MMA and me; day 43

Well, back to the grind after the weekend. In kickboxing it was working on the teep, or push kick. You bring either leg up, lean back, bring your hips up, and thrust your foot forward, impacting with the ball of your foot, and violently shoving your opponent in the stomach or chest. We worked rear teeps, and then front teeps, then switched to attacking the upper leg. Lastly, we followed up a teep to the thigh, with a low 10 (leg kick) to the same thigh. By the end of class, my legs felt like they were made out of lead, and my hips were killing me. Finish off with some planks, and leg raises, and Monday's striking class is in the books!

Jiu jitsu was all about D'Arce chokes, and variations from there. A D'Arce is a choke similar to a guillotine, but instead of getting completely under the chin, you thread the choking arm under their armpit, and lock your hand over your bicep, grabbing around the opponents back muscle, or shoulder with your other hand, and dropping to your hip opposite the side your hands are on, and walking your hips towards theirs until the choke compresses and they tap. From there we learned the Vice choke, where you can't get a D'Arce, and thread the other arm around to the side of their neck, put your other arm over the back of their neck, get a palm to palm grip, and squeeze your elbows together for the choke. The last choke was a Japanese Necktie, and though very cool, my partner and I had a hard time pulling it off, because it was not easy for big guys to execute. From the Vice choke, you take the leg opposite the side of the choke, and hook their near leg, from there, you push the head down, keeping the leg in place with yours, and stack their legs and chest over their chin for the choke. Sounds weird, and I had a hard time with it, but the rest of the class seemed to indicate that it was a crappy position to be caught in, so I think I will be avoiding it.