So I had a real tough workout last night. We were working our last drill, and I was totally drained. The drill was a basic jab-cross-hook combo, but the pad holder would circle around with the pad down, and when he held it up, you had to be ready to slaughter it from wherever you are. Since this is the last drill of the night, we are expected to go all out. So I’m about a minute into the last 2 minute drill, and all of a sudden, I realize that I’m back weighting. About another 20 seconds, and I’m in a full blown San Ti using CMA mechanics. I’m throwing the jab back weighted, then shift to the front foot with a slight follow step on the cross, and back to rear foot again for a pretty standard lead hook. (crushing peanuts)

So here’s the question. If I ‘reverted to Kung Fu’ in my kickboxing class, what exactly are all those CMA people we see on video reverting to if they’ve never trained kickboxing?