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Name: Clive Raza

PROGRESS REPORT 15% . This section is worth 5% (all journals)


Technical Goal 1: Improving the form/technique of my cross: My goal was to execute 90% of my
crosses properly. Although my form is getting much better, I would say that I am still executing around
80% of them effectively for now.

Technical or tactical Goal 2: I want to learn how to quickly secure a guillotine, especially when
someone is trying to take me down: My goal was for 75% of my guillotine attempts to be successful,
and my result was also around 75%.

Attitudinal Goal: I want to keep pushing and giving my 100% despite being tired or stressed that day.
Therefore, my goal was 100% and I believe I have attained that goal so far.

Reflect on your progress/difficulties in regards to your actions and make links with the
achievement of your overall goals –Technical 1 and Technical 2 + attitudinal goal . Precise
your answers as much as possible and give concrete examples.

Journal 1:
Technical goal 1 : During the drill class, I practiced my cross by throwing a ball at the wall in a way
that would mimic a cross and help me with weight transfer, technique, and power. To be honest, my
fingers began to hurt pretty quickly because of the ball, but this motivated me to keep going since I
would rather experience some finger pain than get beat up in a fight. At first, I was also struggling with
getting all the power I was hoping for and I was beginning to wonder if I was even doing the drill right.
Eventually you came to help me and reminded me how crucial it is to pivot my back foot which allowed
for my body to really follow through with the movement and give the punch the power I wanted instead
of just extending my arm weakly like I was doing before. Second, you explained the importance of
bringing my non-punching hand back immediately after throwing the cross punch. This was an aspect
of the punch I completely missed at first, and it ended up being very effective since it helped me regain
my balance but most importantly kept my face guarded and at a safe distance from the opponent.
Unfortunately, we only did sparring on the ground that day so it's hard to know my exact results, but the
drill gave me a lot more confidence in my cross than I originally had, and I believe my technique was
adequate for most of my “punches” (80% of them) towards the end. In the next class, I will focus on my
cross when sparring a classmate in order to master the technique before the final. The lessons I learnt
from the ball drill should apply to my sparring session, but I will still ask for advice and watch more
videos to make my cross as effective as possible before the exam. Lastly, during warmups, I will
practice really pivoting my body and putting power behind the cross on a punching bag so I can
eliminate my habit of throwing crosses like they are jabs.
Technical goal 2; I enjoyed practicing the guillotine since it was much different than I expected. My drill
was simply to keep repeating the guillotine from a standing position. I originally believed it was a simple
figure four type of submission, but you explained to me that it actually has its own unique way of
choking out the opponent that I had never used before. Therefore, I unfortunately spent a good amount
of time doing the submission in the wrong way, but I quickly understood the correct form when you
taught me how to lock the hands and kind of bring them up. Although there was not much time left to
practice it for the drill part of the class, I was thankfully able to use the technique a couple of times
throughout my sparring session, and it went quite well most of the time. Since we started the sparring
on the ground, my guillotines were usually done close to the ground, which was unusual, but it helped
me bring my opponents down into close guard easily, which you also taught me to do after you secure
the choke. Although the majority of my guillotine attempts went well, I definitely have a lot of room to
improve since I did not practice the move as many times as I would have wanted. I do think I can fairly
easily bring an opponent down to the ground after securing the choke, but securing the choke itself is
something that I want to keep improving. I sometimes mess up the grip or mix it up with the “figure four”
method as I mentioned before so I need to perfect the technique of the choke in order to improve my
guillotines. To practice this, I want to first practice the technique at a slow pace against an opponent
with no resistance, and then gradually move up in resistance until he is fully resisting/attempting to
escape. By repeatedly practicing the choke both without resistance and with resistance, I should be
able to master the technique while also learning how to use it effectively in a fight.

Attitudinal goal : My goal was to always give 100% effort during 100% of the classes and I believe I
accomplished this goal. Especially during midterms where I am constantly stressed or tired, I came to
class and gave every session all of my energy and focus. For example, after a session of sparring
against a bigger opponent recently, I was unbelievably exhausted but I still forced myself to get into
another really intense session with another tough opponent right after. I used to progressively slow
down my sparring and eventually get really lazy and slow by the end of class, but I instead forced
myself to take down the opponent (or even let him take me down) because I know that wrestling is
extremely tiring and challenges my cardiovascular endurance like no other activity does. Therefore, no
matter how much I didn't want to, I made myself go to the ground so I wouldn’t allow myself to slack off
and not give the 100% effort that I had promised myself to do. In addition, the past two classes, I looked
around and could not find someone more sweaty and bruised than me. Obviously, this is not a direct
indication of effort since some people sweat more than others, but leaving the class absolutely
drenched in sweat and with a couple of bruises around my body was my way of measuring my effort
throughout the classes and I am proud of the progress I have made in that regard.

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