Yesterday was sparring. For the third time now only I showed up for the class. My buddy Daniel was already there for some earlier open gym training and was surprised someone showed so he decided to stay and spar. Coach Anthony remarked how he's probably going to nix the class because nobody ever attends, but that he'll incorporate sparring throughout the week so I'll still get the training in. His other idea was to maybe invite other gyms to spar on this day. People are wimps.
My defense is really bad. It's okay for the first round or two but it quickly deteriorates if I'm working up a sweat. My chin comes up too much and I leave myself open when I throw if I'm a little tired. I also need to move more laterally when under fire instead of backing up.
My jab continues to give everyone trouble and they remark on that, which is cool. I'm throwing more kicks now and trying to stand more laterally at behest of the coach, although I just watched a YouTube video where the instructor says that in Muay Thai you want to stand square unlike in boxing.
At one point I checked a kick and he was limping so he took a break.
Near the end of the session I got caught in a combo that ended with a head kick that caught me right under my eye. I saw stars and had to stop because I couldn't see out of it for several minutes, so coach called it a day. There was a lot of blood.
Just rested up for the remainder of the night because I work today. Went out to Rite-Aid and bought some butterfly band-aids. Already had Neosporin.
