Grappling for JKD from MMA - the takedown series

These methods were from Workman Martial Arts and PROMAI MMA

4 basic takedown drilling: the single hip capture, double hip capture, single and double leg.

Knee wrap takedown
Hand trip takedown
Single leg takedown clasping from shoulder control

Single leg capture: x4
1. Drive knee to head, left arm under knee, transition right hand to heel to get him hoping back.
2. Outer leg trip
3. Pulls back to escape you transition into double knee capture and the takedown is most reminiscent of a rugby tackle motion. You collapse him from his knees.
4. Both arms under his knee, keep the right elbow crease under his knee lifting high as the left hand wraps around his shoulder for a ‘steering wheel’ take down.

Knee trip and shoulder take down: The trip is simply a barring action (the hand on the side of the knee) so that the leg has nowhere to go. The arm in shoulder control straightens from the bicep and the ‘bowls’ as the trip happens acting as a fulcrum. This technique works when you have the same leg forward as the partner

Single leg takedown: defend by putting the leg on the outside , step around and drag down
Above but the leg goes on the inside, drive backwards and then change direction by pulling down as he tries to straighten his leg.

Front hip lift: as with the naming convention it simply refers to the part of the body being used and on occasion a direction. Start in standard shoulder control clinch and the secondary grip on the tricep. Transfer to side body clinch with head on shoulder blade, squeeze the elbow together, thrust with the hips as you look up and lift onto your arching chest. To complete the throw relax the shoulder and dump him on the floor with you in a dominant position to continue

Back hip throw: first looking at using shoulder control and tricep grip then and underhook and overhook clinch grip as this secures their shoulders. Anyway the first one we looked at was concerning the feet. Initial step is in front of his foot, not past, get your hips lower than his then attack with your chasing foot. That one steps a little deeper between his legs and triggers a fast insert of your hips into his hip space. Lift and throw.

Double leg takedown into calf trip: starting front body clinch, drop and change the level to go for the double leg takedown. Importantly shift the stance back a little to enable you to get the front knee to the floor. From here wrap the outside leg around their front calf and drive forward, keep the calf wrapped and thus controlled when they are on their back, you then move into your next positional transition.

Sitting takedown from side body clinch: step behind his knee so that you are square in your stance. Simply, sit your arse down whilst maintaining your body clinch grip. He should go down with you. Do not turn or rotate him as you go down, trust the motion.

Takedown from shoulder control: You are deep in their space, your knee is behind theirs, your torso pressure is on them so there are no gaps when you bump the knee and pull the shoulder down to collapse their structure. This works when you have opposite legs forward

Shoulder control takedown from knees: Secondary grip on tricep and pinch down with your elbow, step your knee in front of his knee to create a barrier and pull him over that as you follow into a high angle side control.

Double leg takedown using jab footwork. And looked at the 3 types depending on what energy the opponent gives us.
1: the turning and lifting wheel type.
2: the straight drive type by pulling his leg between your legs as we drive with the shoulder. (This is where we spent our time practising).
3: the sweeping type.

Scissor takedown into ankle extension: From the standing clinch look to perform a hip throw. If he does not defend then complete the throw. However if he defends by straightening his posture attempt the entertaining. From the hip throw your backside should be against his thigh. Drop to the floor and scissor him down, top leg attacking high and front and the lower leg low and behind. Do not let your lower leg hit the floor. From here you can clasp his leg with your knees and perform the ankle extension as outlined earlier on.

Double leg shoot and lift: Great warm up drill for practising the correct head and face posture without the danger of being hit.

Double leg NOTES: Main focus was posture, something that I need to be frequently aware of and thus adjusting. Hips back, short arms, elbows in, spine concave head tucked in but chin up. When shooting for the TD keep looking up and squeeze ear to the hip of opponent. This will ensure you are harder to be head controlled. Once in hold step around and stand as you lift, posted leg side, and turn (away from the posted leg).

Working on the crash mats:
• Hip toss
• Double leg and slam
• Inner knee capture and slam
• Fireman lift and slam
• Single hip capture and slam
• Free takedown play
• Arm drag to get to the back from standing clinch.
• Plum clinch to neck control and half nelson for the shearing takedown.
• Clinch to fireman lift takedown.
• Double and single hip capture, double and single leg takedown chain wrestling drill.

Yoga - maintaining motion, flexibility and strength.

Here are Yoga channels I subscribe to and use regularly. I love the variety of motion and intensity as well as the humbling reminder of what I am and am not capable of. Plus, seeing experts in action gives you something to aspire to.
Below are the links to the video channels plus an embedded example of the work.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOiBggLaIH3aJL7pJGHpCpA


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrtTMWDx4u1dVKMpXNhjwpA


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo3GoRLFsOehQ4tIoKZHzNA


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxiaB7b1_MyvXWPwtgAFB9A


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcox27Gc-NGbb2-X9hdLaMw

Joint mobility

Here is the routine I use. It is a combination of Scott Sonnon's warrior wellness, things from Steve Cotter and things from other arts I have incorporated. Takes about 15 minutes.

