Simple but not easy. Getting to work on some basic Boxing evasions, fine tuning and testing them and then exploring some basic stick work which is deeper than you would think at first glance. And remember evasion is a way or making space for you to attack, not to run away. Once you have the motion of evasion down a bit and have practiced some chaos (e.g. random order upping pace) then start to build some immediate/half beat replies so you are not just evading all the time. As with everything stick and evasion wise - range is key!
Warm up:
Shadow boxing
Boxing evasions:
Slips
Partner feeds a jab and cross - defender slips to the outside of each punch with minimal foot movement at this stage.
Important tips: Feeder aim for the face in a straight line. Please try and hit your partner (doesn't have to be hard or fast!) - otherwise there is no need to slip!. The motion of the slip is basically putting your shoulder where you head was. Imagine there is a ball in front of your chest. As you slip you are slamming that ball with your shoulder and getting your head off line. Also make sure the slip is tight. I often slip the punch but am wide on the slip, evading the punch and not enough forward momentum (hunter not hunted!) however although you practice for perfection at the end of the day as long as they miss who cares!
Slip and reply
As you slip the jab or cross, throw an uppercut with rear hand - this needs to be on the half beat. You are also trying to close the distance as you slip as well to close the range for uppercut.
Bob and weave
Partner feeds lead and rear hooks - the basic motion is to go in the direction the hook is coming (not towards it.. start with a slipping motion by getting shoulder forward, then roll underneath... don't bend over instead bend the knees.
Bob weave and reply
As you bob and weave throw a body hook (keep yourself covered!).
Tips: feeder practice your hooks. it is too tempting to throw long and wide but you are practicing a rubbish punch. Keep it tight and aim for the jaw.Then they have to really move and you practice good technique. defender play with range as you bob and weave - for ward pressure getting close to them for one slip (usually their right), as they adjust to hook again you bob away. You are aiming to slip right under their armpit. Darren has a great analogy of imagining you have spikes on your shoulders and you are trying to drive that into them as come up from the bob and weave.
Mixing feeds
Jab lead hook (slip and bob with replies)
Cross rear hook (slip and bob with replies)
We also practiced the "wrong slip" eg you end up inside and then having to adjust by doing a bob and weave to get back on outside line
Pad work:
start out of range so you have to come in and so you aren't getting hit form the start!
jab, slip return jab, cross, slip return cross, jab cross then get out of range (bob snap back whatever)
Jab, slip jab and uppercut, bob and weave right hook, hook cross hook get out
cross, slip cross uppercut, bob and weave left hook, cross hook cross get out
during these drills you can play with your slipping and bobbing e.g. move fwd and backwards left right in and out as you are evading to create angles
Stick work:
facing each other in square stance
1) step fwd right A1, A2, A1, A2, A1, A2 step fwd left and repeat
2) step fwd right A1, A2, A1, step fwd left A2, A1, A2
3) step fwd right A1 high, A2 low, A1 high step fwd left A2 high, A1 low, A2 high
4) step fwd right A1 high, A2 high, A1 low step fwd left A2 high, A1 high, A2 low
5) combine combo 2, 3 and 4
higher grades also did this with left hand
Tips: RANGE... you are hitting with tip of stick so stay long. Angles of hit - they are tight X shape hitting at temples not horizontal (a bit like you are doing a tennis serve forehand and back hand). When "hitting sticks" don't look at the sticks look at the target e,g, aim for the head/knee your movements become smoother and with more intent. use your hips, the stick motion is basically like throwing a jab cross hook etc so use same mechanics
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Friday, 17 August 2018
17/8/18: High volume Thai combos and takedowns into submissions.
Straight into it tonight, looking to up the intensity and repetitions.
Thai drill warm up: (lots of reps)
1) jab, rear round kick
2) lead hook rear round kick
3) lead uppercut rear round kick
4) jab cross round kick
In pairs, out of range so you can do a full 360 spin during round kick (starting low to help warm up!).
