MMA and me; day 177

So I only got to the gym once this week, and boxing was another day of fundamentals. I really liked this starting over from the ground up. When I first joined the gym, I knew nothing about the sport of boxing, other than I didn't particularly care for it, but I wanted to learn. Now, with a little over a year under my belt, I'm back at the beginning, but with a better understanding of boxing, and a lot of interest and curiosity for how every little part of the art works. We focused again on the "perfect boxing stance" as coach calls it, and the 50-50, where the weight is evenly distributed between both feet, and there is a light spring in the knees. We also worked a lot of head movement, and slipping punches. When slipping, being closer to your opponent is always better, and when rolling under big looping punches, step off to the side after the roll to change your angle of attack, and come off of theirs. In following your opponent, it's important to not keep your head on the same plane at all times, but instead, dip it as you step, and make sure to always lead with the foot that is in the direction you are going (front-forward, rear-backward, etc..) but make is smooth, and fluid. We finished with 100 push ups, and then it was on to grappling.

We just did a lot of rolling with each other in jiu jitsu. I grappled with Joachim, Alex, and Amanda, mostly. I gotta say, these guys all got a lot better in the several months since I got to work with any of them. I'm super proud of all of my teammates and all the hard work they have been putting in. I know that we will all meet and surpass our goals, and I can't wait to get there!