A Revelation

Yesterday, Det (who is definitely now my favourite padman) did something awesome for me.  Its amazing how tiny adjustments can have massive impacts.
I've been slightly hunched over, looking to load up on my punches and throw hooks.  I had my hands close to my jaw, elbows tucked in.  Basically it was more of a boxing style than a Muay Thai stance.  All Det did was put the Thai pads down and make me stand upright and raise my elbows.  All of a sudden, my hips were free and my straight punches and kicks had 100% more power behind them.  It was just an adjustment of an inch or two in terms of my hips and just and inch higher with my hands and elbows.  I guess that's the genius of an experienced trainer at work there.  Armed with this new found power as an upright fighter I hit the pads with renewed vigour.  I can always hunch and tuck up when I get on the inside but from now on, I'm all about the traditional Thai stance on the outside.
I also had a rather geeky moment.  On the last round on the pads he did what he usually did and started up with some combos and then had me throwing power shots.  On the '10 uppercut, go!' I couldn't resist thinking 'TIGER UPPERCUT' as I threw each one.  Sad, I know....but I still got a bit more vim into each one because of it.  And, for the record, it was the Super Street Fighter II sound, not the modern SF4 sound!
Had an awesome chicken massaman curry and 2 helpings of rice for dinner for not much money and then headed to the hotel to watch the England match.  I got wasted on a couple of six-packs of Chang that I bought at Tesco on the way home and I have a bit of a hangover this morning...d'oh.  Well, at least we won!