16/5/17: counters to the cross, pad rounds and lockflow

Tonight, was about putting in high quality reps of the cross so we had to ensure:
• Left hand up
• Turn and extend through the right shoulder
• Rear heel up
• Punch to target
• Chin down

CROSS LOOP DRILL

5 motions against the cross

1: short parry – keep the left arm tight and part of your structure, it is as if the parry comes from the turn or angling of the shoulder towards the cross.

2: shoulder roll – put the rear heel down and lean back, edge on. Right hand protecting the face and the left arm tight to the lower body.

3: long parry to the eyes – the thumb is up so that it effects the structure of the punch in the most efficient way. His punch should cross his centre.

4: lead elbow cover / punch destruction – left palm to the crown of the head and look with one eye, the right eye as the left elbow points forward. The right is up close to the elbow to add another layer of defensive cover.

5: uppercut – zone out to the left as you capture the cross with the right hand and throw the uppercut under his punch.

Each of the above counters to the cross were also worked in the jab catch drill that was worked at the Guro Terry Barnett seminar at the weekend:
Partner A jabs, Partner B catches and returns with a jab, Partner A catches and returns with jab – cross. Partner B then worked the specific defence.

Each counter was worked in the cross loop drill and then in the jab catch drill out of motion.

The final few rounds/changes of partner was alternate jab catch drills moving around and any of the defences could be worked in any order.

PAD rounds

Person A throws Jab – cross, pad holder steps back so Person A has to cover the distance and move forward throwing the jab – cross.

LOCKFLOW
1 – 4 and back again, left and right arms.

Lock-flowing-drill: Looking for locks out of motions. Partner A picks up the #1 lock, Partner B then pushes against the elbow so Partner A needs to yield and move and then find the #1 lock. When Steve was demonstrating, it looked like he was constantly controlling and changing the base and structure of his partner. Never letting them settle their centre so it was always moving. This is the beginnings of doing Numerada lock flow – defending locks and seeking any appropriate lock out of motion in a non-defined pattern.