At long last

Sbeen awhile since i last updated. Busy with a lot of stuff lately. Preparing for some big e-learning event for the school. Going for mixed martial arts training (I'll get right into this soon). Been drawing more for my mate's project and also errr... jogging. Yeah.


Anyways, as i wus saying in the paragraph above. Mixed Martial Arts (aka MMA). Yeah, for those who have been reading ever since the inception, I'm in an art form called Kyokushin Kaikan Karate. Kyokushin fer u short-term memory sods. Anyways back to MMA, i recently hooked up with a pal of mine, Haris who does Hapkido & Aikido. Git's a black belt in Hapkido. So pretty much experienced ar. The other person i wus introed to is Ashraf. He does Capoeira on top of Kyokushin. Making me the New Blood amongst them. So we gots us a good mix o grapplin n strikin styles. Venue wus at a multi-storey carpark, Clementi.
The session began with the norm warm-ups, pad works and some lite conditioning. Then comes the sparring... wooooooo...

Fight #1: Me & Ashraf. Pretty straight forward strikers both o us. He has more grace and fluidity due to his capoeira background. Exchanged few strikes... after about 4 mins or so. Thus ended the spar. No clear sign who came out better. But tis a good start.

Fight #2: Ashraf & Haris. Heh, this Haris is a silent non-asuming fighter. Very relaxed and confident. Ashraf wus gettin in his capoeira groove; gettin a few kicks. Next thing you know, Haris grabbed a hold o his legs and did a twist and lock. Ashraf on his belly, was at the mercy of Haris... the fight ended and more or less I think i'd give the victory to Haris.

Fight #3: Haris & me. My turn. Got a few strikes on him. Tried to play his game and grapple. Heh bad mistake. He got da full mount on me, and tried to choke me. I resisted fer awhile before running outta stamina... heh. Haris IS skillful, without a doubt.

Interlude. Drank some water. Chitchat fer a bit. Back to the battle...

Fight #4: Haris & Ashraf. Heh..well wat dyu know. Lightning strikes twice. Haris managed ta catch his leg again and this time applied a tad bit too much of pressure. Ashraf was in a bit o pain. Thus ended with the match in Haris's favor.

Fight #5: Haris & me. I learnt me mistakes from da previous fight. Screw grappling, im gonna keep it straight up. Traded a few punches and kicks. Landed one near his liver. Haris called fer a time out. Hey hey! One fer the New Blood!

Fight #6: Me & Ashraf. Heh, fer this duel, Ashraf applied karate stance in lieu of his capoeira. Both of us got some good hits in. I went close and tried giving knees. Not sure whether it had any effect tho. Kept on striking him with punches and jabs and outta the blue, seeing an opening i sent a quick kick to his midriff. He doubled over. Damn, on the way ta hit his side, grazed the groin. Seriously didnt intend for it to be that way. As it is, Ashraf called time out.


Yeah. Sweet. I got scraps, bruises and blisters. Worth it. Talked for awhile, thinking about gettin a few more sods ta join and all dat. Great lesson and here's to more!