I've had a few breakthroughs in the past year but haven't had the time to codify them into anything useful, explanations to come...
Self-defense class geared specifically for Crossfit people; if it works it will be pretty huge.
Clinic #1:
Gulag-fit as a warmup
startle/flinch reactions, the Soviet Ministry of Sport and you.
it's 90% psychological, it doesn't take much skill for some asshole to hide behind a dumpster and hit you on the head with a pipe...
fighting is: a continuum, a spectrum, an outcome of violence. You did not choose this but you will not allow this to happen to you.
Most people fight out of cowardice i.e something to prove or vanity. The rest are basically cannibals and need to be dealt with as such.
Pepper Spray and et al is a half-measure, carry a knife and show them that you are a predator, not prey.
martial art=minimum effort for maximum effect, a lifetime study
self-defense=maximum effort for maximum effect, immediate outcome. Assume the worst otherwise WTF are you fighting for?
Professional:
neo-cortex trained under 1,000's of hrs of grueling, demanding duress. Fine motor skills can supplant the survival mechanism. Context-specific.
Civilian:
limbic system dependant, instinct and large muscle motions, difficult to overcome without specific training, CNS will sacrifice the body to survive...atextual
key#2 series
Soviet Subway drill
"We are a biped predator and that sucks" from close/cover-up into open/jab-out reactions
body-contact along the off-angle, understand how to break to the rear-corner.
You are not fighting their hand/foot/knife/etc you are fighting their CNS; their centerline. Methods of attacking the centerline. The whole body fights as a unit.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
throwing mechanics
posting this here as a place-saver, I have a flood of research to catch up on here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE-3Thojbh0&feature=player_embedded#!
Been ruminating over a a number of conflicting/congruent concepts. Much of it is my own method, frequently unencumbered by thought process. Buyer beware:
Throwing or power generation that puts the the hips ahead of the upper body reminds me of wave-punching, which from a Russian perspective, started with stick/knife fighting work but elaborated into something very different.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVz-3KrMH8U"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVz-3KrMH8U
@24 sec or so, Arkadiy's posture "consolidates" right as the actual push is delivered. It's a compression shove that is more like a one-inch punch than a proper store/release IMO
This is kind of a big problem as timing must be impeccable in order to have maximum delivery. (important note: [B]do not[/B] mess with Arkadiy, IS or no, he is a very dangerous man:devil:)
another push action, but with less wave/segmentation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YfPZpln1WI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YfPZpln1WI
@:34 Katanishi-san points out the transfer action. His movements are much more hip2hand and he also shows changing levels, not as much a IS getting under, but as close as I've seen any Judoka manage.
my man Chen Yu at work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo6rpxeF6-c&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo6rpxeF6-c&feature=related
Chen Yu is different in that there is no timing issues with his mechanics, everything "arrives" at the point of contact. Also is isn't just store/release, but store/release/store/release etc in as much of a loop as he needs to sustain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE-3Thojbh0&feature=player_embedded#!
Been ruminating over a a number of conflicting/congruent concepts. Much of it is my own method, frequently unencumbered by thought process. Buyer beware:
Throwing or power generation that puts the the hips ahead of the upper body reminds me of wave-punching, which from a Russian perspective, started with stick/knife fighting work but elaborated into something very different.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVz-3KrMH8U"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVz-3KrMH8U
@24 sec or so, Arkadiy's posture "consolidates" right as the actual push is delivered. It's a compression shove that is more like a one-inch punch than a proper store/release IMO
This is kind of a big problem as timing must be impeccable in order to have maximum delivery. (important note: [B]do not[/B] mess with Arkadiy, IS or no, he is a very dangerous man:devil:)
another push action, but with less wave/segmentation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YfPZpln1WI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YfPZpln1WI
@:34 Katanishi-san points out the transfer action. His movements are much more hip2hand and he also shows changing levels, not as much a IS getting under, but as close as I've seen any Judoka manage.
my man Chen Yu at work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo6rpxeF6-c&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo6rpxeF6-c&feature=related
Chen Yu is different in that there is no timing issues with his mechanics, everything "arrives" at the point of contact. Also is isn't just store/release, but store/release/store/release etc in as much of a loop as he needs to sustain.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Partner-weight exercises
These I'll just post as I dig up the photos for them, and add details as I have time/opportunity to. Like, wtf, I have a blog an'all, just too busy to do anything with it these days!
The pics with Igor-in his yellow shirt- shows the "tic-toc" drill. For lack of a better name, this is where the partner presses at your hips and neck to get you rocking back and forth on your hips. Go faster and faster until failure.
