Another boxing class devoted to defense and core workouts has kicked my ass once again. We worked on catching jabs, and dipping into straights and hooks to minimize their impact. I'm still working the timing of really leaning into the punch to take away their power, but I'm getting there. We also did sit ups with medicine balls, and the ever popular plank position to finish things up. I'm not saying I'll have movie star abs at some point, but when my abdominal muscles finally make their triumphant comeback, don't say I didn't warn you.
Grappling was a nice amount of conditioning and technique. After getting nicely warmed up, we did a lot of work from the X-Guard, and sweeps from there. This position and subsequent sweeps necessitates a good amount of hip flexibility, which I currently don't have. Like everything else I've been learning, repetition and working with solid partners helps immensely. I feel my grappling coming along at a pace that I'm happy with, and the coaches are right, the Internet is an amazing resource for video instruction, and Marcelo Garcia is a frighteningly good grappler. Let me rephrase that. He's the best in the world. Check him out.
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