Krav Maga

So I took the free introductory class last nite at the new Krav Maga place. It was cool all in all, and pretty much what I expected. The class started with the history of KM, then we did a warm up, stances, left jabs, right straights, and front snap kicks, all to cranked up music. We did a front choke escape last. Then we got the sales pitch. You definitely will get in shape if you take Krav Maga, as we had to do a couple exhaustion drills which had me sweating and huffing and puffing. 

The only downside was that this morning when I got up my right LCL (the ligament that goes on the outside of your knee and connects your top leg to your bottom leg) was jacked! I think I must've stretched it during the manic snap kick drill, although it felt fine last nite. So I've got to wait until this heals up before I go back. Bitter. Anyway, I plan on taking KM over the summer while we're on hiatus from jujitsu.

What I liked about the class compared to my jujitsu class is that in jujitsu we don't really strike and punch much, and when we do we always step and punch (something I would never do in real life) and we punch the air. In KM you wail on a pad or focus mitt. Big difference. Also it seems that KM relies more on gross motor skills, rather than the fine motor skills of jujitsu. I can see the gross motor skills holding up better during the chaos and fear in a real attack.

The one thing I didn't see in the intro class was how they block/defend. It will be interesting to see their perspective because I feel some of the blocks/defenses in jujitsu (knife and kicks) are ridiculous. 

Trey's School Awards

Trey, who has inherited his dad's big brain :-), got an Outstanding Academic Achievement award, as well as a Science award in his first grade class. He also got a Music award and made the honor roll for the 4th consecutive quarter.