Ouchy

Today felt like a long day at work. I'm not sure why. I did find a good deal on a BOB bag on craigslist, but since I can't really afford it right now I had to pass it up. It took me all day to talk myself out of it, though. On the plus side, it made me remember that I don't use my craigslist Wave Master nearly enough. So I decided to to punch that instead of shadow boxing my jab/cross combos.

Knife draw x 55; grand total: 165
Jab/Cross: 2 x 2 minute rounds on the heavy bag

Sure, it was only two 2 minute rounds, but damn I'm out of shape. For the record, I could have done a few more, but it's late and I didn't want to bother my neighbors.

Have I mentioned yet that I'm cheating with the knife drawing? My EDC (that's Every Day Carry for everyone besides remad) is one of these. See that little hook on the back of the blade? That part is meant to catch on the edge of my pocket and pull the knife open, automagically. You can see some demo videos of it in action here. Look on the right side under the heading "wave shaped feature". I carry it against the leading edge of my pocket, though, because the handle aggravates my eczema something fierce if I reach into the pocket with the knife on the trailing edge, like in those videos. Since I've got the knife all the way to the front of the pocket, I turned the pocket clip to the other side of the knife. All of this means that I draw the knife into reverse grip instead of forward grip. I like this because the draw keeps my arm in towards my body at all times, as opposed to having to pull my arm directly away from centerline to draw and open the knife. In fact, the motion is very much like the quick draw from the front holsters that we used to practice in Sayoc. Soon I'll need to get a trainer version of my knife (Spyderco is great for this, their drones are awesome) so that I can practice draw and strike. I could do it with the live blade (and probably will, some) but hey, I'm a dad now - safety first.

Well that's it for today. Be back tomorrow.