Who’s the mayor of Facepunch Town? (hint:not me!)

Went to Krav for the first time since getting kicked in the head. I’ve been finding some real and valid excuses for avoiding Krav, and thinking a lot about whether I want to pusue it in the summer or just keep it as a winter activity. There are just so many much options for summer evenings, such as biking, running, skateboarding, gardening, mountain biking, home maintenance, scooter rides, yard work, rockband, halo (some of these are season-agnostic, but compete for the evening timeslot nevertheless).

I’ve already paid for a year of Krav and don’t want to just dump cash down the toilet, so I’m resolved to go at least Monday nights for sure and if I’m into it that week either the wrestling class on Thursday or Thai boxing on Friday.

Tonight was pretty fun—warmups weren’t bad—although I think I may have some tendinitis in my right elbow, since pushups are really painful and have been since March.

We did some boxing, learning “double ups” which is a good way to fake someone out. Usually you’re expecting a one two—a left then a right. Tonight we learned how to punch twice with the left (jab+hook) as though it were a combo as opposed to two separate strikes.

Also we did some basic jab+straight-right combos, in which your partner is supposed to suavely dodge, or “slip” as it’s called in fighting, and then execute a double leg takedown. It was my partner’s failure to correctly slip my right straight to the nose that landed him on the mat.

I didn’t feel too bad about it because Paul had just finished lecturing us for not attacking realistically enough. “Try to hit them! Otherwise they won’t learn anyhing.” I did as I was told and connected a solid shot to Kingston’s face. It was nice to be on the other end of one of those shots for once and I can now see why people like to get in the ring. Myself, I don’t see stepping in there anytime soon, but it is fun to land some punches.

It was good to have a neutral-good experience after a few crappy classes. Boxing is still my favorite, and I’m looking forward to improving there. Conversely, I don’t love doing a takedown and landing heavily with my rib on someone’s knee.