KEY WORDS:
select two words for the stare down and then to apply in the fighting rounds. My words were calm or relax and attack or pressure. Was doing ok except when there was lots of pressure from my opponent. This was the first time a stare down had been part of my training. At first it was tough to stay focused but with the internal key word mantra it made it much easier to cope with.
FEAR AND INTENT IN STRIKING:
felt very scared when sparring with Ben. He seemed to be throwing powerful intent heavy shots. I went into a defensive shell and tried to weather the storm. It taught me to have more intent in my hands as this will have greater psychological effects on the opponent.
CLINCH DRILLS:
working the primary grip whilst striking with hands and knees. The first session i don't wear a box and take a knee to the plums. From here we looked at the knee tap takedown. Lee then emphasized the need to practise chaining techniques together. The more we can attack with pressured variety the more unable the opponent will be to settle into his own attacks.
STRIKING DRILLS:
the round kick to the lower body. You could block, check or evade. As both my thighs are struggling to work today I need to develop better and more dynamic footwork. On the plus side I am getting better at keeping the hands and eyes disciplined.
GRAPPLING DRILLS:
part 1 was from kneeling to grt your partner on their back. Restart when done. My first round was with Sami who was using his hips excellently to prevent my takedowns. Drill 2 was previous but holding down when their back
is on the floor. For this I had Pitas. An even and patient battle.
PETE'S TIPS: At the end of class I quizzed Pete about training and picked up the following tips.
HEAD MOVEMENT: Don't be a static target. Work on movement in attack and defence.
ATTACKING AT THE END OF THEIR ATTACK: This is when they are at their most vulnerable. Use body motion and head movement to create good angles for attack.
USING FOOTWORK AND STANCE: Use the lead hand to keep the distance you need. Having thus should enable you to be out of the range of attacks.
Friday, 18 November 2011
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Week 11: Standing fun
Warm up:
Milzy took it and went sprawl mad which was nice. Doing them in sets of 10 almost resulted in my tea making an appearance on the mat.
Head movement and angles:
The feeder gives single shots from either hand as the defender had to initially move the head back over the rear leg to evade followed by a combo, of own choice, to the head and body. Following this was moving inside the punch and countering. Found this a little tougher as you are heading into the chaos. In addition it was tough to let the same side hand punch over his head. Neil noted that my distancing was too close. When I gave more space there was less jamming of my punches.
Working the angles:
Feeder was like a robot in that he held his hands together at face level but extended. This was simply to give the puncher a chance to work against a moving target. The point was to enter and exit with good head movement which brackets a flurry punch combination.
Positive footwork:
Keeping the rear heel of the floor is a slightly more active type of footwork and also keeps you a little more ready to fire attacks as opposed to being passive. Both sides were attacking but OK to throw all types of striking attacks. Footwork was primarily used to evade and move then enter to attack and exit safely.
Ground and pound practise:
Hitting the prone heavy bag with heavy relaxed power. Maintain the weight through the bag and attempting to simulate attacking a human. Also always be thinking of your form - don't get sloppy with the non attacking hand, keep the defense tight.
Free form sparring:
Worked with Hani. Focussed on keeping the short arm tight to the body and face and the other arm long. Really enjoyed it.
Milzy took it and went sprawl mad which was nice. Doing them in sets of 10 almost resulted in my tea making an appearance on the mat.
Head movement and angles:
The feeder gives single shots from either hand as the defender had to initially move the head back over the rear leg to evade followed by a combo, of own choice, to the head and body. Following this was moving inside the punch and countering. Found this a little tougher as you are heading into the chaos. In addition it was tough to let the same side hand punch over his head. Neil noted that my distancing was too close. When I gave more space there was less jamming of my punches.
Working the angles:
Feeder was like a robot in that he held his hands together at face level but extended. This was simply to give the puncher a chance to work against a moving target. The point was to enter and exit with good head movement which brackets a flurry punch combination.
Positive footwork:
Keeping the rear heel of the floor is a slightly more active type of footwork and also keeps you a little more ready to fire attacks as opposed to being passive. Both sides were attacking but OK to throw all types of striking attacks. Footwork was primarily used to evade and move then enter to attack and exit safely.
Ground and pound practise:
Hitting the prone heavy bag with heavy relaxed power. Maintain the weight through the bag and attempting to simulate attacking a human. Also always be thinking of your form - don't get sloppy with the non attacking hand, keep the defense tight.
Free form sparring:
Worked with Hani. Focussed on keeping the short arm tight to the body and face and the other arm long. Really enjoyed it.
Thursday, 3 November 2011
Week 10: Centre back control
Warm up: hold down and submit over getting up and standing away.
Centre back control technique
1: From side back control look to get to centre back control. Put the near side leg in first and keep underhooks at the arm pit. When moved in to centre back control keep the toes pointing straight to avoid crushing when flattening him out. Keep the weight of your chest between his shoulder blades as opposed to the base of the back. Take the leg out back to the starting position, do a chest spin to the other side of his body and repeat.
2: Flattening out. Drive the hips towards his head and keep hands of the matt to give more pressure through his back. If he tucks the arms under to defend, take wrist control and pull towards his hip and flatten his shoulder to the matt.
3: Bicep and forearm suppression from inverted centre back control. formerly known in my mind as the rear naked choke. Key learning points – you can’t get the bicep enough across his throat. Close by putting hand as close to own shoulder as possible. Insert other hand behind his neck to tighten, suppressing arm still relaxed. Get your head into his to stop the neck hand being stripped. Put the non suppressing elbow behind his should. Even now it will be very tight and close to finishing him before tensing. Now tense the suppressing bicep to close the submission. Swiftly.
4: Inner forearm choke from inverted centre back control(x2). As he defends by turning the face away from the bicep he is now setting himself up and thus asking politely to be choked. Pull the suppressing arm out a touch to get the forearm on his throat. Close for a quick and friggin horrid choke. The variation on this was taking the palm to palm, pressure driving with own head towards his and use more strength to pull the forearm across the old windpipe. Hopefully he will be coughing quickly.
5: Arm bar from inverted centre back control. Get the head away from his by pushing away on his head to get the legs over his chest. Now sit up to ensure your hips are tight to his shoulder joint. Cross the ankles, keep the knees squeezing together and wrap the arm. As you lie back keep the ram close to your chest. When the arm is extended push your heels and knees down. This will be very hard as each of those actions will counter the other. This move actually does require an awful lot of presence of mind in all these areas of your body. Now raise the hips to finish. Doing these things with the legs means that the arm is being extended and stretched in the forearm, horribly before the elbow breaks. This detail in the arm will have more success as it is up to me to go through the checklist of points. It reminded me of when Dan Hardy was in this position against GSP who did not finish him from this position. I need to go back to study the clip to see if GSP is doing these details in his arm bar. I know this sounds supercilious and what could I tell GSP anything about MMA but the point is about analysis of technique in the chaos of combat. This was the worst feeling armbar I have ever experienced.
Free form sparring
Sparred with Lee tonight. Subbed a ton of times with a different one each time. He gave me tips on arm bar defence (relax, go pencil thin and roll out) , triangle defence (strong posture and get the legs and knees towards his face to take the power out of the submission position), hitting whilst grappling (simply not hard enough!!! and using striking as a way of getting them to change their grips and make gaps for escapes). Knowing what is happening can help a smarter defence. This is due to the naming convention of moves and that the defence for one is going to be the set up for the next submission. Despite the sound beating I received, I learned so many things. More beatings say I.
Centre back control technique
1: From side back control look to get to centre back control. Put the near side leg in first and keep underhooks at the arm pit. When moved in to centre back control keep the toes pointing straight to avoid crushing when flattening him out. Keep the weight of your chest between his shoulder blades as opposed to the base of the back. Take the leg out back to the starting position, do a chest spin to the other side of his body and repeat.
2: Flattening out. Drive the hips towards his head and keep hands of the matt to give more pressure through his back. If he tucks the arms under to defend, take wrist control and pull towards his hip and flatten his shoulder to the matt.
3: Bicep and forearm suppression from inverted centre back control. formerly known in my mind as the rear naked choke. Key learning points – you can’t get the bicep enough across his throat. Close by putting hand as close to own shoulder as possible. Insert other hand behind his neck to tighten, suppressing arm still relaxed. Get your head into his to stop the neck hand being stripped. Put the non suppressing elbow behind his should. Even now it will be very tight and close to finishing him before tensing. Now tense the suppressing bicep to close the submission. Swiftly.
4: Inner forearm choke from inverted centre back control(x2). As he defends by turning the face away from the bicep he is now setting himself up and thus asking politely to be choked. Pull the suppressing arm out a touch to get the forearm on his throat. Close for a quick and friggin horrid choke. The variation on this was taking the palm to palm, pressure driving with own head towards his and use more strength to pull the forearm across the old windpipe. Hopefully he will be coughing quickly.
5: Arm bar from inverted centre back control. Get the head away from his by pushing away on his head to get the legs over his chest. Now sit up to ensure your hips are tight to his shoulder joint. Cross the ankles, keep the knees squeezing together and wrap the arm. As you lie back keep the ram close to your chest. When the arm is extended push your heels and knees down. This will be very hard as each of those actions will counter the other. This move actually does require an awful lot of presence of mind in all these areas of your body. Now raise the hips to finish. Doing these things with the legs means that the arm is being extended and stretched in the forearm, horribly before the elbow breaks. This detail in the arm will have more success as it is up to me to go through the checklist of points. It reminded me of when Dan Hardy was in this position against GSP who did not finish him from this position. I need to go back to study the clip to see if GSP is doing these details in his arm bar. I know this sounds supercilious and what could I tell GSP anything about MMA but the point is about analysis of technique in the chaos of combat. This was the worst feeling armbar I have ever experienced.
Free form sparring
Sparred with Lee tonight. Subbed a ton of times with a different one each time. He gave me tips on arm bar defence (relax, go pencil thin and roll out) , triangle defence (strong posture and get the legs and knees towards his face to take the power out of the submission position), hitting whilst grappling (simply not hard enough!!! and using striking as a way of getting them to change their grips and make gaps for escapes). Knowing what is happening can help a smarter defence. This is due to the naming convention of moves and that the defence for one is going to be the set up for the next submission. Despite the sound beating I received, I learned so many things. More beatings say I.
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