A Warrior's Thougts on the Martial Arts

Yesterday's sparring session. Enjoy! So long, take care

This is just a quick post to bridge the gap until my next post. Beginning today, I'm starting a "This is how we do it" series where I'll offer some insight into the classes I teach. Today's installment presents a technique drill I've been taking my students through yesterday: Throw a jab,cross,rear uppercut combo Slip a rear hook and throw an indirect elbow counter Follow up with a knee to create space Throw a high kick Follow up with a tornado-kick to spinning back-kick combo The film below shows my girlfriend  work the pads with the above described combination. Enjoy! So long, take care

Here's the edited video footage of last saturday's class. Elias, one of my fellow instructors (who also happens to be a great semi-contact competitor) joined us for a sparring session, so things got pretty intense. Took some nice video footage. I've eliminated everything except for the sparring part from the film, so here's a quick breakdown of what we did: ZaZen (meditation) Joint mobilization Shadow Sparring Boxing, lead hand only Boxing, rear hand only Boxing, Combinations, start each from a block Boxing, Combinations, start each from an evasion Boxing, freestyle Sparring, Boxing, 3 rounds Shadow Sparring Kicks, lead leg only Kicks, rear leg only Kicks, Combinations, start each from a direct counter Kicks, Combinations, start each from an indirect counter Kicks, freestyle Sparring, Semi-Contact, 3 rounds Shadow Sparring Kickboxing, Combinations, Punch-Kick-Punch Kickboxing, Combinations, Kick-Punch-Kick Kickboxing, ombinations, start each fr...