It opens up the hip joints and trains you to deal with stabilizing while staying relaxed enough so that you don't lose your balance but not so loose that you tumble over. As well, you're dealing with equilibrium issues.
The other pair of photos shows a fireman's carry that you load into back-squats. Simple enough, be sure to load your partner onto the tops of your shoulders and mind your stance. This is a real challenge if you do it as a "box-squat", if you know what that is, just be ready to bail out!
more later...
The pics with Igor-in his yellow shirt- shows the "tic-toc" drill. For lack of a better name, this is where the partner presses at your hips and neck to get you rocking back and forth on your hips. Go faster and faster until failure.
It opens up the hip joints and trains you to deal with stabilizing while staying relaxed enough so that you don't lose your balance but not so loose that you tumble over. As well, you're dealing with equilibrium issues.
The other pair of photos shows a fireman's carry that you load into back-squats. Simple enough, be sure to load your partner onto the tops of your shoulders and mind your stance. This is a real challenge if you do it as a "box-squat", if you know what that is, just be ready to bail out!
more later...
Monday, November 17, 2008
Sunday Nov 2nd
Armbars:
•shin-in armbar: from kneeling and facing each other, wiper-motion with your legs the one that comes under will go to the armpit. If you're holding their right arm, your right leg wipes under and roll onto your back and press your right shin into their armpit as you pull on the arm. Make sure your back is nice and curled and you elevate your hips, the mechanics will take care of the rest as you roll and turn them over. Try to go from facing 12:00 to 6:00 in order to put yourself into a good armbar position.
You can grip arm+lapel, arm+neck, armpit+underhook their knee etc. the details aren't as important. If you don't get the rotation from your larger body movements, then you'll end up pulling them on top of you and then you will be screwed.
•shin-in armbar from standing: press your shin into their waist, right at the belt-line and pull against them. Again for the rt arm attack, begin to squat on your posted leg and press with your right leg. The push-pull action will help you turn properly from 12:00 to 6:00 as before^and as your leg flexes-fully/butt hits the mat, clear your left leg over their head. Your right shin will end up in their armpit and all will be well from there.
•flying armbar: Similar to the first one, you're getting your shin into the armpit. But this time you're jumping into it. Be sure to get the push-pull/rotation, you don't want to land North/North with them, rather turned perpendicular. With the right shin in, your right shoulder should head towards their right foot. Think of what a forward roll would be for your opponent and that is how you want to follow them.
•flying with cross-body legs: this one is a little more rad for the guy jumping. The ground drill we've done is to start from sitting with legs straight out and roll-over onto your shoulders and back to a sitting position. So from standing, I like to attack their left arm. My left leg swings up along their waist, as I contact I'll roll my leg so my toe points away from them, at this point you've gotta be fully committed and swing your leg up and over their face and keep your head tucked. If you just commit to the sucker and stay smooth, it works out fine. If you can do the ground version of this, then your body only needs a few tries with jumping. The rest is psychology and higher-order thinking getting in the way of things again.
follow-ups:
•with shin@waist, your opp. frees the arm you're attacking, drop your leg down and inside hook the leg as you duck under and reach beyond them for a cross-body+inside trip. I'll post a more detailed description of this later, I'm sick of typing this shit already.
•with focus-mitts: knee to the body then either 1. standing shin@waist or 2. jumping shin-in armbar. If you can pull of the second one, then you are freaking Hollywood itself!! :-)
•shin-in armbar: from kneeling and facing each other, wiper-motion with your legs the one that comes under will go to the armpit. If you're holding their right arm, your right leg wipes under and roll onto your back and press your right shin into their armpit as you pull on the arm. Make sure your back is nice and curled and you elevate your hips, the mechanics will take care of the rest as you roll and turn them over. Try to go from facing 12:00 to 6:00 in order to put yourself into a good armbar position.
You can grip arm+lapel, arm+neck, armpit+underhook their knee etc. the details aren't as important. If you don't get the rotation from your larger body movements, then you'll end up pulling them on top of you and then you will be screwed.
•shin-in armbar from standing: press your shin into their waist, right at the belt-line and pull against them. Again for the rt arm attack, begin to squat on your posted leg and press with your right leg. The push-pull action will help you turn properly from 12:00 to 6:00 as before^and as your leg flexes-fully/butt hits the mat, clear your left leg over their head. Your right shin will end up in their armpit and all will be well from there.
•flying armbar: Similar to the first one, you're getting your shin into the armpit. But this time you're jumping into it. Be sure to get the push-pull/rotation, you don't want to land North/North with them, rather turned perpendicular. With the right shin in, your right shoulder should head towards their right foot. Think of what a forward roll would be for your opponent and that is how you want to follow them.
