07/05/2021
Senior students pressure testing. I'm putting this up as a reference point for later. This is a drill to help us see areas we need to work on. It's full contact at some points, but this is not a full out fight.
1st clip: Christos.
Great head movement as usual, even after I tricked him a little at the beginning. There's a reason his manbun still lives after all this time! It would have been a bit better with more counter punches, but he did good keeping me at range with kicks at one point so there was less of a need for them.
2nd clip: Alex.
He used strong kicks to keep me at a distance, but a few of them were off-center so I was able to get past them. Awesome sidekick at one point!
He's comfortable in the trapping/grappling ranges so he didn't make it a priority to escape the corners as much, but it would be better to have that kind of mobility while hitting as a more comfortable option as time goes on. Adding one or two more punches to his combos would be good as well.
3rd clip: Me.
The man wearing the suit didn't put as much pressure on me as I was putting on the other students. It was his first time wearing the thing, and it takes some time to get used to. So I didn't get as much of a chance to react under pressure as I'd like. But he still provided a great opportunity for me to practice getting past someone's guard.
I saw my hands drop when kicking more than what I would like, and there were a few moments where I made myself vulnerable to a take-down when I didn't have to. Other than that, I was surprised to see just how much trapping I ended up using. It does seem to work well against people who turtle up though so I might as well.