NECK: Waves forward and back, Half circles, Lateral circles

SHOULDERS: Rolling forward and backwards, double and single, Rectangle shrugs x2 directions, Figure 8 swings F/B. L/R. U/D, Double and single Mexican waves, Shoulder claps, Arm screws

ELBOWS: Figure 8 swings F/B. L/R. U/D, Cossack punches

WRISTS: Wanderlei’s, the Aikido 4

FINGERS: Waves, Isolated circles

TORSO: Discuss swings, Pull the rope, Calf taps, Figure 8 F/B, L/R, Big circles, Matahorn side bends, Wudang squats

HIPS: Single leg circles F/S/B, 3 direction circles, Waist Figure 8 L/R, Waist big circles, Snake creeps down, Drawing figure 8s with the foot x2 directions

KNEES: Pressing knee circles, Butterfly knee circles

ANKLES: Rocking heel to toe

Daniel Lonero seminar, day 2

Right off the bat, if you have any details or notes you want to add, email me and I will insert them citing you. It would be great to get different perspectives and experiences from those in attendance.

Email: pcaswe1@elp.rbksch.org

James has already sent me his notes. Please find them after my partially coherent ramblings.

The day started off with warm ups based on mobility and flexibility. Mobility work is pretty generic and we ran through the main joints. I have my own mobility program I do and will put that up in a later post. He then ran through the opening postures of the Bikram sequence of yoga. On a side, this is something I have become interested in over the summer and have incorporated Bikram Yoga as part of my own training schedule.

I love it, give it a go.


Part 1 of the day was following where we left off yesterday and working with the sticks. There was a variety of co-ordination drills followed by in-depth punyo focus. This was followed by redondo and abanico strikes against the 5 angles. My actual recall of these, even a few hours removed, is poor. What I will take away, as with the whole weekend, is that I am now a tiny bit better than I was on Saturday morning. Maybe I am more aware of my feet, or lowering my posture or have gained an improved understanding of the punyo. What I can say with certainty is, had I stayed at home, I wouldn't be that one step closer to getting better. This blog is called Kaizen JKD as Kaizen is a Japanese concept of continual improvement. For me, that is what all this is about. Getting better through practise.

After lunch it was silat time. Many moons ago I trained in Harimau which brings back painful memories of leg conditioning. Thankfully, Daniel gave us an insight into applications off the lead punch. We entered in the same way but ended with with the opponent's arm in 6 variations yet each variation took us to the same place - in control of the arm and away from other striking tools. I have watched many silat videos and have been fascinated by this art and how things just seems to be there for the next technique and then next technique and so on. I really enjoyed the flow and feel of the motions to the sweeps to the takedowns and to the finishes, which relative to the rest of the weekend, were particularly violent. Daniel gave the context of the silat material, obviously it was born out of a need and society very different to ours. I do however, think it is a valuable study.

Daniel also talked about the 5 targets in silat:
Hand - that is the first target as that is the thing usually attacking you.
Eyes - can't see, he can't fight.
Airways - can't breathe, he can't fight.
Groin - pain
Legs - transportation system. With a rye smile, Daniel said so he can't use them, changed his mind to, so he can't run away!

It was watching him move in the silat section that it was apparent how skilled he is in movement and has absolute mastery over his body. This is not because he was born gifted or special, but because he has spent time working, making mistakes and learning from those mistakes. They say a black belt is white belt who never stopped going to class. Failure is a significant part of our journey and for me it is a great way to keep the ego in check. In my mind, I am THE shit, if you train with me, you know I'm just shit! But I'm happy with that because meeting people like Daniel and seeing all the people there at the seminar this weekend helps to reinforce that idea. Chael Sonnen says 80% of winning is just turning up. For me, that is turning up to class but also turning up to my yoga mat or kettle bells and putting the time in.

The day ended with some delightful pummelling for double underhooks. For me, some of the best times I've had in martial arts has been grappling. I just love it. I love the honesty of it, the effort, the problem solving and the struggle.

Daniel talked about relative truth, he mentioned silat, not a critique but as an assessment. I think the point he was making was that arts like this, don't appear to have contested or non-compliant work and would benefit from developing more of this. I loved my time in Aikido but felt the training methods, not the techniques, were not honest enough. I even thought that when my shoulder was 'accidentally' dislocated.

I guess it is all about balance and find what is what you want and what you need. It was a pleasure to be in the room for 8 hours with Daniel and his most able assistant Anton. It was just friggin awesome.

JAMES' NOTES. As yesterday, many thanks James. This is quite a piece of work.