We do a lot of slow and smooth full body mechanics shadow boxing. Today we used this out of range partner drill to had some intensity to out mechanics, really whipping the kicks round (and coming round into a leg check stance at the end). Also when punching Steve suggested imaging you have a bag of marbles in each hand and that when you snap your punches out (with full rotation) you are trying to "shake/rattle the marbles" I found this analogy very helpful. Even through you were out of range and taking turns the target person can still visualise and practice defences and movement (just don't touch them!)
Rear round kick defence variations:
All off jab, rear round kick feed
1) Catch jab, Crush the kick into either teep or knee (with rear leg) into ABC
2) Catch jab, Cut kick, as they kick you step off in the direction the kick is going (e.g. right) and use lead leg to "cut" their standing leg, follow up with rear round kick.
3) Catch jab, Stop hit - step in and slightly off 45 (to jam their kick) and throw a cross before their kick lands
4) Catch jab, evade kick - shuffle step back then fwd following up with ABC. (as per boxing drills the other week.
We drilled these individually and then randomly in sets of 4 any order same feed (with intent)
Take downs:
1) Off Jab - parry and lead hand eye swipe, into lop and cross, dumog drag into figure 4 wrist lock take down. partner on side on floor with arm bend wedge arm against body cup wrist with both hands and pull straight up
2) Off Jab - split entry then immediate off set (push rear shoulder), skip step to side and simultaneous ear slap, hooking kick to back of knee with your rear leg. keep hold of an arm as they go down. to finish stamp on head, wedge arm between legs, sit down and fall back into arm bar
3) Off Cross - Split entry into dumog drag takedown into arm bar as above
4) Off Cross - Cut punch into arm bar (lat on elbow), to take down gently for the drill switch hands holding the arm, come down to floor with lead knee and use your lead hand to brace on the floor, then slowly slide down. This one you can easily wrench your partner so go really slow to start and practice getting the lock on straight after the cut punch.
Lots to fine tune, mixing flowing and snappy shadow boxing, movement, applying combos and flowing form technique to techniques (e..g entries and locks/armbars) while making sure that they are tight and "on" as soon as you get hold of them
Thai drill warm up: (lots of reps)
1) jab, rear round kick
2) lead hook rear round kick
3) lead uppercut rear round kick
4) jab cross round kick
In pairs, out of range so you can do a full 360 spin during round kick (starting low to help warm up!).
We do a lot of slow and smooth full body mechanics shadow boxing. Today we used this out of range partner drill to had some intensity to out mechanics, really whipping the kicks round (and coming round into a leg check stance at the end). Also when punching Steve suggested imaging you have a bag of marbles in each hand and that when you snap your punches out (with full rotation) you are trying to "shake/rattle the marbles" I found this analogy very helpful. Even through you were out of range and taking turns the target person can still visualise and practice defences and movement (just don't touch them!)
Rear round kick defence variations:
All off jab, rear round kick feed
1) Catch jab, Crush the kick into either teep or knee (with rear leg) into ABC
2) Catch jab, Cut kick, as they kick you step off in the direction the kick is going (e.g. right) and use lead leg to "cut" their standing leg, follow up with rear round kick.
3) Catch jab, Stop hit - step in and slightly off 45 (to jam their kick) and throw a cross before their kick lands
4) Catch jab, evade kick - shuffle step back then fwd following up with ABC. (as per boxing drills the other week.
We drilled these individually and then randomly in sets of 4 any order same feed (with intent)
Take downs:
1) Off Jab - parry and lead hand eye swipe, into lop and cross, dumog drag into figure 4 wrist lock take down. partner on side on floor with arm bend wedge arm against body cup wrist with both hands and pull straight up
2) Off Jab - split entry then immediate off set (push rear shoulder), skip step to side and simultaneous ear slap, hooking kick to back of knee with your rear leg. keep hold of an arm as they go down. to finish stamp on head, wedge arm between legs, sit down and fall back into arm bar
3) Off Cross - Split entry into dumog drag takedown into arm bar as above
4) Off Cross - Cut punch into arm bar (lat on elbow), to take down gently for the drill switch hands holding the arm, come down to floor with lead knee and use your lead hand to brace on the floor, then slowly slide down. This one you can easily wrench your partner so go really slow to start and practice getting the lock on straight after the cut punch.
