The Technique Thread

A clip from a recent class

The grappling in the traditional Japanese arts has to take account of attacks like groin kicks and use of fingers/thumbs whilst wearing a gi. This changes the structure a little and I thought it may be interesting to share my somewhat crude attempts to illustrate the points here

Also we use kicks quite a lot in grappling and the method used may be interesting to people

Apologies for the editing...

https://vimeo.com/138321989

 

Nah that was for MAP

 

Hi

Ive not seen any shaking to take balance in our style
It would be interesting to see if you have a clip

 

I only use one stance and this is probably due to the art(s) I do.

We transition through the ranges quite quickly, and we don't alter the width of length of the stance, as there isn't time.

When in boxing range all of my punches are from boxing, but as I may have thrown a low line kick and gone through trapping hands range to get there I find one stance has to fit all.

Maybe in the ring I'd have to adapt, but I don't teach anyone for competition.

 

We have similar methods

Typically a forceful grab to the shoulder (also a strike that becomes a grab) pushing uke back & exposing the groin. Followed by a kick to the groin and a pull on the shoulders to fold uke as his lower half is moved back/up
Then a similar take down

So I'd say the same principle, perhaps just with less strikes

 

Often people (with good reason) write off wrist locks because in isolation they require very precise timing to pull off, and when they are done they have a high risk of injury

However, if you look at the traditional arts that put an emphasis onto wrist locks they are almost always accompanied by strikes, sweeps etc

In my experience, just adding simple strikes to the set up makes wrist locks high percentage responses to clothing grabs

So I thought I'd share a basic technique from my style that demonstrates this point

The usual caveats for my vids apply....
https://vimeo.com/138565391

Ps - had a long plane journey so even did some editing

 

Got another video shot this morning. This one on the subject of keeping your technique in check while delivering power shots.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBS2nuEtCSs"]Watch Your Technique - YouTube[/ame]

 

Reviving this thread with a short clip from this week's class

We covered a way of applying a wrist lock very quickly and, ideally, giving your partner minimal feedback until it's too late

https://vimeo.com/145038678

As usual it's just a clip taken from the corner of the room in class so apologies for the quality

 

Thank you to Southpaw535 for letting me use this clip.

Early morning boxing drill workout in the park.

What I like about this is that earlier in the year Southpaw said his rear leg stayed in the bucket and was a weak point.

Here though he seems to have fixed that and in addition he has a really nice hip turnover.

Keep the lead hand coming back on the high line, Aaron, otherwise really nice work.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOCn3Sxskpc"]Southpaw535 with a nice drill in the park. - YouTube[/ame]

 

For my own opinions on that video, I'm not disappointed with it but there are still multiple problems I've spotted:

- Hook is very wide and I drop my hand to throw it instead of it staying shoulder height and being tight. One of my coaches has got me throwing it thumb down to get me to keep my elbow high but I can't throw it with power like that so (because its being recorded and I want to hit things ) I went back to throwing it how I normally do. Due to my cross being weak, my lead hook is the only punch I throw that feels like a power shot so I focus on trying to bingo things with it instead of focusing on proper technique.

- Distance is still a big problem for me. All my crosses land with a bent arm. Something I've been working on fixing for a while and its better, but apparently it is still an issue.

- Guard is too wide. People splitting it with straight shots is a long-time problem

- I do keep my hands up relatively well in the middle of combos, but I'm used to "back to the chin" being the standard and I'd like them to be coming back higher up to cover more of my face than just my jaw.

- Rear foot is at a 90' angle and I move the wrong foot first a decent amount when we're moving.


I also apologise for the swear. I have a terrible potty mouth in person.

 

Aaron, if you watch the first 20 seconds of the video again you'll see you turn the rear hip nice enough when throwing the rear cross, but the rear leg steps and the foot is placed down (just like a step).

As soon as you step like that the energy goes into the ground and not forward into the punch.

This results in an arm punch, which is why you feel the power is lacking.

I have a drill you can do and will try and shoot something in class on Sunday.