4/7/17: body mechanics (refined through Thai boxing)

Shadow boxing warm up:
Hands only, then adding knees, then elbows and finally kicks.

Round kick drilling in the mirrors (off the rear leg)

Hard ankle stepping into hip twisting

Doing the above set up x2 then doing a kick on the third count

Hip twisting without stepping

Doing the above set up x2 then doing a kick on the third count

The above sets were done with left then right leg forward – drilling both sides of the body

Conditioned sparring rounds:
Hips up, hard ankles, no set up or pre-empting given, using the shin, strong eyes, let the kick go, hands up, zone off line when kicking, make the punches count – aim for to land on the target, kick to the outer or inner thigh, TURN THE HIPS

1. Rear round kick
2. Rear round kick or lead round kick
3. Any lead hand/any target followed by rear round kick
4. Any rear hand/any target followed by lead round kick
5. Any lead then rear hand followed by lead round kick
6. Any rear then lead hand followed by rear kick
7. Insert committed feints
8. Lead round kick, rear punch, lead punch, rear kick
9. Rear kick, lead hand, rear hand, lead kick.

Conditioning rounds on the Thai pads

1. Hard ankle stepping followed by the kick x 2 rounds
2. Kicking from no stepping x2 rounds
3. Double kicking x2 rounds

Syllabus work.
Each group went off and worked on areas requiring further attention before the grading in a few weeks.