Lots to fine tune, mixing flowing and snappy shadow boxing, movement, applying combos and flowing form technique to techniques (e..g entries and locks/armbars) while making sure that they are tight and "on" as soon as you get hold of them
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
16/8/18: Clinch workshop and knife work
High repetitions working the basics, breaking it down step by step then getting more flow. Been a while since we worked clinch so some good reminders and an introduction for many others.
Clinch Drills:
Worked off of a jab entry.
1) Waslik (scoop) the jab, crash in with elbow towards head (cover your head as you do this and drive forward, their head is at the end of their arm you don't even have to look!)... don't get too caught up with "scooping" the jab most important part is to get it off line (like the long guard) so you can crash in , you can scoop the arm as you crash in closer... after the elbow crash use that arm to check your opponents rear hand while you other hand hits the neck while going for a single clinch (using blade of forearm..top half of arm closer to hand).. then go into double arm clinch.
2) Waslik (scoop) the jab, then crash in with hammerfist and pulse... then continue into the clinch as above.
Defender tips: Once you are in the clinch bend knees to drop low and get your lead leg touching their thigh so you are bringing your hips in and next to theirs. This starts to make it hard for you to be manipulated and jams up their arms to stall an elbow form hitting you (you can also get one of your arms over their clinching arms to help defend)... drill this so that you are trying to do this as soon as the clinch is on you.
Adding knees (break defence):
Either entry above, defender gets hips in close as described above. Clincher pushes one elbow forward, hard, and pulls hips away at same time creating space. Then do 3x skipping knees (straight forward.)
Round knees:
After a couple of straight knees add some round knees (aimed at ribs) to get this motion imagine standing with feet shoulder width apart. skip to the left (bring your right foot to you left foot, then swing you knee out to side and then forcibly back to the centre (lifting knee up over 90degrees and trying to bring it down as you bring your knee across, hitting with the inside of your knee) to skip right you bring your left foot to where your right foot is first.
Manipulating balance:
Entry into clinch as above, break defence and go straight into a round knee, make sure your kneeing leg lands forward, pivot on that leg and using your momentum and your arms like a steering wheel, slightly twist neck, and bring them around into follow up knees.
Clinch tips: never go for clinch with both hands, one at a time. Hand high up on back of head one hand on top of other, pinch your elbows in tight squeezing their head and driving elbows into clavical, use hand to roll head down. This will make neck sore quickly if not used to it or haven't done for a while, so put it on a couple of time but also lighten it up, once you have started to get the feel for it you can then add resistance etc. use the drills to develop sensitivity, to be able to get the clinch on, to stop the clinch and to quickly react if the clinch is on. Like all drills, these are only "moments" in a fight, extended for learning but will be over in seconds so worth taking the time enhance sensitivity and responses.
Pad round
felt like forever but maybe only 4 mins?
jab, cross, evade charging pad older by pivot left or right, then over hand uppercut.
Knife flow (a bit like numerada counter for counter:
In ice pick grip.
Isolating "defences"/movment then blending them adding another "defence" each time.
1) straight down middle feed - dagger pass (make sure you move whole body)
2) slight angles (e.g. A1) - shield cover (literally liting your other hand to block like a shield
3) off straight or angle feed - parry the hit and feed back a backhand horizontally (defender then paks the hit down and feeds back the same hit.
4) off straight down you do a shield block then roll over (wave and hack) pushing into body
5) add hubud (again better when its a tight narrow hit rather than a wide feed.)
mixing it all up adding each one to the mix as we practiced it till it became a little more "live" we all got stabbed we all smiled but we gradually got stabbed less!
Clinch Drills:
Worked off of a jab entry.
1) Waslik (scoop) the jab, crash in with elbow towards head (cover your head as you do this and drive forward, their head is at the end of their arm you don't even have to look!)... don't get too caught up with "scooping" the jab most important part is to get it off line (like the long guard) so you can crash in , you can scoop the arm as you crash in closer... after the elbow crash use that arm to check your opponents rear hand while you other hand hits the neck while going for a single clinch (using blade of forearm..top half of arm closer to hand).. then go into double arm clinch.
2) Waslik (scoop) the jab, then crash in with hammerfist and pulse... then continue into the clinch as above.