Double Stick
With partner, starting in open guard do the following in sequence:
1. Cobb cobb x4.
2. Angle 1, angle 2 on right then left.
3. Angle 1, low backhand watik, angle 2 on right then left.
4. Switch to closed guard and heaven 6.
5. Standard 6.
6. Earth 6.
7. Forehand, backhand as you umbrella, forehand on right then left.

From closed guard:
1. Partner feeds an angle 1, hit his stick with a right forehand, then right Redondo, left backhand, right backhand in the air.
2. Partner feeds an angle 2, hit his stick with a left forehand, then left Redondo, right backhand, left backhand in the air.
3. Partner feeds an angle 3, hit his stick with a right forehand, then right Redondo, left backhand, right backhand in the air.
4. Partner feeds an angle 4, hit his stick with a left forehand, then left Redondo, right backhand, left backhand in the air.
5. Partner feeds an angle 9 (forehand to knee), hit his stick with a left forehand, then left Redondo, right backhand, left backhand in the air.
6. Partner feeds an angle 10 (backhand to the knee), hit his stick with a left forehand, then left Redondo, right backhand, left backhand in the air.
7. Do 1-6 as above but this time partner feeds for both the forehand and the Redondo and so you hit his sticks for those two strikes then do the two backhands in the air. For example partner will have both sticks on his right shoulder and will feed two angle 1’s with the left stick first then the right.
8. As (7) but mix the angles e.g. first strike high, second strike middle; first strike middle, second strike high; first strike low, second strike high; first strike high, second strike low.
9. Partner feeds an angle 5 with the right stick, abanico 3x (left, right, left; hitting stick, hand, elbow) then Redondo twice, backhand, backhand (in the air). Do same on left side.
10. Partner feeds an angle 6 (reverse thrust to head) with the right stick, deflect with your right stick by flicking your wrist to the right (so your palm faces up) then Redondo twice, backhand, backhand (in the air). Do same on left side.
11. Partner feeds an angle 7 (forehand thrust to head) with the right stick, deflect with your right stick by flicking your wrist to the left (so your palm faces down) then Redondo twice, backhand, backhand (in the air). Do same on left side.

Stick Hubud
1. Start with standard hubud.
2. Pass the angle 1 like a dagger pass (switch to left lead). Guide the path of the stick so it does not hit your leg. Partner does the same.
3. Raise, trap and backhand (keep the stick under your armpit). Partner parries it down and feeds back the same strike.
4. One side does (2) and the other side does (3).
5. Raise, trap and feed an angle 3 (leading with the punyo), partner stops with his left hand, hits the inside of the elbow with the punyo, hits the bicep with his elbow then flips the stick to hit you on the head, you shield then raise, trap and go back into the drill.
6. Raise, trap underneath your right arm and feed an angle 2, partner blocks, raises, traps and goes back into the drill.
7. Raise, trap above your right arm and feed an angle 4 partner blocks with L. hand (palm up) or with the outside forearm of the stick arm, raises, traps and goes back into the drill.
8. Pass the angle 1, backhand hit the hand/knuckles, retract your left hand to allow you to bring the punyo back up to feed the angle 1 then put your left hand back on.
9. Pass the angle 1 and inside gunting under the arm and feed the angle 2, partner stops it, raises, traps and hits.
10. Feed the angle 1, partner blocks in the normal way and as he does this you throw a left vertical punch, partner parries with his left hand to the right, hits the inside of the elbow with the punyo, hits the arm with the stick by flipping the stick up and can feed a straight punch to turn the drill into punching hubud or he feeds the angle 1, partner passes and goes into one of the options off the pass.

Sumbrada Flow 1
1. Pass the angle 1 and feed back the angle 1.
2. Partner passes the angle 1 and feeds the angle 3.
3. Stop with left hand and guntin the arm right to left with punyo and feed angle 4.
4. Partner passes the angle 4 with the back of his hand (his stick should be chambered over the top of his left arm) and feeds the angle 2.
5. Stop the angle 2, raise and feed the angle 1 and the flow starts again.

Sumbrada Flow 2
1. Pass the angle 1, backhand hit the hand/knuckles, retract your left hand to allow you to bring the punyo back up to feed the angle 1.
2. Partner passes and guntings underneath and feeds the angle 2.
3. Vertical gunting and throw the left vertical punch.
4. Partner parries with his left hand to the right, hits the inside of the elbow with the punyo, hits the arm with the stick by flipping the stick and feeds the angle 1 and drill starts again.

