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Summary of Monday Class 8/1/2016

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Tonight’s class was led by assistant instructor Keith; he started with a warm up of squats, push-ups, and the plank, which works on the core strength of the abdominal and back muscles. Afterwards, we learned the technique where instead of the jab-cross with fists or open hand, we formed a C with our Jab hand going for the throat/Adam’s apple area where in a real situation, it would be used to strike the throat. The follow up is a head clinch and knees to the face, or groin.

We then practiced some ground techniques where the defender is on his back and needs to protect against an attacker trying to apply a headlock. We practiced first blocking the headlock attempt, using framing, and then by allowing the headlock to fully take place, and trying to escape using framing and other techniques. There was a student who didn’t feel like participating in the ground technique, so we took turns showing him how to do proper squats, jabs, crosses and foot movement.

The class ended with a nice round of stretching.

Summary of Monday Class 7/11/2016

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Warm up:We began with a low impact warm-up : squats, lunges, knife hand pushups, planking, leg outs, sumo squats,etc.
Striking Combination: Jab cross, Hook. Emphasis on synchronized upper body and lower body as outlined in body dynamics 2 post and content.
Conditioning: Did same combination above but repeated 3x moving forward, then fingers to the eyes while moving backward. Did this for 10 minutes.
Kata/Partner Exercise: Did partner exercise featuring all open handed strikes in the following sequence: Jab, Cross, Hook, Jab, Jab. The student receiving the strikes practiced defending the aforementioned strikes with their elbows by simulating that they’re slicking their hair back(à la James Dean) with both arms bent, with minimal motion to intercept the strikes.
Knife Defense: Attacker comes toward your neck with a downward stab: you burst in with one arm to the attacker’s live side, deflecting the knife, while simultaneously striking with the other arm to the face/neck area. Furthermore, closing the distance between the attacker tightly enough to limit the knife wielding hand, following through with knees to the groin and downward elbows to the back of the neck.