Defender tips: Once you are in the clinch bend knees to drop low and get your lead leg touching their thigh so you are bringing your hips in and next to theirs. This starts to make it hard for you to be manipulated and jams up their arms to stall an elbow form hitting you (you can also get one of your arms over their clinching arms to help defend)... drill this so that you are trying to do this as soon as the clinch is on you.
Adding knees (break defence):
Either entry above, defender gets hips in close as described above. Clincher pushes one elbow forward, hard, and pulls hips away at same time creating space. Then do 3x skipping knees (straight forward.)
Round knees:
After a couple of straight knees add some round knees (aimed at ribs) to get this motion imagine standing with feet shoulder width apart. skip to the left (bring your right foot to you left foot, then swing you knee out to side and then forcibly back to the centre (lifting knee up over 90degrees and trying to bring it down as you bring your knee across, hitting with the inside of your knee) to skip right you bring your left foot to where your right foot is first.
Manipulating balance:
Entry into clinch as above, break defence and go straight into a round knee, make sure your kneeing leg lands forward, pivot on that leg and using your momentum and your arms like a steering wheel, slightly twist neck, and bring them around into follow up knees.
Clinch tips: never go for clinch with both hands, one at a time. Hand high up on back of head one hand on top of other, pinch your elbows in tight squeezing their head and driving elbows into clavical, use hand to roll head down. This will make neck sore quickly if not used to it or haven't done for a while, so put it on a couple of time but also lighten it up, once you have started to get the feel for it you can then add resistance etc. use the drills to develop sensitivity, to be able to get the clinch on, to stop the clinch and to quickly react if the clinch is on. Like all drills, these are only "moments" in a fight, extended for learning but will be over in seconds so worth taking the time enhance sensitivity and responses.
Pad round
felt like forever but maybe only 4 mins?
jab, cross, evade charging pad older by pivot left or right, then over hand uppercut.
Knife flow (a bit like numerada counter for counter:
In ice pick grip.
Isolating "defences"/movment then blending them adding another "defence" each time.
1) straight down middle feed - dagger pass (make sure you move whole body)
2) slight angles (e.g. A1) - shield cover (literally liting your other hand to block like a shield
3) off straight or angle feed - parry the hit and feed back a backhand horizontally (defender then paks the hit down and feeds back the same hit.
4) off straight down you do a shield block then roll over (wave and hack) pushing into body
5) add hubud (again better when its a tight narrow hit rather than a wide feed.)
mixing it all up adding each one to the mix as we practiced it till it became a little more "live" we all got stabbed we all smiled but we gradually got stabbed less!
Monday, 13 August 2018
9/8/18: 12 count stick flow, Backs to the Wall Defense drill, and knife sambrada
Tonight's session was focused on working body mechanics and flow patterns (which are useful was of helping you shadow box combinations and help to take the "thinking" out of what you are doing). We then moved onto some empty hand "boxing" style defences and finished with polishing 5 count Sambrada with a knife.
12 count stick flow: (in right lead)
This is pretty much identical to the knife flow we did a few weeks back:
Al
A4 (horizontal backhand)
A3 (horizontal forehand) (step back or fwd)
A2
Stab (step forward or back)
Upward diagonal backhand (low line)
Upward diagonal forehand (step back or fwd)
Back hand stab to side of head
Fore hand stab to side of head (step forward or back)
Redondo motion slicing straight down the middle of head (hand ending outside your leg)
A1 low line (Step back or fwd)
A2 low line
We then added footwork (which I have added above) first stepping back... then doing the flow again and stepping fwd
We then did this with left hand!!!!!
We then tried to do this with right and left hand and add any footwork to it (moving around)
The strikes here are all "basic" but ensuring correct body mechanics, starting to flow, adding movement and then building speed and power with the strikes is something that takes a lot of repetition.
The idea of these "flows" are so that you have a reference point to build from. They are not the end point, but the start. The idea is to express yourself with all the striking families moving in any direction and to keep it going and to use it as a type of active mediation or shadow boxing. but this gives you a frame work to start with and from here you can go where ever you want. If you feel yourself getting carried away or starting to lose structure and technique you can come back to the base flow.
