Fuckin' burst (on the hammerfist)

I finally returned to guitar practice and rocked as much as I could. I had difficulty because the nails on my left hand were too long to accurately press the strings with my finger tips. My nails haven't been cut since I got that pedicure and manicure in the Philippines (see entry 1/4/10) almost a month ago! I also drank coffee.

I started using my 1-week pass for Krav Maga. I tried making it to the 6:45PM class, but got there late because of traffic and had to wait for the 8:45PM class. I bummed around in the mall across the street.

We warmed up with burpees (push-ups into jumps with knees touching at least the elbows, repeat), stomach crunches, crab crawls, and crawling with just forearms.

The 2 most important things I learned tonight:

• When being choked from the front, stabilize by 1 leg falling backward into a stance. The arm on the opposite side shoots up, trying to press against your ear, and crashes down on their arms with the elbow; simultaneously trap their hands with your other hand, follow up with back elbow to their face and anything else.
• When being choked from behind, stabilize by 1 leg falling forward into a stance. If they're choking you at 5mph, for example, you go faster. The arm on the opposite side shoots in front of you and turns into a back horizontal hammerfist, using that momentum to spin around.

The teacher was nice. I mentioned I'm getting ready for law school. He told me that the instructor on Thursday night is an attorney and that I should "ask her out." I'm not sure if that's supposed to mean how it sounds. If so, I hope she's a looker.