When you've never been taught how to throw a punch, boxing can be a little difficult. I woke up this morning with an extremely sore knuckle on my left hand, but that could be the result of a number of things, not just throwing punches like a six year old.
I can feel my boxing technique improving, albeit quite slowly. I know I drop my hands, and that is definitely a big no-no. I think it's mostly due to not being in shape, and that's part of the reason I joined the gym in the first place. Luckily I'm familiar with weight transfer, and not using solely my arms, thanks to a lifetime of baseball, so the concept of "punching from the floor up" isn't completely foreign.
In jiu-jitsu, we went over the concept of chain submissions, and having a solid base of techniques to draw from. This is another area where I think I will eventually be very good, but it's just going to take a lot of repetition. After going over a bit of "game theory" as I liked to think of it, we worked on several different arm triangles. Since my brother was there, we of course were matched up. Side note, Daniel joined the gym! Rolling with another big guy, is quite tiring, and showed me that I have a long way to go in the conditioning department. I'll get there, but in the meantime, it's practice, practice, practice! By the way, Daniel is strong as hell, and getting choked by him sucks!
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