2.13.2006

 

GJ Champions love conditioning, losers quit

Started early with Derrick, Dan, and Jeff warmed up withThen went into 12 x 5 min rounds of grappling. Good guillotine finished by opening guard and putting one foot in (chokeside?) hip. Jeff and Dan finished with 3 x 5 min Tabata protocol rounds on the G & P bag, throw dummy, and Thai pads (pitterpat, CH, kicks, knees, head knees, head kick sprawl). After these fights I'm not holding pads for a month. Regular practice started warming up while the conditioning was finished.
Started with focus mitts
  1. Proper vs. improper level changesLevels
    Low line (body) shots are delivered by bending the knees to both dynamically load the punch but to also prevent getting drilled in the head as you switch lines. Tuck the focus mitt inside the belly pad to reduce the body shot impact:
    • "1": Jab
    • "2": Jab-Cross
    • "1 Body": Body Jab
    • "2 Body": Jab-Body Cross
  2. Checking our guard
    Using the same combinations we now remind our partner that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, for jab and cross the hand goes from the head to the target back to the head. The "pillar" is set, minimizing the exposed target area. Failure to do so earns a quick focus mitt slap. The senior students added
    • "3 Body": Jab-Cross-Lead Body Hook
    • "4 Body": Jab-Body Cross-Uppercut (use the elevation from the body cross to add to the uppercut)
  3. Reaction
    One of the most demoralizing things to happen to a fighter is after each great combination they launch they get an onslaught right back -- this is reaction. They attack, you react. You attack, they react, you react. Think of it as the ultimate in the last word. No matter if I'm knocked out, I will throw my reaction (before falling to the canvas). The cover comes high to protect the head as you encroach to lessen the "sweet spot" impact/No-Man's Land effect
    • "High Cover 3": Lead cover the cross-Cross-Lead Hook-Cross
    • "Side Cover 3": Rear cover the lead hook-Cross-Lead Hook-Cross
    The senior students added:
    • "3 Body Cross": Jab-Cross-Lead Body Hook-Cross
    • "4 Body Cross": Jab-Body Cross-Uppercut-Cross
  4. Conditioning
    The key to conditioning is not only improving your level of fitness but never showing you're tired or in pain. On the inside you may be a quaking puddle of fearful mush but on the outside you are serene Buddha-like fighting machine. 30 seconds of:
    • Pitterpat
    • Squats
    • Bob and weave
    • Pitterpat
    • Sit down and stand up
    • Pitterpat
Next we transitioned into knees with minute drills:We followed up with body controlWe finished with some "dancing", 1 minute each ofI wrestled four more 5 minute rounds after practice.

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