29 APR: Thai boxing training

Fun work on Thursday, but my neck is paying the price!!

Warm-up: 2min on / 30 sec off
  • Jump rope: 2 rounds
  • Knees and elbows on heavy bag: 2 rounds

Blocking / flow drills: about 15 minutes
I'm not sure what exactly to call this. It is sort of a blend of Filipino Dumog and Wing Chun Trapping Hands, combined with a bit of Kajukenbo. Basically you alternate rolling blocks and punches and get a rythme going. the idea is to develop speed, circular redirection, and 'feel' for what your opponent is doing. Randomly throughout the drill, I had my partner disrupt the flow with a hard block and counter. This teaches him to throw one of the basic block techniques instinctively and efficiently, and it hones my blocking of unexpected punches.


Clinch Drill: 4 rounds of 2min on / 30sec off
One person holds a clinch with about 50% resistance, and lightly throws knees, elbows and forearms. The other person practices escapes of any variety. We alternated rounds for 4 rounds, each working 2 on offense and 2 on defense.


Kicking Drills: about 15 minutes
10 with the left, 10 with the right. partners keep switching till you are both toast! Emphasis is on correctness of form, flexibility, and power. We would reset our stance between each kick to ensure we practiced as precisely as possible on each kick. We worked a variety of kick techniques.

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