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Mixed Martial Arts – Day Nine and Ten

Last Friday and Saturday we had practice, because a lot of times our schedules all change and so we don’t necessarily always have it on the same day. Plus, everyone had off both Friday and Saturday because it was the Holiday weekend.

On Friday, we all went over to my instructors house, which was the first time any of us had ever been there. He happens to have a decent size basement which he has setup mostly as a training room. He’s got a couple punching bags hanging from the ceiling, a couple of mats, and then a good amount of various work out and training equipment. From what he, and his wife, told us, he has been accumulating all of this equipment over a long period of time.

After everyone finally arrived(I got there a bit early accidentally ), we decided to get started. We worked on the bags quite a lot. Since we normally train out at a park with focus mitts and large pads, it was a bit different. We did rotations where he’d time us and we’d go “all out” on whatever task he gave each of us, for 30 seconds, before we’d stop and rest for just a short moment. Then we’d shift and trade positions with someone else, and do the same thing but with a different task this time. The tasks roughly included things like only using your legs and kicking as fast as you can with various kicks but not thinking about it just “doing”, working on only the speed of your hands by reaction(again, by just doing), and throwing as many various combinations in a row(with hands and legs) as fast as you can with as much power as you can.

On Saturday, one of my friends who can’t normally attend to the normal classes, because he has work, was able to come out and get a feel as to exactly how we work. Because we had just had a rough class the day before, we decided to take it light which allowed my friend to keep up with us a lot easier. Our instructor focused a bit on him to get his form and technique more in order, since he simply has to say “do this…” and we usually know how to do it already and can work on it alone. By the end of the session, my friends kicks on his right leg were starting to get some form to them, but his left still has a ways to go, but so does mine.

The technique of my kicks is getting better and it will only increase with more and more consistent practice. I generally know how my kicks should be, I just need to get them to that point. One step at a time, I suppose..