Tris’ Blog

There are many excuses that can be made for not stepping up and competing, but if the player in blue gets down to business, so can most people! Very inspiring.

So, in reference to my original post on the subject of Tabata training…:
It was the gym tonight, and I tried out the routine mentioned in the above post (20/10 interval training on a treadmill, with the incline set high to keep the speed down, so jumping on and off can be done without severe injury).
In […]

After hardening my arteries with the likes of goose, chocolate and whisky (I pretty much only ever have the latter two at Christmas, I am good most of the time, just don’t mention the pizza!), I was extremely glad that there was a Judo session session last night.
The majority of it was spent on pure […]

Microsoft have finally released the UK Video Store for the 360, as reported by Kotaku.
There are some recent titles there, as well as old, and one of the old ones is Superman III. For some (well, mostly geeky) reasons I enjoyed this film as a child, but it has NOT aged well.
Check out the […]

It’s that time of year. I’ve put together a quite special Marlborough Doll’s House (obviously not for me!)
And I suppose it was a good opportunity for some macro-esque photography… the full set can be found on my Flickr.

Well, that was the final session before Christmas. Although I am happy that this club doesn’t like having large breaks — back on the mat next week! Hmm, if I can remember which day…
Main thing I took away from Newaza was more on strangles (Finishing when hooked in from behind by exerting leverage… […]

The BJA have announced that The World of Judo Magazine has ceased publication.
The BJA handle some of the logistics of the maagzine, such as subscriptions, and there is no official reason given on the magazine’s website itself.
However, Bob Willingham (Editor) did put the reasons in the final issue. Some choice quotes follow:

… since the […]

It was the usual Tuesday session, and surprisingly (considering the run-up to Christmas) it was the busiest I have seen it for ages! Mainly because our sister club was down, so other seniors to play with.
It was a Randori-centric session, and I got a good work-out (mainly because I felt unfit and just “out […]

Ah, so Tabata training CAN be performed on a treadmill.

This is a run Tabata on treadmills done at 12% grades, and an appropriate speed for the individual. They will start with a warm-up and then get into 20:10 x 8! Foot pull speed is very important as the slower the pull you will […]

It’s fantastic to see Yet Another Cool Thing created using the Nintendo Wii hardware:
Since the Wiimote can track sources of infrared (IR) light, you can track pens that have an IR led in the tip. By pointing a wiimote at a projection screen or LCD display, you can create very low-cost interactive whiteboards or tablet […]