{"id":6231,"date":"2016-05-23T08:42:47","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T14:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/?p=6231"},"modified":"2016-05-23T08:57:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T14:57:13","slug":"about-training-last-week-anime-tv-mma-nightmare-good-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/2016\/05\/23\/about-training-last-week-anime-tv-mma-nightmare-good-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"about training last week, anime&#038; TV, MMA nightmare , good coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(I didn&#8217;t feel super inspired to write about anything at the moment, but then I started and stuff appeared on the page.)<\/p>\n<p>I had a super week. Training was painful due to shoulder muscle pain, and I think I sprained my left forearm\/elbow overusing it with gi and mitts AND team practice on Monday. But I really get a lot out of training with Casey, and then John&#8217;s padwork is the best, and then team was fun.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/2016\/05\/23\/about-training-last-week-anime-tv-mma-nightmare-good-coaches\/johns-mitt-group\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6241\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/johns-mitt-group.jpg\" alt=\"johns mitt group\" width=\"475\" height=\"475\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6241\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> Over the course of the week I just bore with it and it feels somewhat better now.  Then my hip flexor on my right side tightened up so much I was limping but I got a massage by Magical Masseuse Teri yesterday and it&#8217;s completely gone. Wow. <\/p>\n<p>I feel really really motivated to work on my gi jiu-jitsu game, as I&#8217;ve been talking about lately, but actually, as an MMA fighter, it makes me develop bad habits. But I&#8217;m kind of allowing myself to get back into it at the moment. In addition to doing more gi classes, I&#8217;m getting Casey to teach me gi chokes little by little, increasing my repertoire.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/2016\/05\/23\/about-training-last-week-anime-tv-mma-nightmare-good-coaches\/casey-and-roxy-in-gi\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6235\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/casey-and-roxy-in-gi.jpg\" alt=\"casey and roxy in gi\" width=\"490\" height=\"490\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6235\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Vinny is making an effort to watch me roll and correct my technique. I&#8217;m so happy!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/2016\/05\/23\/about-training-last-week-anime-tv-mma-nightmare-good-coaches\/im-so-excited\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6236\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Im-so-excited.jpg\" alt=\"I&#039;m so excited\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6236\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, John and I were supposed to do padwork but he ended up answering a question about wrestling and various things off the cage, and that became a whole 30 minute lesson. However, it was just what I needed and eliminated a major problem I&#8217;ve been having. I succeeded in doing it some on Thursday and some on Saturday. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p><u>Anime<\/u><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been watching the anime World Trigger and am currently on ep 58. I&#8217;ve been in the mood for a darker anime, moreso than World Trigger, so I decided to rewatch Claymore. Half-human half-monster women work for an organization going around killing Yoma (monsters), by using their half-monster powers, but if they use too much of it, they turn into the monsters themselves, so they have to be careful.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/2016\/05\/23\/about-training-last-week-anime-tv-mma-nightmare-good-coaches\/claymore\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6232\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/CLAYMORE-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"CLAYMORE\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6232\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI now know of a website that has translated manga, and I know the manga continues even after the anime stops, so I&#8217;m excited about continuing the Claymore series!  I tried to do it in Japan by going to a manga cafe, but my Japanese wasn&#8217;t good enough to fully understand everything and it turned into a giant  kanji study session, which I enjoyed, but I never progressed in the series because I wanted to look up and note down every word I didn&#8217;t know. lol Which is why I can&#8217;t read manga in Japanese. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m on Ushio and Tora ep 34 and just found out Tora&#8217;s back story which is kind of epic! To think, I knew nothing of this for 15 years, which is how long I&#8217;ve known about the series.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/2016\/05\/23\/about-training-last-week-anime-tv-mma-nightmare-good-coaches\/ushio-and-tora-pic\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6233\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ushio-and-tora-pic-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"ushio and tora pic\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m on Arrow season 4 ep 19 right now. I&#8217;m behind in the Flash. Maybe ep 15 season 2.