In the morning I didn’t do much except do stuff on my weblog and edit and add new stuff on. But at exactly three o’clock. It was time to take on a very hard challenge; to keep punching, kneeing, elbowing and kicking for one hour non-stop with only two or three breaks. Like my previous session, my instructor tied a fabric bandage around and around both of my hands, making them really tight so I could punch as hard as possible. We took a 2-minute stroll to the dojo, and I did some streches to reflex my muscles. I knew it wasn’t going to be easy, because as soon as I finished streching I was using all my strength to kick the pads and throwing bone-breaking punches at the red targets. Here’s the instructions on how to do some of the moves:
How to do a knee
1. Grab you opponent’s neck
2. Lift up your knee and use it to powerfully hit your opponent’s stomach
How to do a right/left kick
1. Stand side-on to your opponent
2. Lash out one of your legs and mantain straightness
3. Hit your opponent in the waist with your shin
How to do an elbow
1. Simply aim and hook your elbow around to hit the side of your opponent’s face.
After finishing Muay Thai, I was as exhausted as I was when I finished Team FEAR (Far East Adventure Racing). Hope I don’t get too tired out.
Patrick
