MMA and me; day 97

More fundamentals in boxing, but this time we worked defense and counters. First we worked the jab parry. As your partners jab is coming in, you intercept it with your rear hand. Nothing too big, just a simple tap to knock it off direction, since it's only strong in the direction it's coming. Give it a light tap from any angle, and it wont hit the target. We worked on countering off the parry next. As you parry the jab, throw a jab of your own, which your partner would also parry. Next was a hook parry/counter. By making a small circular motion with your rear hand as the jab comes in, you pull the jab off to the side, and then with the same hand, throw a straight counter. The motion is very small, as are all of the parries. A big motion can leave you open to getting countered, and you're trying to minimize any holes an opponent can exploit. Last, was the slip counter. As your partner throws the jab, you shift your weight slightly to the side of your rear hand, and let the jab slip harmlessly past your head, as the punch goes by, immediately throw a jab to counter it. To help slip the jab, you can also bring your rear hand up to the far side of your face to help check the punch. We finished with two rounds of ab drills, but it was the punching and getting punched in them by your partner kind, and they can leave you a little sore.

Wrestling was a conditioning class, and we did light calisthenics to warm up then did partner take down drills, spinning drills, bear crawls, planks, and more. By the end of class I was so beat, it was all I could do to make it home. Good day of class. Solid technique up front, and exhausting conditioning at the end. Gotta love it.