Back to the Wall drill (working pure defence)
The idea of this drill is to isolate specific defence types and work them only for a short period. Starting slow so that the basic mechanics can be practiced and then gradually increasing speed and intent (but not necessarily power) to challenge that specific defence. You stand with you rear foot against a wall so there is nowhere to go- no escaping just defending.
No defence is 100% proof and you will get hit, this is looking at ways of minimising that (and don't forget, you should be fighting back not just taking it)
1) Half guard (Floyd mayweather style).- rear hand protecting head and ribs on one side of body, other arm guarding ribs and body - keep body thin at an angle so there is a small target for opponent. this is useful to defend body shots.
2) Double pillar (thai long guard/4D box - all have similar principles) - used to defend head shots mainly - keep arms slightly extended and both arms moving at same level (not like a steering wheel more like moving a box left and right - "fall onto" the straight punches and use blade of arm to "block" hooks, elbow in for uppercuts. Keep arms moving and move your head/upper torso off line/hide behind hand too.
3) Crazy monkey (over head with elbows aka limb destruction and movement made popular by KFM/Defense lab but has been around forever.. nothing is new!) - This is for flurries of fast heavy hits, the oh shit moment. cover head with arms and with a brushing hair motion keep moving your arms over your head. moving your body and defending the hits, hopefully many will land on the elbows! - you should not do this for long as it is the most defensive of the 3. All of these are only really supposed to be for a few moments before you launch your own counter attack.
At any point you can add a "cover/smother" which jams your opponent up and leads to a clinch.
We isolated and practiced each of these individually. We then added an element of the unknown with mixing high and low line and the speed of the attack, forcing the defender to choose which defence was most appropriate at the time (we all got hit)
Pad drill:
We then added pads to the above drill. The attacker hit high or low line (the unknown) forcing defender to choose most effective defence. At any time the attacker would pause and the defender would then need to capitalise on the moment to through a 5/6 hit combo on the pads (and look for escape) before defending again. A great drill for remaining focused under pressure and looking for a moment to "fight back"
Knife:
5 count sambrad with knife. Focus on keeping knife movements tight, keeping body at an angle, movement and ensuring the "parrying/passing/checking hand" is forcibly manipulating the attacker/feeder. (go slow and smooth before speeding up and if it goes to fast slow down again then speed up. Speed will come)
A note on drills: as we had been doing a lot of the palasut cycle recently I noticed hat during the sambrada drill I would often give the "wrong feed" which then brought the drill to a stop and having to start again. What I have realised from this is that, while drills are good for muscle memory and making techniques more live, you cannot stay there forever or for too long otherwise you get stuck and are not able to adapt. As with my comments about flow above, it is important to learn the flows and movements but to encourage "odd feeds" and to implement reactions/defences to those (much like we did with the random feeds of the palasut cycle). Essentially there is no wrong feed, only the ability of the partner to deal with that feed. So yes you practice a drill for a specific skills set, but you must be aware enough that at times someone is going to go "out of the drill" and it is up to you to keep it flowing until you can find your way back into it... or go a different way and combine drills techniques disarms etc. This can only be done though if you have build a base of solid core "techniques/skill" and more importantly the awareness and focus to adapt on the fly. So basically stay in the moment, breathe, and don't do the motions robotically!
This is the art and skill/attribute building section of the martial arts and is what keeps you coming back for more. The "reality stuff" will be enhanced by appropriate and challenging/intense skills/drill training, but will also need more individualised adrenaline/shit yourself random chaotic training to get your body at least somewhat used to the potential level of violence and you certainly won't get second chances, so avoid at ALL COSTS... and if you can't, hit as hard as you can as fast as you can on do not let go until they have stopped moving! (just a thought.. I'm rambling again I know!)
12 count stick flow: (in right lead)
This is pretty much identical to the knife flow we did a few weeks back:
Al
A4 (horizontal backhand)
A3 (horizontal forehand) (step back or fwd)
A2
Stab (step forward or back)
Upward diagonal backhand (low line)
Upward diagonal forehand (step back or fwd)
Back hand stab to side of head
Fore hand stab to side of head (step forward or back)
Redondo motion slicing straight down the middle of head (hand ending outside your leg)
A1 low line (Step back or fwd)
A2 low line
We then added footwork (which I have added above) first stepping back... then doing the flow again and stepping fwd
We then did this with left hand!!!!!
