body combat 60

Highlights of the new release of Body Combat 60.  Class was packed. Half of them dressed up for the occasion, 80's style, as requested by instructor Robb, for there are several 80's tracks in this one. (re-mixed versions)  Think bright stripes, leg warmers, tube socks, neon jogging shorts, and Robb himself wore a vintage-ish Superman tank top, which immediately made me think "superman punch??"  looking forward to this... (see photo at the link below, i wasn't there yet when they took the picture, which is fine, i didn't dress up 80's-ish anyway)

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Because i did not get there early enough, i am banished to the second-to-the-last row, one of the only 2 available spaces for a body to jump, kick and punch without knocking out the fighter at your perimeter.  I find it's harder to really get into it, to put as much energy into the class, if i'm way in the back, hidden, where i'm not held accountable by the unforgiving mirror in front of me or the eyes of the instructor in front of me or all those behind me.  

just a few things i remember:

Upper body warm-up to Pat Benatar's  Hit me with your best shot...

Lower body warm-up to Katy Perry's Roar (remix, dance version of course) Endless hip rolls/ leg blocks, roundhouse kicks.



Return of some fun moves i love: decoy, that new karate strike sandwiched between guard move and back snap kick, and the ol' bob and weave. ah yes, the bob and weave, reminds me of the donut man at the boxing gym!  We used to do endless bob and weaves across the floor, sometimes underneath a rope stretched across the room.  miss that place, need to go back soon.  feel the need to punch some real bags again.

Capoeira moves, the switch lunges again. ouch.

Muay Thai. the tough one, the one we've been waiting for.  Not only does it introduce the Superman Punch, but it has no less than 351 knee strikes, only 88 of which are NOT the running-man style.




    



 Robb demonstrates the superman punch for us, and we give it a go.  Of course it comes in quick, right after a fast double upper-cut, ascending elbow strike, then WHOP!!  we hop on foot, slice the other leg straight back while extending that same arm forward in the aggressive jab to our unsuspecting opponent.  (note: i have been performing on a half-hearted, half-tank level today, partly due to being hidden in the back and partly because i just want to learn the moves correctly first...otherwise i would've been reduced to a breathless sweaty heap on the floor after this track.)



That's it for now. Hopefully next week I'll find a spot closer to the front where I'll be more motivated to sweat a little harder, especially as I get better at that Superman punch.


goodnight!!