Today's routine started with some warm ups of foot work. I had forgotten to mention yesterday that also with foot work and pivots, we did drills to keep my head moving. So we'd go up and down the room, using the correct shuffling, but also move my head in a figure 8. the movement wasnt from the neck though, it came from my core.
Next we went right to the bag and spent most of the day reinforcing the basics.
We went over each punch. My right jab specifically needs work as far as really leading with my hip and rotating my shoulders (aka everything)
We moved to drills which put all the new skills together.
Some of the drills we did involved moving with the bag. Graham would keep the bag moving back and forth and I would shuffle in and out. This was added with moving in, and standing my ground, throwing a punch and then getting out of there.
Next, the idea of left,left,right or left, right, left was introduced. The string of punches puts even more focus on this idea of utilizing power. Such as, with each punch, the previous fist should be thrown back to really rotate the shoulders into the next punch. More to remember, but I'm not complaining.
For the end of the session, we ran drills with it all combined. The shuffling in and out, then in, standing my ground and throwing a left,right, left, or a left, left to the bag's "face" and a right.
I can feel the punches getting better, and even after two days, the foot work hasn't really been an issue. repetition, repetition, repetition. probably shouldve washed those hand wraps today.
