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I'm now two classes into MT and for now they are free, but before I start paying just wanted to ask if anyone's heard of Manu Ntoh (the instructor). He has some pretty impressive credentials on the site ( http://www.alliancebjj.com/instructors.shtml ), and my BS meter hasn't been going off during the classes so that's a good sign. He's amazingly friendly and definitely looks like he knows what he's talking about.
That aside, I'm loving it so far even though I'm taking somewhat of a beating. I got kicked in the face yesterday and caught someone's knee with my shin sparring so there is a large bump there now...but otherwise it's amazing and I never sweat so much in my life. While I'm here being long-winded, how much shin pain is normal? I can kick the heavy banana bags a good four-five times hard and after that I have to slow down a bit. Stays tender till the next class but nothing major, feels kinda good (accomplished?). Just want to make sure I'm not rushing into it too fast and risking injuring myself. Manu is amazingly nice and very helpful, as are most of the guys in the class, from rookies to the more experienced ones. They go easy for now and tell/show me what I'm doing wrong.
One last thing...are there any methods you guys use for judging distance with kicks (which part of your leg will hit) or is it just pure experience and practice? I rather often end up hitting the bag with the end of my foot and that's quite painful. Also any tips on getting my leg to hit straight on instead of kinda at an angle and having friction with the bag pull the skin on my shin down while my leg is trying to go up? Not sure how else to explain it but it's probably a good 50% of the pain right now.
Sorry if this is a lot for a newcomer to unload on all of you but I read the entire MT forum and hope I'm asking fairly unique questions. Any responses would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
(And is it bad to kick a bag between training days (M, W, F) or should I let my leg recover a bit?)
That aside, I'm loving it so far even though I'm taking somewhat of a beating. I got kicked in the face yesterday and caught someone's knee with my shin sparring so there is a large bump there now...but otherwise it's amazing and I never sweat so much in my life. While I'm here being long-winded, how much shin pain is normal? I can kick the heavy banana bags a good four-five times hard and after that I have to slow down a bit. Stays tender till the next class but nothing major, feels kinda good (accomplished?). Just want to make sure I'm not rushing into it too fast and risking injuring myself. Manu is amazingly nice and very helpful, as are most of the guys in the class, from rookies to the more experienced ones. They go easy for now and tell/show me what I'm doing wrong.
One last thing...are there any methods you guys use for judging distance with kicks (which part of your leg will hit) or is it just pure experience and practice? I rather often end up hitting the bag with the end of my foot and that's quite painful. Also any tips on getting my leg to hit straight on instead of kinda at an angle and having friction with the bag pull the skin on my shin down while my leg is trying to go up? Not sure how else to explain it but it's probably a good 50% of the pain right now.
Sorry if this is a lot for a newcomer to unload on all of you but I read the entire MT forum and hope I'm asking fairly unique questions. Any responses would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
(And is it bad to kick a bag between training days (M, W, F) or should I let my leg recover a bit?)
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