Muay Thai (private w/Casey)

I would really like to incorporate Muay Thai into my schedule for a few major reasons; #1 - super good cardio training and #2 - it's just fun to hit things and #3 - it will help loosen up my hips and flexbility for BJJ.
So, the goal is to be able to attend *regular* muay thai classes and at least feel like I'm performing each movement safely and correctly (before doing it wrong 5,000 times). With that goal in mind I have started private lessons with Casey. My goal is to learn and perform all the basic fundamentals correctly.

So, I had my first class Tuesday morning (5/5) and it was AWESOME!!!!!!!!
In just the first 45 minutes I came to trust Casey - when he said that I could stop looking where I was hitting and instead look at his chest and trust that I'll still see what I need to see I was very skeptical, but I tried it anyway, and he was right. There were many mini-trust scenarios like that. So, in just 45 minutes I feel like there was 200% improvement. Granted, we were starting from scratch. :)
He is a really great teacher and I look forward to a long teacher/student relationship with him.

So, here are my notes from that class:
GENERIC
-don't bounce, march
-breathe!!
-don't look/follow punches. Focus center, let peripheral do the work
-Distance - Feels too close to me sometimes and slightly to far other times, but I'm always wrong. I think it's just not natural to me yet. Measure including the shoulder extension with the jab.
-After anything, always get the gloves back in defense right away

KICK
-It's not the speed that brings the leg around...so practice it slowly
-Bring the leg off the floor in basically the natural direction that it was on the mat and bring it around in an arc that will come slightly down on the target
-Make sure to stuff with the hand
-keep the torso engaged, don't lean away from the fight/kick
-for the left leg there will be a quick switch of feet

JAB
-jab bring the shoulder up to protect

HOOK
-The thumb stays up
-Using the rotation of the hip

Combination
Push hard enough with the open hand left hook to sell it in order to get them to weight the front leg
Step quickly and cleanly out of the alley
Stuff them up...and use them for balance...with your right hand
Kick that weighted leg