MMA and me; day 89

Sooooo slacking this week, sort of. Between a super busy Thursday, and a very strange Friday, I am just now getting around to my blog about Wednesday. It's going to be short and sweet, most of the detail will be in kickboxing, but I'll cover the other portions with some references to old classes.

Firstly, I got to the gym around 4:15, and didn't leave until after 9. Nearly five hours. I was pooped. First I just did some sparring with a friend for about 30-45 minutes, got a good solid sweat going. From 5-6 was MMA conditioning, and without too much detail, we did a laundry list of core exercises, medicine ball work, plyometrics, and by the end, I was just a puddle of sweat. MMA class was different, because I taught it...sort of. There's a kids class at the same time, and our usual MMA coach was stuck in Sultan *shudder*, so he had me run the MMA class through the arm bar/triangle/omoplata transition. I think I did okay, and I couldn't have done it without Irv and Morgan to help me out. Thanks fellas!

Now came kickboxing. First, we worked the switch 9-high 10 drill with a partner. Just going back and forth, nice and easy, getting stretched out. Next was baiting your opponent into keeping their hands up by throwing two switch 9s followed by a switch run up low 10. Next we worked the combo we did on Monday, where we throw a 1-2-step off-2. Then we added a body hook to the step off. Not before or after, but during the step off. As you rotate your body around to the side, you drag your knuckles across your partners stomach, and really dig it in. From that, we added a body 9, and let me tell you, that body 9 sucks! Lastly, we sandwiched a 2 between the body 3 and body 9, then worked our core drills, and it was on to jiu jitsu.

I'm lazy, and we covered the leg lock flow on day 50 of the blog with two small exceptions. We added the heel hook in between the ankle lock, and the toe hold. I wont go into detail, because among other things, heel hooks are illegal in all but the highest levels of competition. Second, we added a calf crusher onto the end of the flow. If your opponent gets out of the toe hold, or you can't secure it, sit out even further, and sink your shin into the back of their knee, and get your legs behind you. Lean forward, using their own leg to compress their calf over your shin. It hurts like crazy and will get most people to tap out. Well, I'm beat, and with three weeks to go before my next grappling tournament, I need all the sleep I can get. It's all hard work and dedication from here on out.