Back to the Street Fighting grind

I returned to Street Fighting this morning. My old teacher Javie looks the same, except his hair might be longer and has more facial hair. His new students are named Dennis and Kara. Kara can actually throw punches. Anyway ...

• Correction: Since last time, I thought an elbow can only be thrown from the rear hand. BUT an elbow can be thrown from the lead hand as long as it's like a snap and with a lean. Only if an elbow is thrown with the lead hand at full strength will one lose balance.
• Sidekicks should only be thrown at the side, hence why they're called sidekicks. The base foot pivots first, then the other kicks.
• Don't lean like a boxer when throwing a hook. Just snap it (reminiscent of Bruce Lee's "economy of motion" principle).
• I sparred in slow motion with Kara and then Dennis.
• New move: Overhand palm strike to the temple/ear/jaw. (Looks like something UFC fighter Chuck Liddel would do.) Other forearm protects the face, at least up to the nose.
• Drill: Finger jab to the eyes, step in with the rear elbow. ("Fall on your elbow onto their face.")
• Drill: Snap kick to the groin, straight palm to the face (from same side as kicking side), other straight palm to the face.
• New move: Rear foot hops up in place of lead foot, (Remember to bring knee up high) lead foot leans in for a push kick. (It's funny because it's basically how we would execute a ponteira - or push kick - with the lead foot in Capoeira).
• Drill: Back kick to the groin.
• Each of us had to endure 1 minute of being ganged up on by the rest of the class holding up pads.
• For conditioning, we used animal crawls, bear crawls, fast bear crawls, and walking in squat position to cross the room back and forth.

Later, the family went to eat at some place down the street from the gym. Coincidentally, Javie was there.

MOMMY: You said your teacher's a doctor?
RYAN: Later he clarified veterinarian. But he says "animal doctor."

The we bought Apyong some expensive sneakers. I had a flashback of when I was 15 and Apyong's older brother Bong was 10 and Philip bought Bong what would be his 1st shoes ever. (Yes, Bong didn't wear shoes for the 1st time until he was 10.)