Mizblog

Christian’s Tuesday night class. I went with my brand new shoes, and they worked out perfectly!

Started with a mouthpiece and never took it out. Partnered with Steve mostly, though I also met his wife Anna and his daughter Desiree.

Started with controlled stomp kicks to our opponent’s midsection. Front, round (not stomp) recoil all the way back then side and back kicks. Both legs. Then we did a stress drill with it. I got surrounded by girls and was proud of myself for landing controlled kicks that didn’t send the girls flying through the mirrors or windows.

Then we did picking people up and moving them. To counter that, we learned to base and if possible push the lifter’s hips away so they can’t get good posture for the lift. Then we did some close combatives and used those to finish off the bear hug defense.

The final stress drill was a gauntlet run punctuated by bear hug defenses. We had to spin while looking down at our finger, and an attacker would come and bear hug us. Then we had to traverse a gauntlet of the whole rest of the class holding kick shields and impeding progress. Steve smashed me in the ear. Other than that I was okay.

Coming into the class, my neck/shoulder was stiff. After the class it was horrible. 2 Ibuprofen later it’s tolerable. Hope I’ll be able to sleep.