Session 3-19-09

2 Rds shadow boxing
2 rds sparring pugilism and savate
1 rd GnP bag
2 rds footwork/conditioning
We threw on our jackets for some sambo and had someone show up late
and join, this was his first taste of grappling…
3 rds off balancing
2 rds free style sambo…in my match with Justin I found myself
horrified at the flexibility of his legs…honestly [...]

Session 3-22-09

3 rds shadow boxing
2 rds sparring/boxing/savate
1 rd GnP bag

Sambo up next…
2 rds grip/offbalancing 
1 rd ground engagement
2 rds freestyle sambo
2 rds par terre (ground work…now why Russians choose to use a French term???I know there is a connection but not sure how it fits in with sambo)
We worked on gaining the armbar from the mount or [...]

Session 3-15-09

2 rds shadow boxing
2 rds sparring boxing and savate
1 rd floor bag GnP
2 rds footwork/conditioning
We then went through a simple drill from savate…..A throws a mid line rear leg chasse while B sidesteps and follows up with a mid to high line rear fouette. We made a short clip of this drill:
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Session 3-8-09

Nice and warm in the LOD today just over 50F.
2 rds shadow boxing
2 rds sparring savate and boxing
1 rd footwork
We worked through two combination drills from savate
1 block fouette with parade and return a march croise chasse
2 move outside when they throw chasse bas and counter kick to their rear leg using a fouette.

Onto sambo….1 [...]

Dropstep Elbow Video

Here is a short but promised clip showing the drop step as a power generation method for elbows. I apologize for the shakey camera work when the third guys gets to hit the pad…it was me holding the camera and I am far from steady:)

Session 3-1-09

A brutally cold one today for some reason. The indoor temp read to be 30 but the wind seemed to be coming from a slightly different direction than normal and was just ripping though the cracks in the walls. We kept a stack of gloves set on a space heater and swapped our cold ones [...]