aug. 3rd class review/highlights:



•sumo squat&catch vs. tree-falling partner -press@chest, -top of head@chest and press, -one handed press@sternum, -2on1 wrist grip press@sternum


•front&back movement with jab-lead: -vary timing, vary strike, -on the way in, -on the way back, -elbow block and head wrap, -also use head butt to keep form. Partner needs to keep good defensive form as well. Hold pad with palmside into head, above ear. Keep shoulder up on attacked side and settle into the blow. Don't let your cage get rattled. More, much more later.

•jacketed work, much like Katanishi's work. Just for the setup/fit-in. You have to get the opponent back on heels then on his toes, get under his hips, replace his hips with yours. Do this out of fluid movement and not with power/muscularity.

-use a loose elbow motion for "shoving" your opponent, pushing with the hand can be a good experiment but not useful in application. Keep the lapel grip tight. Also vary the grips: armpit, sleeve@elbow, wrist

-spin into the opponent off of the back-step. keep you hips low as you do this

-drill: opp. falls into you and you turn quickly and load him onto hips. Do this off his initiation. Opp. can use a telegraphed arm-motion to start this action, jabbing downwards. Think of back stepping under an Olympic bar on a rack, you have to get your hips set or you won't be able to press the load.

•various throws:, almost doesn't matter as its all about the footwork and entry. -shoulder throw -spina -podnoshka

-knee shove: for practice, use the outside of the thigh to check@hips, in&out&spin into podxvat, -double lapel grips for balance, -arm&head, -arm&underhook, -arm&lapel

•side-step entry shoulder throw, -step to side and slide leg+snap hips around, analogy of roundhouse kick snaps from hips and is not a big-looping step. Elastic band training for Jacob and Carey.

-partner holds pad: step&hook@head, reset and throw, opp. drops hand after blow. Headlock throw, underhook throw, shoulder throw. Hockey fight=keep the lapel grip and throw after the hit. No one fights naked in battle anymore, be ready for the huns!


-armbar after the takedown/throw focus on positioning the armbar correctly and a good standing-ground transition