We spent Saturday and today kick blocking. Monday we're going to mix it up a little, no real head hunting and if you want to take someone to ground, resist. The purpose of this exercise will be to get comfortable using your hands and feet in offense and defense situations.
This is an exercise in using your hands and feet in a "weapons free" fashion. So this week, we'll get to try out our zone defenses and our kick blocking. I'm not the world's greatest kick boxer, in fact, I kind of stink, but I use the assets I have to make sure I don't get dead, I found a style I can live with. You all have to find what works for you. This week should be a start towards that aim. I know we are not a kick boxing class per se, I just want everyone to tie offense and defense together and play a little.
Mouthguards are mandatory!!
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Falling week
Okay, this is falling week. As pointed out to me from a few sources, we need to learn this stuff. We have covered the front fall, side fall and falling backwards. Is anybody confident enough to do this on the ground yet ?
Okay, so we will do this again. This stuff has to be right. The documentation on this stuff is less than good, but really falling is something you have to feel. So we'll feel it again and again.
Special thanks to Paul Akl for showing up as a fall and stunt guy.
Okay, so we will do this again. This stuff has to be right. The documentation on this stuff is less than good, but really falling is something you have to feel. So we'll feel it again and again.
Special thanks to Paul Akl for showing up as a fall and stunt guy.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Why I hate going to ground in a street fight.
To me, going to ground was all about fun and games, until I remembered the last time I went to ground in a fight there was beer, road salt, water (I hope) and everything else on the floor of the bar. My mind drifted off to thoughts of hot pavement and broken glass, I have to get a new mind.
Some folks love to go to ground by choice, but this isn't the UFC we're talking about, this is a street, an alley way or the local tavern, when you fall it won't be on a mat, your head, knees, elbows and hands will not like going to ground on any of the above mentioned venues. The thought of rolling around in a parking lot is less than appealing.
We train to take advantage of an opportunity, if you see one on the ground go for it, but please think about disabling the attacker quickly in stand up. If you're tackled fight to end the guy, just be aware of your envionment, there might even be a useful tool in the alley, a bottle or other various street crud that could come in handy
Some folks love to go to ground by choice, but this isn't the UFC we're talking about, this is a street, an alley way or the local tavern, when you fall it won't be on a mat, your head, knees, elbows and hands will not like going to ground on any of the above mentioned venues. The thought of rolling around in a parking lot is less than appealing.
We train to take advantage of an opportunity, if you see one on the ground go for it, but please think about disabling the attacker quickly in stand up. If you're tackled fight to end the guy, just be aware of your envionment, there might even be a useful tool in the alley, a bottle or other various street crud that could come in handy
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
This week and essential Krav Maga nutrients
Okay, this weekend I am going to a seminar, so I know the head of the IKI federation is going to want me to have fed all the students the proper diet of techniques. So in addition to aggression drills we are going to cover ground and grabs ( I hear the groaning, c'mon, we have to do this ).
Personally I'd rather have fun striking and kicking, but we need to do this stuff, if I get off track, somebody please remind me. The way I see it is that if you're on your back, with your opponent in top position, it's not good. Whatever the person has at hand, a knife or fist, we are going to learn how to burst out of it. Maybe get the person into a choke on the reversal.
Guys (impersonal pronoun...did I say that, wow?), we'll do plenty of fun stuff this week, lots of agression drills, stuff like that but we also have to "eat our vegetables". Maybe some kick blocking into takedowns as well. Sometimes it's just fun to really push it physically, but we have to do what we must.
Personally I'd rather have fun striking and kicking, but we need to do this stuff, if I get off track, somebody please remind me. The way I see it is that if you're on your back, with your opponent in top position, it's not good. Whatever the person has at hand, a knife or fist, we are going to learn how to burst out of it. Maybe get the person into a choke on the reversal.
Guys (impersonal pronoun...did I say that, wow?), we'll do plenty of fun stuff this week, lots of agression drills, stuff like that but we also have to "eat our vegetables". Maybe some kick blocking into takedowns as well. Sometimes it's just fun to really push it physically, but we have to do what we must.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Dangle and mangle week
Well, not the most exciting week, which is why I punctuate it with drills. Grabs, takedowns, stuff like that, really annoying stuff, I know, but it's neccessary, if every opponent were to stand to us, all we'd have to be is a boxer of some kind. Things get nasty, they do go to ground and all gets frustrating.