•flying with cross-body legs: this one is a little more rad for the guy jumping. The ground drill we've done is to start from sitting with legs straight out and roll-over onto your shoulders and back to a sitting position. So from standing, I like to attack their left arm. My left leg swings up along their waist, as I contact I'll roll my leg so my toe points away from them, at this point you've gotta be fully committed and swing your leg up and over their face and keep your head tucked. If you just commit to the sucker and stay smooth, it works out fine. If you can do the ground version of this, then your body only needs a few tries with jumping. The rest is psychology and higher-order thinking getting in the way of things again.
follow-ups:
•with shin@waist, your opp. frees the arm you're attacking, drop your leg down and inside hook the leg as you duck under and reach beyond them for a cross-body+inside trip. I'll post a more detailed description of this later, I'm sick of typing this shit already.
•with focus-mitts: knee to the body then either 1. standing shin@waist or 2. jumping shin-in armbar. If you can pull of the second one, then you are freaking Hollywood itself!! :-)
Sunday Oct 26th
duck-unders:
drill: standing partner holds hands out and you duck under&grab them with either:
•single leg; use your lead arm to push their extended arms up, don't try to grab their arm/wrist/don't try to grab just push up as you shoot-in. As you come in, bring your cross-arm to a high crotch pickup. From there you can step and turn so that you can shrug them over to their back.
•double-leg; push with your lead arm again and instead of sending the cross-arm in for a hi-crotch, reach around their body. If you're going right-hand lead then you reach around with your left and keeping your head on your right side so that you shoulder-block with your left side and then bring your right arm around. Clamp at the hips/femur conection, below the buttocks. Lift slightly to get them off their feet and drive to your left, using your head&neck to press their body. Don't go to your right corner and stuff your head onto the mat-having them land on top of your skull,k?
•A nice single-double followup=if the opponent sprawls the single-leg down, just follow it and then-the moment their foot hits the mat-pick them up with a double.
pummeling drills into throws:
•working pummels for underhooks: your opp gets one underhook on you, as they're bringing the next one in simply grip that arm@top of elbow and turn with the arm sliding your other-underhooked-arm over their head and spin out into a head-lock throw. For people having trouble with this, start with one underhook and hold the arm that they'll send under you. Let your opponent lead your action by stabbing this arm by you.
•footwork/finishing variations:
1.deep backstep and into an Uki-Goshi/hip-axle throw. Your back-step has to be very deep so that you can turn as if you are trying to sling them across your back like hanging a dead-moose over the back of your horse. If you are head-locking with your left arm, then you want to be turned so much that your right hip is against them.
2. Shuai-jiao step, drop-levels quickly to avoid trying to muscle this throw, use as much elastic energy as you can. You want to feel "springy" when you land in the lunge posture, not "core-activated' or some-such nonesense.
3. headlock and drop knee. this works if they base against you so you can't set up the other two throws. Drop the outside knee and forward roll while hanging onto them.
*we did some other stuff but I forgot to write it down!* anyone 'member?
anyone...
anyone...
drill: standing partner holds hands out and you duck under&grab them with either:
•single leg; use your lead arm to push their extended arms up, don't try to grab their arm/wrist/don't try to grab just push up as you shoot-in. As you come in, bring your cross-arm to a high crotch pickup. From there you can step and turn so that you can shrug them over to their back.
•double-leg; push with your lead arm again and instead of sending the cross-arm in for a hi-crotch, reach around their body. If you're going right-hand lead then you reach around with your left and keeping your head on your right side so that you shoulder-block with your left side and then bring your right arm around. Clamp at the hips/femur conection, below the buttocks. Lift slightly to get them off their feet and drive to your left, using your head&neck to press their body. Don't go to your right corner and stuff your head onto the mat-having them land on top of your skull,k?
•A nice single-double followup=if the opponent sprawls the single-leg down, just follow it and then-the moment their foot hits the mat-pick them up with a double.
pummeling drills into throws:
•working pummels for underhooks: your opp gets one underhook on you, as they're bringing the next one in simply grip that arm@top of elbow and turn with the arm sliding your other-underhooked-arm over their head and spin out into a head-lock throw. For people having trouble with this, start with one underhook and hold the arm that they'll send under you. Let your opponent lead your action by stabbing this arm by you.
•footwork/finishing variations:
1.deep backstep and into an Uki-Goshi/hip-axle throw. Your back-step has to be very deep so that you can turn as if you are trying to sling them across your back like hanging a dead-moose over the back of your horse. If you are head-locking with your left arm, then you want to be turned so much that your right hip is against them.
