Counter & Combination Sparring Drills (diary entry)

05.10.19 Saturday morning saw a continuation of the course I covered on Thursday with the same client. This is his penultimate lesson in a 10 hour course of seven lessons, bringing us up to the nine hour point. This particular course is focused entirely on stand-up sparring with a strong bias towards Muay Thai. After a warm-up of callisthenics and footwork on the agility ladders, we got straight into the following sparring drills: Round One: One for one sparring Round Two: Light kick sparring (no shin pads) Round Three: Kick return sparring (shin pads) Round Four: Clinch (curve knee strike/turn counter knee strike) Round Five: One, one-two, one-two-three combination sparring Round Six: Teep/jab versus everything sparring Round Seven: Round-kick/hook versus everything sparring Round Eight: Combination vs combination sparring The lesson was finished with PNF stretching.