We then tried to do this with right and left hand and add any footwork to it (moving around)
The strikes here are all "basic" but ensuring correct body mechanics, starting to flow, adding movement and then building speed and power with the strikes is something that takes a lot of repetition.
The idea of these "flows" are so that you have a reference point to build from. They are not the end point, but the start. The idea is to express yourself with all the striking families moving in any direction and to keep it going and to use it as a type of active mediation or shadow boxing. but this gives you a frame work to start with and from here you can go where ever you want. If you feel yourself getting carried away or starting to lose structure and technique you can come back to the base flow.
Back to the Wall drill (working pure defence)
The idea of this drill is to isolate specific defence types and work them only for a short period. Starting slow so that the basic mechanics can be practiced and then gradually increasing speed and intent (but not necessarily power) to challenge that specific defence. You stand with you rear foot against a wall so there is nowhere to go- no escaping just defending.
No defence is 100% proof and you will get hit, this is looking at ways of minimising that (and don't forget, you should be fighting back not just taking it)
1) Half guard (Floyd mayweather style).- rear hand protecting head and ribs on one side of body, other arm guarding ribs and body - keep body thin at an angle so there is a small target for opponent. this is useful to defend body shots.
2) Double pillar (thai long guard/4D box - all have similar principles) - used to defend head shots mainly - keep arms slightly extended and both arms moving at same level (not like a steering wheel more like moving a box left and right - "fall onto" the straight punches and use blade of arm to "block" hooks, elbow in for uppercuts. Keep arms moving and move your head/upper torso off line/hide behind hand too.
3) Crazy monkey (over head with elbows aka limb destruction and movement made popular by KFM/Defense lab but has been around forever.. nothing is new!) - This is for flurries of fast heavy hits, the oh shit moment. cover head with arms and with a brushing hair motion keep moving your arms over your head. moving your body and defending the hits, hopefully many will land on the elbows! - you should not do this for long as it is the most defensive of the 3. All of these are only really supposed to be for a few moments before you launch your own counter attack.
At any point you can add a "cover/smother" which jams your opponent up and leads to a clinch.
We isolated and practiced each of these individually. We then added an element of the unknown with mixing high and low line and the speed of the attack, forcing the defender to choose which defence was most appropriate at the time (we all got hit)
Pad drill:
We then added pads to the above drill. The attacker hit high or low line (the unknown) forcing defender to choose most effective defence. At any time the attacker would pause and the defender would then need to capitalise on the moment to through a 5/6 hit combo on the pads (and look for escape) before defending again. A great drill for remaining focused under pressure and looking for a moment to "fight back"
Knife:
5 count sambrad with knife. Focus on keeping knife movements tight, keeping body at an angle, movement and ensuring the "parrying/passing/checking hand" is forcibly manipulating the attacker/feeder. (go slow and smooth before speeding up and if it goes to fast slow down again then speed up. Speed will come)
A note on drills: as we had been doing a lot of the palasut cycle recently I noticed hat during the sambrada drill I would often give the "wrong feed" which then brought the drill to a stop and having to start again. What I have realised from this is that, while drills are good for muscle memory and making techniques more live, you cannot stay there forever or for too long otherwise you get stuck and are not able to adapt. As with my comments about flow above, it is important to learn the flows and movements but to encourage "odd feeds" and to implement reactions/defences to those (much like we did with the random feeds of the palasut cycle). Essentially there is no wrong feed, only the ability of the partner to deal with that feed. So yes you practice a drill for a specific skills set, but you must be aware enough that at times someone is going to go "out of the drill" and it is up to you to keep it flowing until you can find your way back into it... or go a different way and combine drills techniques disarms etc. This can only be done though if you have build a base of solid core "techniques/skill" and more importantly the awareness and focus to adapt on the fly. So basically stay in the moment, breathe, and don't do the motions robotically!