2. Shuai-jiao step, drop-levels quickly to avoid trying to muscle this throw, use as much elastic energy as you can. You want to feel "springy" when you land in the lunge posture, not "core-activated' or some-such nonesense.
3. headlock and drop knee. this works if they base against you so you can't set up the other two throws. Drop the outside knee and forward roll while hanging onto them.
*we did some other stuff but I forgot to write it down!* anyone 'member?
anyone...
anyone...
Sunday Oct 19th:
wizzer, Russian 2on1 and Vertuchka day
wizzer:
•with their arm across your back, underhook and drive your arm across their waist, or take a lapel-grip@the far collar. Push@the waist/pull@lapel and drive your shoulder into them to break posture
•step under and Uchimata/mule-kick throw, move "foot-to-foot" so that you get under them as much as you can, your belt should be below theirs or you won't get any power from your hips.
•for no-gi, a more reliable takedown is to break posture and use your free hand to press their head down as if you were encouraging them to do a forward roll. See Asashoryou for the best example.
•if your opp. steps back from the uchimata, then step around&behind them, with explosiveness please, into the sumo-squat chair throw. Be sure to rotate your chest into them as you hit the throw, as if you were to clothesline them with your free arm
•if your opp.bases equally so you can't get behind or across them, you can hit the vertuchka sacrifice: a 2on1 grip with the jacket or just send your free-arm under like you are upper-cutting their armpit with the inside of your elbow.
•if their far-foot steps forward, the Ko-uchi-splitz is about the most badassest thing you can pull off. Instead of just hooking and tripping the foot jump into a standing split hooking the back of their leg as you reach with your free arm. The advantage of this is you aren't bent over to catch the top of the foot and you don't have to break their posture, your level change into the split will take care of that.
some counters to all this:
•lift their near leg and push into the far corner, against their heel. Just bowl them over.
•Bodok back throw: single-leg squat and extend the other leg directly perpendicular to their centerline. Look to the back corner as you hit the mat.
•then we did the same Bodok setup as a way to turn over the turtle. We've done it before where you press the extended leg into their hip and pull them over that way. This variant is you have a wizzer-hold on the arm and you go the other direction: squatting leg@head and roll them that way-pressing hard with your locked arm. Turnout into an almost-lunge as you look thru.
fun:
•then we did in&out to uppercut/hook, start the wizzer to break posture then step slightly out and turn in for a punch (we used focus mitts ok?). Make sure the footwork is good, it matters more than a solid punch. Use a box-step-pattern to train this on your own.
wizzer:
•with their arm across your back, underhook and drive your arm across their waist, or take a lapel-grip@the far collar. Push@the waist/pull@lapel and drive your shoulder into them to break posture
•step under and Uchimata/mule-kick throw, move "foot-to-foot" so that you get under them as much as you can, your belt should be below theirs or you won't get any power from your hips.
•for no-gi, a more reliable takedown is to break posture and use your free hand to press their head down as if you were encouraging them to do a forward roll. See Asashoryou for the best example.
•if your opp. steps back from the uchimata, then step around&behind them, with explosiveness please, into the sumo-squat chair throw. Be sure to rotate your chest into them as you hit the throw, as if you were to clothesline them with your free arm
•if your opp.bases equally so you can't get behind or across them, you can hit the vertuchka sacrifice: a 2on1 grip with the jacket or just send your free-arm under like you are upper-cutting their armpit with the inside of your elbow.
•if their far-foot steps forward, the Ko-uchi-splitz is about the most badassest thing you can pull off. Instead of just hooking and tripping the foot jump into a standing split hooking the back of their leg as you reach with your free arm. The advantage of this is you aren't bent over to catch the top of the foot and you don't have to break their posture, your level change into the split will take care of that.
some counters to all this:
•lift their near leg and push into the far corner, against their heel. Just bowl them over.
•Bodok back throw: single-leg squat and extend the other leg directly perpendicular to their centerline. Look to the back corner as you hit the mat.
•then we did the same Bodok setup as a way to turn over the turtle. We've done it before where you press the extended leg into their hip and pull them over that way. This variant is you have a wizzer-hold on the arm and you go the other direction: squatting leg@head and roll them that way-pressing hard with your locked arm. Turnout into an almost-lunge as you look thru.
fun:
•then we did in&out to uppercut/hook, start the wizzer to break posture then step slightly out and turn in for a punch (we used focus mitts ok?). Make sure the footwork is good, it matters more than a solid punch. Use a box-step-pattern to train this on your own.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
sunday Oct 12th
roll, roll, roll
I've explained this too much already!
fwd roll+far ankle pick:
•grapevine the near leg from standing
•keep your legs "framed" as shown and just roll thru to the far ankle, over-reach with your arm, try to get the ankle into your armpit
•it's like the "screwing step" Kadoch vid, if you've watched that one I sent to you, or think of it like the trailing leg in a wrestler's shoot where you press off the toe and move forward off the ankle-extension.
