some stuff from kali

first workout back from quarantine

cross-hook-kick combo: think of it in two styles

1. Thai style. This is like your fighting in an alley and there's not a lot of side to side room. Just your basic cross, hook, right kick combo.

2. Dutch style. There's a lot of side to side movement. The right is an overhand right, then there's a hook to the body, then the dutch style stepping out to the left side to do the kick.



overhand to liver shot
-he told me after class to think of it as on this diagonal axis.

if you land, keep going

two related ideas that are very good that i should record so i don't forget

they're basically about keep going with your attacks until they're interrupted

1. taylor was telling him that james told him to just keep attacking until they defend/counter. that is you don't throw just a few shots and wait for them to fire back.

2. sylvie was saying that some legend told her that if you land a knee, you keep hitting them with that knee until it stops working. something about the way it usually works is if it gets through you'll probably be able to land more of the same

back to basics

so we're a few months into pandemic.

some things that are working and are essential

jumping rope

shadow boxing
-you don't need to rely on a heavybag
-can work on technique as welll as conditioning
-getting reps from doing single techniques (eg, fixing my jab, getting to perfect habits with rt cross)
-getting reps from doing combos, both short and long

shadow boxing combos
-essential 2 and 3 move combos w moves that belong together
-i have certain longer combos that are kind of like kata that incorporate a lot of things to work on including essential combs
*****ex: 1,2,h,up,up,hook
*****ex: 1,1,2,h,righthook
*****ex: 1,2,h,righthook,body,body
-doing a few at a technical pace, followed by a few fast and explosive is very helpful for technique and conditioning and pulling them off technically at fast pace

running
-ok the way i see it now, this is very important and is what will get me back in shape

pushups
-doing multiple sets (2 sets of 5) gave me faster progress compared to doing just 1 set of 10 for example