headlock

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.