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Happy birthday! :beerchug: to a wonderful new lap around the sun.
 
It has been a very busy weekend. D fought well in his karate events but it was the BJJ he is now a world champion for in the novice division despite not being a BJJ fighter against atletes from BJJ clubs.

Over 1400 competitors from over 20 countries and 200+ clubs. Our club came 14th on the club standings. Not bad for a small rural club
 

Ds fight

both D and the other fighter same height and both 60 kg so came down to skill and stamina. both went for identical choke holds (double cross) to start the fight. No tap-out so went for the full 5 minutes.
 
Had the MRI for my knee yesterday now it is a wait and see. Little miss had a ball at the spooky school disco last night, just a coincidence it was also her birthday. She was super happy with the dragon face I painted on her to go with her red dragon cape with wings.

That did not look like he was going to win for a while. He must have great stamina.
he has amazing stamina, even when underneath the other competitor he still kept his choke hold, it is amazing the guy in blue didn't tap.

It has been an expensive month with trips away, birthdays, burst pipe under the kitchen sink (we need to buy in more tank water due to lack of rain) plus my coaching insurance etc. Little miss will get her big present next month (iPad) with just a couple of small presents on the day. Her big brother gave her a giant mimikyu plushie.
 
Getting dressed up as a dragon is about the coolest thing ever! Sounds like a birthday she'll remember forever.

Ouch on the burst pipe and lack of rain though. Going into spring with a drought already in place would be terrifying.
 
It is only spring and already lots of fires and no rain so yes it could be described as terrifying, I know quite a number of people waiting for a water tanker because they are out of water. current wait time is 3 weeks.

Son R will by flying up from Canberra for a visit next month.

Little miss wanted her face painted again today, this time as a butterfly.

it is so hot here that this morning after taking rocky out into one of the paddocks for a run, he gave up after a very short time to go back to the house in the shade and it was still early morning. I hate to think how hot it is outside this arvo, but still ok inside with all of the insulation the house has it will be another hour or so before I need to turn on the AC.

I have been thinking of building a raised garden bed to sit partly under the house where the drain from the AC drips, it would be the only garden bed with a regular water supply lol
 
I can't imagine living in your climate. Icelandic winters would be hard because darkness but still better than everything shriveling up for 2/3 of the year. But then we already knew you were tough!
 
It sounds like little Miss had a fun birthday.
3 weeks wait for a water tank is scary. I'm sitting here with the fire going but I think I'll let it go out at the end of the week. We're still getting overnight temps down to 3-4. I know you're used to it, Tru, but I don't think I would cope well with such hot weather!
 
Working hard on study in prep for exams next week.

I will be so glad when these subjects are done with, the neurophysiology stuff is a terrible mental drain making my tired and cranky. However of interest to cate might be the approach to training to improve putting in golf and which methods lead to better long term retention of trained skills. (Golf was used as an example in a lecture)
 
Thanks, good info. How do you know your bones are very dense? Is that a good thing? It sounds like it is.

I am replying here so as not to clog up boymoms diary

Bone density scans will tell you how dense your bones are, yes it is a good thing to have especially as we age, nobody wants osteoporosis. A broken bone in the elderly can be life threatening.

I have also had comments from surgeons who have seen my bones in a couple of different surgeries. I am more likely to tear soft tissue and dislocate joints than I am to breaking a bone.
 
Working hard on study in prep for exams next week.

I will be so glad when these subjects are done with, the neurophysiology stuff is a terrible mental drain making my tired and cranky. However of interest to cate might be the approach to training to improve putting in golf and which methods lead to better long term retention of trained skills. (Golf was used as an example in a lecture)
I would love to know all about this, Tru!
 
Given how much strength training is in your history I'm not at all surprised you have great bone density.
 
I would love to know all about this, Tru!

Solidifying motor control patterns from short term to long term memory for skill execution

firstly short frequent practice sessions each week not 1 or 2 longer sessions
only train 1 skill at a time - don't try to multi task it.
use random variations of the same skill in the training session rather than big blocks of the same variant
rest between drills, fatigue both physical and mental hinder learning.

So for putting rather than 20 short putts, 20 medium putts 20 long putts etc. it could be arranged as series short, medium, long, short, medium, long etc or better still fully random short long, long, medium short medium, long, short etc.

the variation could also be the slope of the green rather than the length of the putt. so arranging all the balls at differing positions on the green before putting each one.

Mistakes are a learning experience

the science show that those who train in blocks appear to have better improvement within the training session but when a retention test weeks later and testing of the skill in a game situation the randomly trained people have far better skill retention and skill crossover into game situations.
 
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