MMA and me; day 64

Wow, almost forgot to post today! Sorry for so late (mostly apologizing to myself), but I just kinda spaced. Anyways, kickboxing was pretty basic yesterday, until the end. First, a simple low 10. Nothing simple, just stepping to the outside, getting the knee up, and turning the hips over to drive the shin into the kick shield. Next was a mid 10, which is also bringing the knee up, but instead of leaning over and driving the shin down, you lean back, and whip the leg across. Lastly, we had a little fun. From the regular stance, you switch stances to make it look like you're going to throw a switch 9, but instead, you move your rear leg back across to the front, and throw a very hard low 10. I like this variation a lot because it keeps your opponent guessing, and can make an already solid leg kick, that much harder. We finished up with a round of flutter kicks, and that was that for striking.

Grappling was all about fighting out of the rear naked choke. First, pry the top hand off, and tuck it under your arm as you roll to that side. Next, using both hands, pull the arm under your chin, and move it to the other side of your head. Holding it there with your arm that is on the ground, use your other hand to grab the top of their top side leg, and while driving your elbow into the shin, pull it off, and turn into side control. The next thing we learned, was why you don't cross your legs if you have your hooks in during side control. If someone does this, all you do is throw one of your legs across their ankles, wrap your other leg around in a figure four position, and then squeeze and arch your back. Simple compression lock, and it hurts like hell. Finally, we learned a choke from the roll out position of defending the RNC (rear naked choke). While turning into side control, use your top side arm to reach back around the neck. From there, release their hand with your bottom side hand, and swim it under their head and roll to the side. Slip your hips out to a north south position, and slowly work your arm that is under their head towards the shoulder, eventually getting both hands together for a monkey grip (over under with the fingers gripping each other like an S clamp). From there, flatten out as much as possible, bring your grip as close to your chest as possible, and slowly try to bring your elbows together until they tap out. Very wordy, I know, but a very effective choke. If not described all that well.