•with your legs in the "rollover frame" you'll have perfect control of the grapevined leg and you are free to attack the overhooked leg. Don't underhook the leg ok?
Victor roll:
•same standing grapevine and all, reach your hand thru you posted leg and the grapevined leg, not between his legs or outside of your legs or whatever. Just think of reaching thru your own two legs
•the deeper you roll, the safer and faster this is, especially if they try to sprawl vs this attack. This is why I like to do it off the grapevine as its harder to sprawl defensively.
• roll thru and secure the over/under calf-crush with your legs on the far leg and attack the kneebar on the near leg. If you've rolled smooth and deep, it should be easy to get the sub, like serving up a slice of pie.
lunge back-step, near-ankle attack:
•this is the cool, Yoga-lookin' thing that Jud really likes. Same grapevine from standing but send your free leg behind the both of you, as far across as you can, like with the victor roll the more you commit- the softer, faster, more fluid it will be
•catch the near ankle as you hit the mat, it's good to release the grapevine a moment before you catch the ankle so you don't hyper-flex your partner's knee, your leg will just travel knee-knee and underhook the far-leg with out any thought or intent. It all just happens out of getting the biggest movement correct.
•you can throw the lunging leg over and get the same over/under calf-crush as before, but you have to be a little more deliberate about that
sacrifice sit-squat:
•same grapevine setup, now just pretend the grape'd leg is your own and squat straight down, hip-into your partner slightly. It won't happen immediately but they will collapse
•roll up your back and keep the grapevine hook so you can just "kick" the trapped leg into your hands for an easy kneebah
sacrifice back roll:
•this time, hop in front of your opp. keeping the grape'd hold and use the springing effect to launch them to your back corner. You have to hop your foot as deeply under them as you can; go even deeper than you think you can so that you increase the leverage effect of this throw. Get it right and they fly right over your hunched up lil'body!
I've explained this too much already!
fwd roll+far ankle pick:
•grapevine the near leg from standing
•keep your legs "framed" as shown and just roll thru to the far ankle, over-reach with your arm, try to get the ankle into your armpit
•it's like the "screwing step" Kadoch vid, if you've watched that one I sent to you, or think of it like the trailing leg in a wrestler's shoot where you press off the toe and move forward off the ankle-extension.
•with your legs in the "rollover frame" you'll have perfect control of the grapevined leg and you are free to attack the overhooked leg. Don't underhook the leg ok?
Victor roll:
•same standing grapevine and all, reach your hand thru you posted leg and the grapevined leg, not between his legs or outside of your legs or whatever. Just think of reaching thru your own two legs
•the deeper you roll, the safer and faster this is, especially if they try to sprawl vs this attack. This is why I like to do it off the grapevine as its harder to sprawl defensively.
• roll thru and secure the over/under calf-crush with your legs on the far leg and attack the kneebar on the near leg. If you've rolled smooth and deep, it should be easy to get the sub, like serving up a slice of pie.
lunge back-step, near-ankle attack:
•this is the cool, Yoga-lookin' thing that Jud really likes. Same grapevine from standing but send your free leg behind the both of you, as far across as you can, like with the victor roll the more you commit- the softer, faster, more fluid it will be
•catch the near ankle as you hit the mat, it's good to release the grapevine a moment before you catch the ankle so you don't hyper-flex your partner's knee, your leg will just travel knee-knee and underhook the far-leg with out any thought or intent. It all just happens out of getting the biggest movement correct.
•you can throw the lunging leg over and get the same over/under calf-crush as before, but you have to be a little more deliberate about that
sacrifice sit-squat:
•same grapevine setup, now just pretend the grape'd leg is your own and squat straight down, hip-into your partner slightly. It won't happen immediately but they will collapse
•roll up your back and keep the grapevine hook so you can just "kick" the trapped leg into your hands for an easy kneebah
sacrifice back roll:
•this time, hop in front of your opp. keeping the grape'd hold and use the springing effect to launch them to your back corner. You have to hop your foot as deeply under them as you can; go even deeper than you think you can so that you increase the leverage effect of this throw. Get it right and they fly right over your hunched up lil'body!
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