MMA and me; day 113

Another Monday, and another day to be glad I'm back in the gym. Kickboxing got started with throwing skip 10s into a kick shield for an entire two minute round. After the other person went, it was time to throw skip 9s for a whole round. This was incredibly taxing on my cardio, and forces you to really pay attention to technique, because as you get tired, you get sloppy. Next, we moved on to altering knees to the body from the Thai clinch for a slightly longer round, I think it was four or five minutes, but just focused on the skip knees. As the round wore on, the clinch started to get looser, so I had to keep readjusting my elbows and keep it tight. We followed that with a rear push kick to a mid 10, and I actually felt pretty good at this one. I got better at bringing my leg back after the teep, and then stepping across while driving the leg into the pad. The final drill was a lead push kick to mid 9, and this was a bit tougher. I usually like throwing left kicks more than rights, but this was different. In the previous drill, after the teep, you bring that leg back behind you. In this one, the leg stays in front of you, and you throw a switch 9. It just took some adjustment from the previous round, but started to feel better towards the end. We finished with core exercises and it was time to grapple.

We continued doing the same as we have been doing lately, and picked a partner and rolled for three minutes, switching to a new partner after each round. I was tired by the end, but not gasping for breath, and I'm proud to say I was only tapped once. Nice arm bar Phuong! All in all a good day of classes, and Monday is rapidly becoming my favorite day of the week!