MMA and me; day 81

So after a few days off due to work and family time, I was back at the gym last night, and it felt great. Boxing was another long combo, but it was a bit different than the past few. This one had a lot of body movement, and evasion. We started with a 2-left body block-right body block-6-3-3-2-3-2. It took a while to get used to it because we've been throwing a lot of 6-2 combo starters, so it felt weird to go from the uppercut to the double hook.We next added a roll-2-3-2-catch-2-3-2. This felt more fluid, especially coming off the straight-hook-straight we ended the previous set with. To finish, we added a slip right-6-2-3-2-slip left-body 3-3-2, bringing the total of punches thrown to 20, with a total of six defensive techniques. It started to feel more fluid by the end, but it felt really awkward for a while, especially throwing the uppercut-straight combo at the end after starting with the uppercut-hook. We ended with more core work in the form of flutter kicks, over unders, and planks. It feels good to be working out again, and as of last week I had my first sparring session. I didn't blog about it because I wasn't sure if I'd go back, but after Friday, I'm going as much as I can!

Wrestling was all ducking under a thai clinch into a body lock, and than take downs from there. First was a duck under to stepping around the back, and either getting a gut wrench, leg sweep, or heel block. We also worked defending this position, by raising your legs off the mat when your opponent takes your back and body locks you. From there, you can't have your legs swept out, and if they try to dump you down, you just put your feet back down to the mat. Next was a duck under to a body lock from the front, and then step around their legs to a hip throw. We also briefly touched on a throw from the clinch offense where you hook their leg, and trip them, and a sweep from a whizzer where you kick their leg out from under them, while driving your off arm across their chest. We finished with a duck under to bear hug, where you roll your knuckles into the lower back, while pressing with your shoulder and sucking your arms in, to buckle their knees and drop them straight to their back. All in all, a fun class, that really makes you work!