<\/p>\n<p>It was weird there was no UFC this weekend! haha so I ended up laying down and watching anime all evening Saturday and Sunday alone. I really need to that to mentally relax. If I&#8217;m running around everywhere, I get burned out easier.  I was invited to a movie last night but I declined, feeling kind of unusually anti-social and needing to be alone.  I watched Robocop instead. Don&#8217;t judge me. x_x And fell asleep at 9:30 on the sofa, moved to the bed at 10 PM. Up at 4:30 Am this morning thinking, WEEEE MONDAY! I love Mondays.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday was fun! Hannah and Serena came to gi jiu-jitsu with me!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/2016\/05\/23\/about-training-last-week-anime-tv-mma-nightmare-good-coaches\/roxy-serena-hannah-gi\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6234\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/roxy-serena-hannah-gi.jpg\" alt=\"roxy serena hannah gi\" width=\"653\" height=\"490\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6234\" srcset=\"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/roxy-serena-hannah-gi.jpg 653w, http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/roxy-serena-hannah-gi-632x474.jpg 632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>People keep asking me when I&#8217;m fighting and I don&#8217;t know so I had a stress dream about it two days ago because I went to bed thinking about my weight. After training, which is lightest, 139lbs. Before bed (which is heaviest) 143.  That&#8217;s fine, I can diet down to 135 in a month. (I cut 9-10 lbs of water)  And it&#8217;s lower than when I started dieting for my last fight. But if I don&#8217;t have a fight set up, I always go up in weight because I think, &#8220;yeah I don&#8217;t have to resist that ice cream&#8221; or nachos or &#8220;time for recovery tostada!&#8221; etc x_x<\/p>\n<p> I hated that I remembered this dream, but I figured it&#8217;d be interesting to other people, so I ended up writing it down.  Hannah, my roommate, came and gave me a hug that morning so that was super nice. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>It was a horrible Alice in Wonderland-style absurd nightmare. So I dreamed I got the title shot in Invicta and Julie K. texted me to say that and &#8220;Yes, and weigh-ins are today.&#8221; I was like WHAT?! I just had lunch. Hadn&#8217;t been cutting salt or anything. I was with Julie Luey, Serena , and Rob. &#8220;It&#8217;s in the Laox on the river.&#8221; what&#8217;s that?! There was a floating city\/boat with buildings and clubs like Las Vegas, I was like, &#8220;We gotta get there!&#8221; but a boat to take us there would be hours, so we jumped in the water with our clothes on and sexy life-guards grabbed our legs and carried us to the other side. That was their job. (weird) I tried to call coach John and the signal didn&#8217;t go through. started running around asking everyone where a drug store was so I could buy Epsom salt, but nobody spoke normally! They were like &#8220;Hey! Party! yay! Dude!&#8221; It was like being in Vegas\/a big shopping mall.NOBODY would tell me how to get anywhere. Serena was like &#8220;Hey lets split up and look for a drug store.&#8221; I got lost running around the stores, couldn&#8217;t find my friends, was screaming to everyone &#8220;WHERE CAN I GET EPSOM SALT! HOW DO I GET OFF THIS ISLAND?!&#8221; and then realized I didn&#8217;t even have my weigh-in costume and there was no way I was going to make weight.<\/p>\n<p>I finally walked in on a college director board room meeting?!? but they were laughing and crazy like the Mad Hatter, and they had brown salt scattered all over their table. One guy was like &#8220;Here is Epsom salt, here you can have it!&#8221; (wtf?) When I gathered it into bags, he was like &#8220;$24!&#8221; I had a 20 in my pocket so I gave it to him and ran out as fast as I could. So stressed out I wanted to cry in my dream. I didn&#8217;t know where I was or where weigh ins were or where the hotel room was that I could cut weight. I would miss weight! I&#8217;ve never ever missed weight! They wouldn&#8217;t let me fight for a title! I finally got a text from John saying &#8220;Weigh ins are over already. The title shot is off. I&#8217;m worried about the state of the division. Maybe Invicta will drop it.&#8221; and I just knew I was cut. I FINALLY WOKE the hell up, wishing I had never tried to go back to sleep after I woke up with a stiff neck at 2 AM. I need a hug. ;_; I usually don&#8217;t have bad dreams, thank goodness for that&#8230; I had hoped I would forget this dream if I didn&#8217;t write it, but doesn&#8217;t look like it. So there ya go. A fighter&#8217;s nightmare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(I didn&#8217;t feel super inspired to write about anything at the moment, but then I started and stuff appeared on the page.) I had a super week. Training was painful due to shoulder muscle pain, and I think I sprained my left forearm\/elbow overusing it with gi and mitts AND team practice on Monday. 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