MMA and me; day 41

Whoo hoo, I'm past the 40 day mark! Anyways, onto business. Kickboxing was one of my very favorites, leg kick checking and counter drills! So we practiced throwing low 9s and 10s, and checking them. To properly check a leg kick, you lift the leg being kicked and meet the shin with your own shin. At the same time, you move the hand on that side to cover your neck, while pushing the opposite hand across the forearm of the arm with the hand behind your neck. Also, as you bring your leg off the mat, bring your knee to the elbow of the arm wrapped around your neck. I'm sure if you're reading this, you're confused, but if you like, I've added a handy dandy visual aid.
http://www.ehow.com/video_2353609_checking-leg-kicks-kickboxing.html

Pretty nifty! After working leg kicks to either side, we worked on throwing a counter mid to high kick after checking either a 9 or 10. Immediately following a checked kick, throw a kick on that side, which would be the opposite of the kick that was blocked. For example, if you check a 9, you follow up with a counter 10. Easy peezy, except I'm not flexible, and have a hard time kicking above the waist.

Grappling was more guard passing, and another submission. From guard, you post up on the hip bones, as you lean back and drive one of your knees into their tailbone. From there you swim both hands under their legs and suck their hips into yours, and lean up over them, compressing their body on top of itself, also known as stacking your opponent. Then you need to get aggressive and shove both legs off to one side, landing in what is known as a low judo position, or your ribcage pressed on theirs, facing their legs, with your bottom leg in front of you, and top leg behind you. After you get to low judo, sneak your arm that is away from the across their stomach, and switch to side control, voila, guard passed! We also learned a submission from here, which instead of switching to side control from low judo, you walk your body up towards their head, until you are trapping one of their arms under your body, and when you get up by their head, reach the arm on the same side as their body under their head. From here it's just a slow sprawl with your legs, and reach your other arm to grab a monkey grip with your hands, and slowly compress your elbows to your side until they tap. Good times!