MMA and me; day 19

I will never take shadow boxing for granted, but after we did two rounds of it with resistance bands on... my goodness was that exhausting. It does help you keep your elbows in, and forces your technique to be spot on. After that, we did some drills that focus on keeping your elbows in and hands up, alternating with head movements down a string stretched across the gym. That drill is an extremely good workout for the quads, and I am glad mine are pretty damn strong. We worked on counters after that. first the jab, then a 1-3-2, which is a jab followed by a straight right, then a left hook. I'm gradually beginning to understand the mechanics of the hook, and am starting to be able to throw it with a little heat. After that combo, we moved to a longer chain, a 1-3-5-2-3. Jab, hook, uppercut, straight, hook. If your balance isn't solid, you power and speed will not come together, and you'll just flop arm punches out there. We finished up with the plank position and leg lifts, yay core workouts!

In jiu jitsu, we warmed up with the arm bar-triangle-omoplata transition, and then worked on entries to the triangle choke after that. first was using wrist control to sink the opponents wrist to the crotch, and pull your leg on the same side over the back of their neck, hip out, and lock in the choke. Second was a hip turn with wrist control, pin their arm against their chest with your knee and push into them, as they push back, slide your leg that is pushing them over the back of the neck, hip out, and sink the choke. Third, is a quarter turn to pin their elbow in your guard, then you grab the back of their head and arm, and use your knees to bring them in tight. As you do so, you reach for their leg, on the opposite side that their elbow is trapped on, and under hook it, which dumps them in the opposite direction. From there, you release the head and leg, and as they try to base up, you throw your leg over the back of their neck, and sink the choke. Lastly, work for an entangled arm, and over hook above their elbow, while placing the hand of the arm you're using on your chest. Hip out to the same side as the under hook, , and as they post up with their other hand, grab that wrist, and pull your knee to your chest, and their bicep over your shin. From there, pull on their wrist until they pull back, let go, flip the leg on the same side as you were grabbing wrist control over the back of their neck, hip out, and sink the choke.

I explained in much more detail the stuff we did yesterday, because I am starting to learn a lot more, and I need to start documenting the stuff I learn. Plus it's only fair to the few of you out there reading this to get technical details, and have proof that I'm fairly sure I have a semblance of what I'm doing. GOD THIS IS FUN!