MMA and me; day 48

Another day of chilly weather, another day of kicking my own behind in class. Boxing was back to basics, and we worked on some simple, fundamental combos. First, the 1-2, making sure to bring the elbow up first, snapping the fist out and back, and really sitting down on the 2, instead of reaching. We followed that up by adding the 3, and making sure that all three punches have a very tight rhythm. I still kind of trail my head after the 3, and need to make sure I keep my head up, or I'm going to get clocked. Finally, we worked on a 2-3-2, which is one we haven't worked on that much. Throwing a lead straight, felt a little awkward, and it took me a bit to get the timing down. Also, I felt my balance get way out of whack, but as I got better at flicking out the elbow before I threw the first 2 really helped with the quickness and not telegraphing the punch. We finished up with 100 sit ups, and more of the wonderful plank position. The nice thing was it kept us quite toasty.

Jiu jitsu was arm bars, arm bars, arm bars. First we worked an arm bar flow that went from a snap arm bar from side control, to a mounted top side arm bar, to an arm bar from having the back, to a rolling arm bar from back mount, back to a snap arm bar from side control. Next we worked a couple of arm bar drills. First, from the mount, the partner on bottom would clasp their hands together, and the partner on top would hit snap arm bars on each side, going back and forth , trying not to post on the mat if at all possible. The second drill, was hitting the arm bar from having the back of your opponent, which entailed getting a seat belt grip, then with the underhooked arm, grabbing the shoulder, with the overhooked arm pushing their head away from the side you have underhooked, and swinging your leg around and over the head to sink it in and secure the arm bar. We went right into free grappling from this drill, and I got caught in a couple of arm bars, and doled out a few of my own as well. This was one of my favorite jiu jitsu classes yet!