Mizblog

Came into class late with a sprained finger. Got in late because Sangeeta’s car had to go into the shop for 2 new tires and an alignment. Barely did any warm-up.

First drill we did was striking. I paired up with Josh (yes, the same guy who gave me the hickey in BJJ a couple weeks ago). Punches and palm strikes to tombstone pad. Elbows and knees to a tombstone pad. He had heavy knees but not so strong elbows. I was destroying with everything. Hammer fists and front kicks. Lots of cardio and intensity on the strikes. I very early on strained my left gluteus minimus (when twisting on a left elbow strike I think) and it’s been bugging me ever since, but I didn’t stop.

After all this cardio, we did a stress drill where we circled the one in the middle, pushing them with kick shields, and the person in front of them held their shield for some particular kind of strike. I think this is when I hyperextended my left elbow.

After that we took the party out into the alley behind the school and did choke with push defenses. From the front and from behind, we learned and practiced both. We even got into stairways and among the parking pillars to add real world obstacles and awareness to the drill. I think I did a pretty good job.

Afterward, I got ice on my left elbow/bicep and moved on to 805BJJ.