UNBRIDLED TRUTH

The snow persists, and so do I. Monday   Muay Thai class This was a boxing day, with some knee strikes mixed in towards the end. Since there has been a little surge of beginners lately, we kept things simple, working mostly on straight punches as an opportunity to really dial in on form and spacing. It was a good fundamental review. Tuesday   Muay Thai class This class continued with the theme of reviewing basics, though leaning more on weaving together offense and defense

No training on Thursday because the gym was closed due to bad weather, and I did enough unrecorded exercise digging out of the snow for a couple of hours to not want an official workout of the day on top. Monday   Muay Thai class This was a fundamentals review class, as a fine excuse to fire up the fight camp polish for competitions coming up next month while also helping newer people get up to speed. Speaking of which, I was working in a trio with an experienced person and

As previous. Monday   Muay Thai class The guest kru was running a fundamentals class. We worked on a few different ways of stringing together some basic strikes, for a pretty fine review to kick off the new year. I was a little shaky early on from the holiday breaks, but I seemed to get back into it decently enough by the class's end. Tuesday   Muay Thai class This class focused on front kick offense and defense. It's always nice to work on initiation tools that aren't jab

Been behind on these from prioritizing my cat's welfare. I have no regrets. Monday   Muay Thai class This was a knee- and elbow-focused class. My footwork on my switch knees was a touch rusty at first, but it cleaned up swiftly enough with a few reps. Naturally, it was a fun time. We finished up with some high volume of alternating knees and round kicks, for which I was quite pleased at how well I was able to keep up. I always worry about losing some stamina whenever I h

Between holiday disruptions and some medical matters with my cat, I didn't do any training during last week, so I wasn't in a rush to get this out before things resumed. I am expecting more disruptions from New Year's Day, but at least I am back to cracking some leather again while I can in the mean time. Monday   Muay Thai class The guest kru had us working on hitting different levels with round kicks, mixed with different initiation techniques. It got a bit silly eventual

I know I'm late posting this. Alas. Monday   Muay Thai double class The first class this day was a padwork session by the guest kru. It stuck to basic strikes but mixed them around in a few ways to build comfort with different transitions. It was nothing groundbreaking, but my balance was a bit off this day, so it was a good coincidence that I was able to function mostly on muscle memory while focusing more on staying in control of my body. The second class was a light sp

Trying to arrange things such that I can stay for double classes more often again, but that was not something that yielded results for this week. Monday   Muay Thai class This was a nine-spot drill station gauntlet rotation to start the week off hot. It felt like I did well through the first seven stations (plus a free bagwork bonus station), but I fell off a cliff for the last two. I managed to recover enough for some high-volume round kicks and calisthenics to finish off

I will get back to that Ironsworn campaign, but in the mean time, there is always Muay Thai. Monday   Muay Thai class This was a basics padwork class, to help some newbies come along. My mind was out of phase with reality, so my balance felt off, but at least I wasn't the person who fell on a round kick this time. Anyway, I pushed through the difficulties and made what I could of things. Tuesday   Muay Thai class This was another newbie-helper basics review day. One of th

Clearly, I did not make it happen last week. I just can't seem to push my focus where I want it to be these days. Oh well, nothing to do but to try again. Monday   Muay Thai class It was head-to-head back-and-forth defense drills to start off the week again. If the guest kru keeps this pattern up, that would be a welcome trend. Even the awkwardness of doing those in a trio didn't stop me from having fun. Granted, the drills themselves had a couple of oddballs, as I expec

I really do want to get back to doing more with that Ironsworn Actual Play series, but I somehow keep getting distracted by other things, even after I did start on the next session. I want to make it happen again this week, because I do want to play more with Quinn, but sometimes, the brain does not cooperate. Monday   Muay Thai class We did head-to-head back-and-forth defense drills with the guest kru. That's always fun stuff, though it's a little odd to me that he encoura