Grappling seminar - Marc McFann

[YODA]

As the title says - now 100% confirmed - Marc will be with us at Combative Edge Academy for a seminar on Monday 30th September.

Venue: St James' Parish center, Haydock, Merseyside.
Time: 6-10pm
Subject: Grappling & Groundfighting (All levels)
Cost: £25 pre-paid

Marc is a full instructor under Guro Dan Inosanto and has a couple of decades of practical grappling & groundfighting experience. If the ground is an area of interest in your game then this seminar is for you.

[Andy Murray]

Sound's good Dave. Get on it folks!

Andy

[Freeform]

Hmm, tempting but I've got Uni stuff that week and don't have confirmed dates yet.

Yoda, whats the deadline for payment. Is there a top limit on numbers?

[YODA]

Hi FF

Top limit on numbers is about 16 given the amount of mat space that we have.

Deadline for payment is until those 16 places are taken! 1st come 1st served :D

this is gonna be a great session - with Marcs vast experience in various forms of grappling (Judo, BJJ, Shoot, Silat etc) he has a great mix of stuff - I'm sure he'll be able to lift your game whatever level you're at.

[YODA]

Well - he came - it rocked!

We worked the guard - that's all.

Here's a brief overview...

Section 1: Warm up for guard work

1. Neck warm up
2. Legs / Hips

Section 2: Breaking the closed guard

1. Posture - Low guard vs high guard
2. The basic knee in the middle & push back
3. Thirteen ways to assist breaking the guard & keeping his hips down.

Section 3: Mobility in the bottom position

1. Defending the stack or pass
2. Open guard mobility drills

Section 4: Passing the guard (Close in after his ankles have been uncrossed)

1. Route 1: Over the thigh (3 ways)
2. Route 2: Under the leg ? Preventing the triangle choke
3. Route 3: Under both legs ? The double underhook pass. (4 variations)
4. Route 4: Stacking (2 ways)
5. Route 5: Passing the open guard. (7 ways)

Section 5: Submissions from the top (Inside the guard)

1. Slide-over straight knee bar
2. Figure four toe hold (rolling through)
3. Eight count leg lock series (Shooto)

Section 6: Submissions from the bottom

Using his hand & arm positions as a guide to which submission is available.

1. Hands on the floor at the side (one on each side)
- Basic stem-down shoulder lock (Kimura)
- Shoulder lock with legs (Omoplata)
- Two Straight arm locks

2. Both hands cross over
- Take his back into rolling armbar
- Two straight arm locks

3. Leaves one arm inside
- Basic triangle choke ? emphasis on turning to avoid the stack

4. Gives straight arms
- Basic spinning armbar
- Mobility drill for basic armbar
- Double armbar.

He's in Ayr in Scotland tomorrow, Birmingham on Friday, Northampton (Private 2 days for UFA Instructors)

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