Saturday will be the last day of it. We're going to briefly go over takedown defense and of course offense, hey, you may have to shoot for one to get in that top position. Also, this is just the time to do some other annoying stuff again, grabs, maybe even a purse snatching or two.
Chokes are an entirely different matter. As part of a defense to a bad or stuffed double leg it's a good defense. Hmm...we did some work on the guillotine choke.
Saturday will be the last day of it. We're going to briefly go over takedown defense and of course offense, hey, you may have to shoot for one to get in that top position. Also, this is just the time to do some other annoying stuff again, grabs, maybe even a purse snatching or two.
Chokes are an entirely different matter. As part of a defense to a bad or stuffed double leg it's a good defense. Hmm...we did some work on the guillotine choke.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Stab and Grab Part 2
Today was a good day and the end of "Stab and Grab" week, and the start of one of my favorites, "Dangle and Mangle" (clinches, elbows, chokes). I think the thing that really got me was that everybody started finding what works for them. This is a good thing.
Today, for those who attended we were facing off in 5 square foot areas, 1 attacker, 1 defender, 2 minute rounds (honest guys, they were), we covered a lot on knife blocking and attacking off the block, which is what we are here for, to move aggressively off the block. Some guys wrapped some went to back locks of a kind, the body perpendicular to the opponents body. (did I use perpendicular in a sentense ???).
Some folks noticed that a lot of this is based on the 360 degree defense, yes it is. This is one of our underlying concepts. We should always think about the principles that underly what we do, the 360 degree defense and Retzev, constant moving, or should I say continuous attacking until the opponent drops.
Today, for those who attended we were facing off in 5 square foot areas, 1 attacker, 1 defender, 2 minute rounds (honest guys, they were), we covered a lot on knife blocking and attacking off the block, which is what we are here for, to move aggressively off the block. Some guys wrapped some went to back locks of a kind, the body perpendicular to the opponents body. (did I use perpendicular in a sentense ???).
Some folks noticed that a lot of this is based on the 360 degree defense, yes it is. This is one of our underlying concepts. We should always think about the principles that underly what we do, the 360 degree defense and Retzev, constant moving, or should I say continuous attacking until the opponent drops.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Knife week, Day 1
Really good class guys, we learned some of the alternatives in a 1 on 1 situation against a moving opponent. We learned to Survive and Evade. We learned how to react when cornered, this was day 1. We learned that a small slap, or bending body movement can really change a situation, it can keep you alive.
This is one of those classes that has to be done live. Try to make it habit that when you do the knife slap down, please keep your thumb up, out of the way of the knife. Always be mobile, sure it gets hard, we let up a little when fatigue sets in or we just plain get stupid, happens to all of us. A wise man once said "The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle." So true.
Saturday, we are going to learn a little more about flowing with the knife although all did well. Working with or against a knife is fluid motion up until the most brutal disarm you can throw on the opponent. None of this is pretty, except the movement of the knife. Using your body to move the knife can make your stabbing a bit faster and please remember if you are the attacker, if you see a guy raise up a forearm and you are in zone 1 -3, shave that forearm with the blade. I ordered a couple more knives, hopefully they will be here by Friday, just in time for Saturday's mayhem.
This is one of those classes that has to be done live. Try to make it habit that when you do the knife slap down, please keep your thumb up, out of the way of the knife. Always be mobile, sure it gets hard, we let up a little when fatigue sets in or we just plain get stupid, happens to all of us. A wise man once said "The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle." So true.
Saturday, we are going to learn a little more about flowing with the knife although all did well. Working with or against a knife is fluid motion up until the most brutal disarm you can throw on the opponent. None of this is pretty, except the movement of the knife. Using your body to move the knife can make your stabbing a bit faster and please remember if you are the attacker, if you see a guy raise up a forearm and you are in zone 1 -3, shave that forearm with the blade. I ordered a couple more knives, hopefully they will be here by Friday, just in time for Saturday's mayhem.
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