This is the art and skill/attribute building section of the martial arts and is what keeps you coming back for more. The "reality stuff" will be enhanced by appropriate and challenging/intense skills/drill training, but will also need more individualised adrenaline/shit yourself random chaotic training to get your body at least somewhat used to the potential level of violence and you certainly won't get second chances, so avoid at ALL COSTS... and if you can't, hit as hard as you can as fast as you can on do not let go until they have stopped moving! (just a thought.. I'm rambling again I know!)
Wednesday, 1 August 2018
31/7/18: Foot work, Foot work, Foot work and a little stabby, stabby!
This session was fundamentally about footwork and as such incorporated elements of range and angles (from a boxing base)
Warm up:
Shadow boxing
Boxing drills:
The class was spilt into different groups, the lower grades working basic mechanics and movement. The higher grades focused on the following:
Jab, Catch x 2 - jabber moving forward on each jab, catcher moving back on each jab to maintain distance (on each catch practice an immediate half beat jab reply)
Jab, Catch x3 split right -(as above) but on the 3rd jab split entry and step of 45 right. Keep on circling to the right (moving behind them) and hitting (ABC) after the split/45 step
Jab Cross, Catch x3 split left - (catch with the rear hand for jab and cross moving back as above)... on 3rd jab cross split entry and step 45 left. Keep on circling to the left (moving behind them) and hitting (ABC) after the split/45 step
Jab catch x3 shuffle step drill. - on the frst 2 jabs step back as normal (rear foot first) on the 3rd Jab shuffle step (bit like a pendulum, shuffle back -lead foot goes to back foot then back foot moves back... this gets you out of range.. you then shuffle fwd - rear foot goes to front foot and front foot goes forward) - the shuffle is explosive and does not give partner a chance to move as you are "on top of them" very quickly. after shuffle follow up with ABC (experiment with different lead hand hits as first hit after the shuffle.. a hook is quite effective from this, but any shot will work and you really are in their face and steam rollering them.
Basically by the end of this, whether partner jabbed or threw a cross we could move back, of to the side or shuffle step at any time which kept the attacker guessing and they never knew what we wree going to do next
Pads:
Jab catch x 2 then shuffle step and Any combo x3mins
Jab catch x2 then instead of a 3rd hit your partner charges you down... split entry and step off right or left and follow up with ABC
Knife flow:
Off of 5 count
A1 - block with blade of rear arm and simultaneous hit to throat, then hubud the knife arm over into wrist lock/strip
A2 - Block with blade of lead arm and simultaneous hit to head, then hubud the knife arm over into wrist lock/strip (tricky on this side)
A3- block with blade of rear arm and simultaneous hit to throat, then scoop/parry with back of arm (pushing towards them) into wrist lock/strip
A4- block with blade of lead arm and simultaneous hit to throat, then scoop/parry with back of arm (pushing towards them) into wrist lock/strip
Stab - block with blade of rear arm and simultaneous hit to throat, then scoop/parry with back of arm (pushing towards them) into wrist lock/strip
Key points - FORWARD MOMENTUM, its important to be the hunter (yes I know I would be shitting it with a real knife but decisive action is key... if tentative or retreating you will most likely get caught off balance and cut to shreds.) The hit is put in to keep your focus on going forward and attacking the attacker. When we started to speed up the feed the hit never landed as we had to move too fast BUT the forward moment put the attacker off and the "block element" of the move slows the attack down a fraction for you to pass/get hold of the knife. If you think of the passing/hubud action like a roof block with a stick you also get that feeling of moving "forward"
A general note on training partners: I am really lucky to have such skilled and honest training partners at the club. A massively important element to your development is your training partner. It is important to look after them and to respect each others pace. You will only get better with a training partner who respects the drill and can challenge you appropriately. For a beginner it is all about body mechanics, how to hold pads how to move and being/hitting on target, not trying to take each others head off (to start off with). As you get more experienced it is about helping your partner get better, keeping technique tight, feeding back observations (e.g. your dropping your guard) and if need be reinforcing it with a tap... a LIGHT hit to emphasise a point. As you get more experienced you can then speed up, hit a little harder, add extra combinations and maintain accuracy, but never EVER forget the purpose of the drill, which is to acquire skills that you can gradually challenge so you have a frame of reference for options you can use when you go "live" in sparring or a conditioned all out scenario. Otherwise you might as well just hit a punch bag really hard. If you find yourself going to hard or doing something random just stop and think... what is the purpose of this drill (for now).... you can add it to chaos later.
