Fight Night 2

I missed posting this last week and need to get it up before I forget about it. I had developed a strategy for the second degree black belt that I had thought about all week and applied it at fight night. My plan was to get inside and take away the distance, and strip from my adversary the ability to kick at me. I was planning on getting in close and unleashing a flurry of punches timed out and placed exactly where I wanted them.

The result was perfect. I moved in with a Jab, then another Jab, then a Hook around his defense, and I finished with an Uppercut. All of which landed, and was followed by a "nice uppercut" from the owner of the school.

I also managed to land an inside to out back leg crescent kick.

It was a three minute fight which at the end I was out of breath. He waited until I tired out and asked me if I was tired, I said yessir, and he unloaded on me.

I have a long way to go in order to catch up with the black belt. Which I will one day. I view it as a Ken-Ryu type relationship. He helped me out after the fight and said it was much better than the first, he also told me to exhale when I punch or kick to keep my breath going.

I applied that in the next fight against a Red-black belt and found my stamina to be much better. Again I went inside with the punching combos and I kept catching this kid with his guard down. I'm constantly moving side to side and circling, which I found keeps my opponents from planting their feet and unleashing combos on me. It forces them to catch me on the move, and makes it harder for them to hit me. This was more than this kid could handle because I kept circling and striking. So much so that the owner of the school asked "why is my red-black belt not in control of this ring right now?". I was really embarrassed however when the owner said "stop", I thought he had said "what did you guys stop?" or something along those lines because the kid dropped his guard and I hit him square in the face twice. I must have apologized three times after the fight to him.

And that was it, two fights, and I learned a lot more about myself in the matter of breath control, and I proved to myself that getting inside worked. I really need to start running so I can work on bettering my stamina, so I can last in these fights.