Full Dojo fight class tonight. The past few weeks training definitely paid off. We went for 2 hours straight and yes I was exhausted but I wasn’t totally done like last time. I’m starting to see some real gains in speed and kicking ability, so much fun.
We lined up in 2 kick circles one the first hour and one the second hour. Those both suck and are awesome at the same time. Going to miss classes the rest of the week after tomorrow though.
Fight Class: Great class tonight, we jumped rope for 10 minutes – torture. Then we worked/drilled side kicks. Got in about 4 good rounds and fought just about everyone that showed up tonight. I like the mix of conditioning and fighting like this.
We started class off with a full set of kicks. I felt much better than the last full set we did last Wednesday. I felt lose and balanced. Then we kicked into gear doing some fast paced self-defense. Throw, back breaker, two are takedown and punch from horse stance. The two arm takedown feels like you’re getting your elbow ripped open. 🙂
Hit the gym at noon today for a good 2 hour set of heavy weights/olympic lifts and mit work with kicks on the kick-shield.
Good full day. I need many more of days like this.
Today’s Karate class was basics. I was extremely rusty but got the hang of it again. The warm up set of kicks was torture. Definitely been slacking off on those as practice.
Then did a 3 mile run after Karate class for further conditioning.
PS. It’s getting hot.
Tonight was “bag work”. I love this class so much. Though I do look like some kind of bare-knuckle fighter this week…
2 hours of constant hitting and kicking combos on the heavy bag. Had some great partners to train with tonight too, which makes all the difference in keeping up intensity for that long.