A really good session with loads of practical applicable skills and principles that work with a variety of techniques. As always its about building skills not replying on techniques.
Warm up:
Shadow boxing
Boxing drills:
The class was spilt into different groups, the lower grades working basic mechanics and movement. The higher grades focused on the following:
Jab, Catch x 2 - jabber moving forward on each jab, catcher moving back on each jab to maintain distance (on each catch practice an immediate half beat jab reply)
Jab, Catch x3 split right -(as above) but on the 3rd jab split entry and step of 45 right. Keep on circling to the right (moving behind them) and hitting (ABC) after the split/45 step
Jab Cross, Catch x3 split left - (catch with the rear hand for jab and cross moving back as above)... on 3rd jab cross split entry and step 45 left. Keep on circling to the left (moving behind them) and hitting (ABC) after the split/45 step
Jab catch x3 shuffle step drill. - on the frst 2 jabs step back as normal (rear foot first) on the 3rd Jab shuffle step (bit like a pendulum, shuffle back -lead foot goes to back foot then back foot moves back... this gets you out of range.. you then shuffle fwd - rear foot goes to front foot and front foot goes forward) - the shuffle is explosive and does not give partner a chance to move as you are "on top of them" very quickly. after shuffle follow up with ABC (experiment with different lead hand hits as first hit after the shuffle.. a hook is quite effective from this, but any shot will work and you really are in their face and steam rollering them.
Basically by the end of this, whether partner jabbed or threw a cross we could move back, of to the side or shuffle step at any time which kept the attacker guessing and they never knew what we wree going to do next
Pads:
Jab catch x 2 then shuffle step and Any combo x3mins
Jab catch x2 then instead of a 3rd hit your partner charges you down... split entry and step off right or left and follow up with ABC
Knife flow:
Off of 5 count
A1 - block with blade of rear arm and simultaneous hit to throat, then hubud the knife arm over into wrist lock/strip
A2 - Block with blade of lead arm and simultaneous hit to head, then hubud the knife arm over into wrist lock/strip (tricky on this side)
A3- block with blade of rear arm and simultaneous hit to throat, then scoop/parry with back of arm (pushing towards them) into wrist lock/strip
A4- block with blade of lead arm and simultaneous hit to throat, then scoop/parry with back of arm (pushing towards them) into wrist lock/strip
Stab - block with blade of rear arm and simultaneous hit to throat, then scoop/parry with back of arm (pushing towards them) into wrist lock/strip
Key points - FORWARD MOMENTUM, its important to be the hunter (yes I know I would be shitting it with a real knife but decisive action is key... if tentative or retreating you will most likely get caught off balance and cut to shreds.) The hit is put in to keep your focus on going forward and attacking the attacker. When we started to speed up the feed the hit never landed as we had to move too fast BUT the forward moment put the attacker off and the "block element" of the move slows the attack down a fraction for you to pass/get hold of the knife. If you think of the passing/hubud action like a roof block with a stick you also get that feeling of moving "forward"
A general note on training partners: I am really lucky to have such skilled and honest training partners at the club. A massively important element to your development is your training partner. It is important to look after them and to respect each others pace. You will only get better with a training partner who respects the drill and can challenge you appropriately. For a beginner it is all about body mechanics, how to hold pads how to move and being/hitting on target, not trying to take each others head off (to start off with). As you get more experienced it is about helping your partner get better, keeping technique tight, feeding back observations (e.g. your dropping your guard) and if need be reinforcing it with a tap... a LIGHT hit to emphasise a point. As you get more experienced you can then speed up, hit a little harder, add extra combinations and maintain accuracy, but never EVER forget the purpose of the drill, which is to acquire skills that you can gradually challenge so you have a frame of reference for options you can use when you go "live" in sparring or a conditioned all out scenario. Otherwise you might as well just hit a punch bag really hard. If you find yourself going to hard or doing something random just stop and think... what is the purpose of this drill (for now).... you can add it to chaos later.
A really good session with loads of practical applicable skills and principles that work with a variety of techniques. As always its about building skills not replying on techniques.
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