Todays session was more art than martial but don't let that fool you there was a lot of application in the learning. These drills help with flight time, constant repetition of motion and working on the correct body mechanics. After that you are then looking at range, are you using the full length of the stick or are you "flat sticking"?
Footwork comes into play, working on angles and hitting out of motion. And then there is co-ordination... what ever your right hand does so does your left (or as I like to call it, the strange hand that must belong to someone else!) and being able to strike no matter where your hand/stick is.
Stick Drills (double stick)
All partner drills hitting sticks
From open guard
1) R hand, A1 and 2, L hand A1 and 2 (we also did this moving forward and backward)
2) R hand High, Low, L hand high , Low
3) R hand High, Low, High L hand high , Low, High
4) R hand Low, High, Low, L hand Low, High , Low
Variation including circular movement: start circling clock wise right lead: R hand High, Low, High L hand high , Low, High, R hand Low, High, Low, L hand Low, High , Low THEN change direction but start with left hand in the same pattern as above
5) R hand: A1, A2, L hand: A1, A2, R hand: H,L,H L hand: H,L,H
Variation: Add odd series 1 at the end of combo (in chambered stance R hand A 1, bring that hand back to your right shoulder and simultaneous left hand A1 left hand goes back to left shoulder and right hand hits anther A1 follow through to left armpit so now chambered on left side and repeat)
6) R hand: A1, A2, L hand: A1, A2, R hand: H,L,H, L hand: H,L,H, R hand: L,H,L, L hand: L,H,L
Variation: Add odd series 2 roof block (in chambered stance R hand A 1, bring that hand back to roof block and simultaneous left hand A1 left hand goes back to left shoulder and right hand hits anther A1 follow through sto left armpit so now chambered on left side and repeat)
7) Cob Cob: (open guard watik type motion) right, left - H,H (stick pointing up), right, left - mid, mid (stick pointing down but aimed at elbow height don't go to low), right, left - low low (bend knees keep stick pointing down)
Variation: Add Odd series 3 umbrella (in chambered stance R hand A 1, follow through and wrap round you head/brush hair motion and simultaneous left hand A1 left hand goes back to left shoulder and right hand hits anther A1 follow through to left armpit so now chambered on left side and repeat)
8) as above bust do a couple starting with right hand then change to left hand to start
9) open to close cob cob: start with right hand - HH, Mid mid, LL on the last Low hit follow through so you are chambered under the arm and do an angle one and follow through on the high line. your arms should now be crossed in front of you (closed). now do same motion as cob cob but keep your arms crossed (use your waist to move you and slight arm extension) but start with your left hand: HH, mid mid, LL - when you do the last low hit follow through and come to an open guard then repeat form start.
10) - stick cycle
RH - A1, A2,
LH - A1, A2
RH - H, L, H
LH - H,L, H
RH - L,H,L
LH - L,H,L
Open Cob cob
Closed cob cob
11) Heaven 6 into odd series 1, Heaven 6 into odd series 2 (roof block), Heaven 6 into Odd series 3 (umbrella)
We did a lot of variations and the brain was fried so I may have missed something or got something a little wrong but you get the general idea. It was really important to work on range and the ability to hit while moving. none of these were static and there was a lot of footwork involved (regardless of what lead you were in). Always lots to work on but this is my personal favourite of all the arts and you can get totally lost in the flow of it.
Ground work BJJ
From my favourite to... the one I need most work on.
Ground work flow drills partner compliant sambrada style (counter for counter)
The aim of these flow were to help each other get used to positions, seeing shapes, applying a submission and then releasing t allow your partner to "escape" gain a better position and then apply their own technique. There was no rush in this drill and no resistance as such (other than body weight). A lovely drill to build and polish what you know whilst trying out a few new things.
This certainly highlighted to me how much thinking I am having to do with groundwork at the moment, thinking about weight distribution, how to move on the ground, how to counter how to make space, what submission to use how to actually apply it etc, etc. much more flight time is needed in order to make these things more natural and instinctive.
I'm not sure if everyone did this but I then worked with Steve, starting compliant, and then we built so that he added some resistance and "made it more challenging" by challenging I mean trying to wrestle a bear! (and he wasn't even trying thank god). Basically I had to try and get a submission and he was purely defending. To be honest I felt somewhat lost at this stage, I could only remember about 3 submissions and that's being generous. So I used the opportunity to focus on one thing and one thing only... moving. All I wanted to do was get myself in better positions and put him in worse ones (definitely NOT easy).. but my thinking was IF I can start to build confidence and ability in moving around then opportunities would shown them selves, if I hunted for them I was countered immediately!
Needless to say this needs a lot of work and I definitely need to work on isolation drills focusing on transitions, drilling the licks/chokes and getting used to moving my own body around the ground.
Some of the techniques we worked included scarf hold, side 4 quarters, mount and guard positions. I saw arm bars, kimura's Americana's and a triangle choke or two.
As always happy for questions, comments and suggestions.
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