Catching the Teep & Striking from the Top (diary entry)

06.03.19   The nephew and uncle double lesson tonight saw continued work on basic Muay Thai and ground fighting.   The junior lesson brought in more clinch-work and kick catches. The clinch-work included some aggressive sweeps and the kick catch looked at unbalancing the teep. Previous techniques and combinations were revised on the focus mitts. The lesson finished with a round of sparring.   The senior lesson began with top position work, looking at striking from side control, scarf-hold and knee-pins. Here my client used some of the angle strikes we have been going through using stick and knife attribute training, as well as setting up chokes, key-locks and arm-bars. We then went over the electric chair sweep, finishing it with the same side control attacks we had been drilling.   The lesson finished with two 5 minute MMA rounds of specific sparring. In both instances the client fought from the top position.