Fighting. We had fighting in adult class tonight. Pretty rad class.
We started with some footwork/ladder drills then did some contact drills. Where we exchanged hits. Body punch, ½ round, sidekick then backfist followed up with ridge hand to the head. Then we did some rounds of sparring – first to 3 but we had to ‘hear’ the strikes not just see them. Finished with another round of contact drills, without pads.
Fighting was on the cards for tonight. Adult class. Had a decent sized class. Opened up with some kick drills then some free-sparring rounds. Dead man drills and finished up with a quick set of rounds. Got my lip busted, awesome! Fun night.
Went into the Dojo early and worked with the kids for ~3 hours. Then ran fighting in adult class.
We did some partner kick + body punch drills for 100x kicks then did some bag drills (defensive sidekick and back kicks).
Paired up and sparred for 3 rounds x7 fights each.
I think everyone enjoyed it and I did too. I split teaching and sparring finally 🙂
Fighting. Adult class is sparring. Started with some partner kick and combo drills. Then setup rings and fought for about 40 minutes straight. Good night, good sweating. Fun.
Self Defense class #2. I think they realize that i’m showing them ways to fight. Not just tricks to defend themselves with.
We reviewed last weeks material and extended the lesson on the SPEAR stance. Then started to think and learn how to weaponize the things we’ve learned so far by placing them in different situations and positions.
Did a quick “action is faster than reaction” thing with the toy gun, they were a little freaked out by the intro of the gun. But got past it I think…
I feel like I made my points and they learned. Their energy was low, I think some of them were fairly tired, but they soldiered through and worked well.
Looking forward to Class #3. We’re going to work on some takedowns.