bicycle crunches
• 10 supermans
• 10 pikes w/10 pound med ball

All rounds are 3 minutes long, 45 second rest

Conditioning Circuit Today

Conditioning circuit today at my gym:

• 10 reps each of 
• medicine ball slams
• pushups
• squats
• burpees 

performed as for a many circuits as possible in 20 minutes then a wall sit as long as possible.


I did 9 sets and a wall sit for 1:20


What can you do?

Breaking Wood

The last time I went to Canada, the very nice people at Atlantic Canada Kyokushin-Kan Karate (ACKK) gave me three boards to break. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be.

Wednesday KickASSery!!!!

My trainer Rich has me on a weight program and I see him twice a week for that. It is assistant work that is very heavy weight, well heavy for me. In the middle of the week, he has me doing a javorek complex that he designed for me. The weight for the Javorek should be a medium weight for you.

Javorek is a olympic trainer who devised a cardio/weight program that has proven itself again and again. The method to the madness is that all exersices are done in a superset, one right after the other without a break. When the circuit is done, you rest for 30 seconds to a minute and attack it again 3 to 4 times.

Patty ‘Powerhouse’ Pittman’s

Home Routine

Ligo Dojo Tournament March 10 2012 Durhan NC

Coming soon to North Carolina, the Ligo Dojo of Durham will be hosting their first tournament. It is slated as a beginners tournament. My dojo will be sending some fighters and I will be coming down to join them, but as support and a spectator.

Tidbits from their facebook page: