12/7/16 Manipulation of the structure

SHADOW BOXING
Warm up with hands only

ROUND KICK CATCHING
Drilling moving away from the power of the kick, catching with an undertook and continuing to move around in the arc of the kick whilst holding.

KICK FOR KICK

- Kick for kick. Make sure the hands stay up and alive to practise good habits.
- Attacking the supporting leg. A kicks and B responds by attacking the supporting limb.

Just after the minute mark, is there any better video showing kick for kick. Watching this for the first time as an impressionable 15 year, I thought this was bloody awesome. 28 years later I still love the unrealistic majesty of it.


This video show elements of what Nigel was talking about tonight. When they have thrown the kick, attack the supporting leg as this will have greater effect on their structure.

SIDE KICK DEFENCE/COUNTER
Rear leg side kick - getting behind the kick, undertook with the rear arm and come across his centre/face/neck with the front arm.

Front leg side kick - much hard to do because of the closer distance and shorter reaction time. Nigel's cheat was swapping stance. If he has the left leg forward, you have the right forward. It is a low percentage move but success will be more likely from this position.

Other learning points:
Gauge the distance and nuances in the stance. Look for the tells of the kicks in other parts of the body.

JAB-HOOK (off the same arm) DEFENCE
Bicep brace - catch the jab, step offline and brace his bicep with the long arm to ABC

Crazy monkey - catch the jab, crazy monkey cover with the lead arm (elbow into his bicep), right hand pulls his arm in tight - complete with lead forearm strike into rear elbow to the cheek.

Instead of catching the jab, manipulate his energy and motion by scooping the jab to create the hook. If he throws to fast jabs, the scooping of the first one will cause the energy for the hook. Use the long arm bicep brace and then attack with the Thai clinch. Move him around to get weight on a supporting leg, when the weight is on the supporting leg, kick the inner leg. Just above the knee in the femoral artery to cause great manipulation of his structure.

Nicolas Saignac Savate

I love this video because it resonates with me. I love the idea of 'touching' him and him not 'touching' me. He moves with great fluidity and efficiency. When training in MMA I tried to apply the concepts from this video.

I know the class tonight was about manipulating the opponent, this video is a great example of how to manipulate his rhythm, timing and focus with evasion and number of strikes.

7/7/16: shadow boxing, carenza and knife tapping

SHADOW BOXING ROUNDS
- Hands
- Hands and elbows
- Hands, elbows and knees
- Hands, elbows, knees and legs.

CARENZA ROUNDS
- Double stick
- Single stick L&R
- Single knife L&R, regular and ice pick grip
- Stick and knife, swapping hands
- Double knife, regular and ice pick grip

KNIFE TAPPING

FEEDER - forearm hook stab - abdomen slash - backhand hook stab.
Key learning tips
- Footwork drilling: left 'cat' stance to right ;cat' stance
- Push the blade towards them

We worked:
- Footwork
- Basic drill
- Insert half beat strike to the centreline
- 3 taps per arms
- Feeder removes the initial tap
- Back to the basic drill

This video shows some of the tapping we worked on. Tonight we look using the back of the forearms and both people 'face' each other in that there was no back turning.



This video, at the start, shows the application we work.
Tap and pass the arm, crash in with the left shoulder and cover, thumb grip right and bicep wrap with the left (high on the bicep), weight through the arm and strip.

5/7/16 boxing hands - body shot defences, single stick sumbrada and strips

SHADOW BOXING
As a warm up

BODY SHOT DEFENCES
Against jab, cross, jab and lead hook, cross and rear hook.

Using the elbows and forearms tight to the body and tight small turns to deflect the blows from landing on the body.

Body shot 'play'. Aim was to land on him and avoid him landing on you. 6 intense rounds that tested the resolve!

SINGLE STICK SUMBRADA
3 beat high box - the basic roll
No clicks - imagining the stick is a blade that cuts in a curve

Vine strips

30/6/16: single stick, stick v knife

SOLO STICK
Angle 1 and angle 2 drilling. Angle refinement, body mechanics refinement and use of the waist. Left and right handed.

Abanico drilling (right hand only) Trying to keep the stick above the head, moving on the horizontal plane, use of the body.

5 angles practise:
Part 1: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Part 2: 1, 4, 3, 2, 5.

STICK V KNIFE
Defang the snake - destruct form a distance.

Knife feeder feeds the 5 angles:
- Hit the hand
- Hit the hand twice
- Hit the hand twice then the head
- Hit the hand and employ the checking hand

Knife feeder feeds any angle: apply any of the previous practised methods.

Feeder then inserts other attacks with empty hand or legs and stick holder applies any of the previous practised methods.

Fear the walking dead drill. 2 v 1. The second knife feeder is behind the primary feeder. The stick holder is trying to use primary to block the path.

Final drill was reverting back to 1 stick v 1 knife. A world of difference.

28/6/16 Thai 4 count, knife tapping and knife stripping

THAI 4 COUNT
Feeder attacks with a jab or cross - scoop inside or outside then kick-cross-hook-kick
1: outside leg kick, 2 punches, outside leg kick
2: outside leg kick, 2 punches, inside leg kick
3: inside leg kick, 2 punches, outside leg kick
4: inside leg kick, 2 punches, inside leg kick





CATCH AND OBLIQUE KICK
Feeder attacks with a jab or cross:
Catch and cover - right oblique kick, step out, left inside leg kick

Jon Jones exemplification


KNIFE TAPPING
Against the 5 angles
Against #1 move inside, high block and strike to eyes and neck, backhand sweep the knife hand towards him, cover the elbow, strike to the eyes, head, face.
Against #2 stay behind it, high block and strike to eyes and neck, backhand sweep the knife hand towards him, cover the elbow, strike to the eyes, head, face.
Against #3 low block (like a bong sau) and strike to eyes and neck, backhand sweep the knife hand towards him, cover the elbow, strike to the eyes, head, face.
Against #4 low block (like a bong sau) and strike to eyes and neck, backhand sweep the knife hand towards him, cover the elbow, strike to the eyes, head, face.
Against #5 move inside, low block and strike to eyes and neck, backhand sweep the knife hand towards him, cover the elbow, strike to the eyes, head, face

The feeder keeps feeding so it flows.
The defender maintains contact, allow no gaps

Not quite what we were doing but got demo anyway


KNIFE STRIPPING
Feed with a #1 they respond with a #5

Feed with a #1 they respond with and 12 o'clock with pick axe grip

23/6/16 Heaven 6 masterclass and lock flow

HEAVEN 6
Forehand-backhand-backhand
A good hour of practise in several ways:
In the mirror
Against static sticks
Against another swinging sticks and mirroring the pattern as a sinawali flow
Against the #1 and #2 age attacks hitting the hand.

Steve re-iterated the need for slow and smooth becomes fast. Other learning points were
swing the stick like it is a blade
hit with the last 4 inches of the stick
the hips direct the flow

Some examples of the Heaven 6 flow





LOCKFLOW
1-8
1: kotegaesi variation: take control of the thumb, rotate outwards and down towards the toes using a perpendicular palm on the back of his hand to apply rotation and control.
2: arm wrap and tricep extension (if looking the left arm, wrap with the left
3: upward shoulder rotation
4: extended reverse ikkyo
5: slap in inner elbow, rotate the palm towards him, isolate his elbow under your armpit
6: bring it to horizontal, your elbow under his side ribs
7: nikkyo
8: step on the foot, arm under for thumb joystick control
They for us, according to Steve is the grip, primarily strong and on the thumb. Also grab the hand and not the wrist - the wrist is a hold put holding the hand effects the wrist and thus pain and an effective lock.

21/6/16 Cross loop drill, pad work and grappling flow

CROSS LOOP DRILL
- shoulder roll
- short parry
- long parry
- cover with the elbow
- cut punch
- lap and uppercut
- Thai long arm cover
- bob and weave, boy hoo, head hook, he body hooks then head hooks which you bob and weave with body hit and continue the drill by throwing the right cross.

Throw constant alternate crosses between players and inserting any of the defences in any order.

PAD WORK
Jab-cross - bob under the lead hook - shuffle forward to cross-hook - bob under the rear hook - shuffle forward hook-cross-hook

10 hard as you can right crosses

GRAPPLING FLOW
Off the jab (move around the body counter clockwise) or the jab-cross (move around the body clockwise)
Short parry and salute into lap and uppercut into
1 - head control with the arm snaked under his elbow and hand on the back of the head
2 - switch arms with outside arm on the back of the tricep
3 - take the back and the hip creases
4 - fingers in the clavicles at the throat
5 - swim up for the full Nelson
6 and 7 are 1 and 2 in reverse order