The Incredible Duo Goes for Broke

So on a whim I decided to head on up to Muddy's house and join him for some Memorial Day fun. Obviously the biggest reason for coming up to visit was to spend time with my family, but there was a hidden, more sinister reason - avoiding standard Memorial Day fare. Yes, I know it's kind of lame to run away from weekends with your friends, but I don't think I have the willpower to withstand the onslaught of BBQ'd food, beer, keg stands, beer pong, flip cup, and god only knows what else would be in store. Again, like my whiney baby comment from a previous post I'm man enough to admit my shortcomings.

So the workout for today was Kenpo X. I was wary of the workout at first because I was thinking it was just going to be some type of Tae Bo workout, but I was definitely wrong. The stretch that preceeded the workout was the hardest warm up thus far. I was thinking it would just be a few high knees, some light stretching, and then into the Billy Blanks hellhole routine. Boy was I wrong. We started off with deep squat stretches and five minutes into the warmup I was drenched in sweat.

While I'm not a Kenpo person the good part about the workout was that I was able to modify some of the exercises to fit into things that I do in my own system. I actually got a very good dual workout of cardio and self-defense techniques. I'm not going to complain about that.

Oh, did I mention that Muddy and I were doing this workout together in a 9'x11' room. While jumping around to a video by yourself is funny enough, imagine us two morons doing it together. There were a few close calls where my foot almost found it's way into Muddy's face, but thankfully we managed to get away from the workout unscathed. At the beginning one of the stretches did lead to Muddy screaming bloody murder and I had to stop stretching in fear of pulling my groin since I was laughing so hard. The tears (pain for him, laughter for mine) helped us get through the workout.

In the end this workout was much better than I thought it would be and with a few tweaks I'll be able to use it as a great way to work on my own techniques. My sidekicks and left hand stance need work any way, so it's a way to force me to work on them.

This workout was definitely a burner, and poor Muddy... well, lets just say I love him, but I definitely need to teach him how to punch. Yes I know he's an ex-Marine and he can handle himself, but for the time being he's going to be relegated to head butts and biting in his future bar fights until I can show him how a proper right cross is thrown.

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