Last night's class - keeping it real!

Had a brilliant session last night, as we donned boxing gloves and pressure tested our skills; lots of hard work and gallons of sweat were left on the mats as we pushed ourselves ever further in the pursuit of excellence.  

We started off with rounds of boxing then moved on to more specific drills, working on defending the open guard pass whilst being punched, dirty boxing and pummelling with your opponent whilst being pinned against the wall, working for a clinch or body lock against a striking opponent and much more, rounding the session off with specifics on the ground, with a good helping of strikes thrown in for good measure.

The whole dynamics of grappling changes when there's someone in front of you punching you in the face and body and making your life a misery; you have to work hard and utilise all the hours you've spent in class to get you through each round, there's no hiding place when shit gets real, if you don't react then it's lights out.

Congrats to everyone last night who turned up and stepped out of their comfort zone and in doing so made their zone that much bigger...Oooosss!