MMA and me; day 32

Whoo hoo! The weekend ended, which means it's back to the gym! Man, I'm really starting to get excited for each new week of getting the crap kicked out of me, and yesterday was a nice couple of classes to ease into the week. Kickboxing was simple leg kick drills, and checking them. We threw 10s and 9s, and checked them, and then we worked on checking a 10, and then throwing a switch 9. We finished off with light leg kick sparring, which I can only believe sucked for my partner who had no shin guards. Not an extremely tough class, but it was marked by the first time I made it through the entire three minutes of the plank position without hitting the mat. Leg raises, on the other hand, were not touched by such an accomplishment.

Grappling was pretty cool, as we worked on defending against someone taking your back. First you tuck your chin, and turn your head towards the arm that is attempting to sneak under your chin. From there, you roll to the opposite side, pinning the arm that is going under your arm to the mat with your body, and using both hands, pull their top arm off, and move it to the other side of your head. Keeping the arm in place with your bottom hand, reach down for the outside edge of their top foot, and driving your elbow into the shin as you grab it, pull the leg off your hip, and around your leg. You then turn towards the leg you pulled off, and controlling the same arm you have wrist control of, move to side control. Pretty wordy, but very effective. We then worked a submission from there, where as you turn, you reach up for the head, and sink an inverted arm triangle. Very cool, because I LOVE arm triangles! A good class, but I'm looking forward to working up a slightly more intense sweat tonight.