Silat
Partner throws the jab. You parry inside with the left and monitor his right hand with your right hand then:
1. (Arm over) Wrap your right arm over his left arm as you step your right leg forward in front of and between his legs, shoot your right leg back to sweep his leg then step your right foot behind his right foot, as he loses his balance and posts on his hand, bring your right foot towards you to sweep his leg and stamp on his knee with your left foot, keeping control of his arm step around his head and sit back for the arm bar.
2. (Arm under) Shoot your right arm under his left arm above his elbow as you step your right leg forward in front of and between his legs, shoot your right leg back to sweep his leg then put your left hand on the back of his neck and reinforce it with your right hand on top, push down on his neck and feed his head through so he ends up sitting with his back to the front of your legs, keeping control of his right arm feed your left arm behind his neck (palm against his neck) and push down on his neck as you twist his arm.
3. (Both arms over) Circle your hand over his arm and feed it to the left then roll your right arm over (like the way you roll for the wave and hack switch from hubud) as you step your right leg forward in front of and between his legs and use your right forearm above his elbow to bend him forward (your left hand should be on top of his wrist), shoot your right leg back to sweep his leg, use your stomach to walk him forward at a 90 degree angle so he ends up face down on the floor, place your right knee on his tricep and pull up on his lower arm.
4. (Right arm under, left arm over) Circle your hand over his arm feed it to the left then shoot your straight right arm underneath his arm (keep your left hand on top of his wrist) as you step your right leg forward in front of and between his legs, shoot your right leg back to sweep his leg then step your right foot behind his right foot and use your right hand to pull on the back of his knee, as he loses his balance keep control of his arm as you pick up his right foot with your right hand, right knee drop his groin and squeeze your knees together around his right leg as you put his right foot under your right armpit then heel hook.
5. (Right arm over, left arm under) Circle your hand over his arm and feed it to the left and roll your right arm over and put your left hand under his wrist as you step your right leg forward in front of and between his legs and use your right forearm above his elbow to bend him forward, shoot your right leg back to sweep his leg, put your right hand on the floor and then slide your right knee through so he goes face down onto the floor and you’re controlling his arm in a keysa position with your right arm over and left arm under his arm, apply pressure into him and arm bar.
6. (Both arms under) Circle your hand over his arm and feed it to the left as you put both hands under his arm and go to step forward but as you do so he puts his right hand on your head, pop his left arm up as you step his right leg behind him and put your right elbow on his chest, posture up and use your right elbow to unbalance him over your leg and spin clockwise keeping control of his left arm then go into a suitable finish.

Daniel Lonero seminar, day 1

There was much banter today from my 'friends' from the club at the lack of ability to blog in detail. Well they were right. Lots of material was covered in our 4 hours with Daniel. At the end of my blog post are the notes and reflections made by James. He puts me to shame, many thanks James.

Daniel is an inspiration in the way he moves and the way he teaches. There was a combination of actual martial arts material but also a healthy dose of cultural contextualisation.

Kickboxing session.
Warm up with evasion methods - maintaining striking range
Form training of kicks using a partner to take care of your balance so you can focus on the legs: lead leg round kick to the chest, to the inner thigh, chest then thigh, double kick to the chest.

The main theme of this part of the seminar was ripost -
noun
1.
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
a brilliant riposte to an insult.
2.
Fencing. a quick thrust given after parrying a lunge.

- and being able to ripost to after your opponent attacks.

Daniel built the learning in layers, I stayed at the lowest layer because quite quickly the brain was filling with information and unable to process.
-4 evasions of the jab, then the cross then the hook. The idea was to use footwork to get out of range, coupled with the footwork were a variety of parrys or connections with his punches.

Kicks were then added. So the idea was to evade the punch attack and ripost with a kick.

Then came the ripost work against kicks. There were 6 riposts (after evasive footwork) to the lead kick to the inner thigh and 6 riposts to the round kick to the outer thigh. I
Ripost kicks -
side kick to lead leg,
round kick to rear leg
round kick to the mid line,
stomp the thigh,
follow the kick with a kick,
heel stomp (looks like a crush),
gay gordon (lift the heel to the arse to block the kick)
round the world (going over the top and with the energy of the kick)

Putting it altogether - Partner A feeds punches and occasional kicks. Partner B has to control the punches, look for ripost kicks to the arm attacks as well as trying to use the ripost counter kicks.


Double stick session.
'Walking lines' with flow and exaggerated motions. Daniel talked about going slow to restore or cultivate energy in the body.
Doing different examples of Heaven 6. walking forwards, backwards, sideways, quarter turing. Also inserted was different ways of doing the Heaven 6. I don't know the names but there were X versions, more vertical versions and then one where the final strike goes around the head.

Paired Heaven 6 - forwards, backwards and sideways.

Triangles of Heaven 6 - one person going backwards as the two walking forwards are constantly throwing their strikes. The uniqueness of the drill was that each person going forwards only makes contact with 3 of their strikes.

4s of Heaven 6 - whilst moving down the hall, to your face partner, then shoulder partner, then corner partner.

This is when it all really fell apart in terms of details...

Double stick v single stick - gunting against the 6 angles (angle 6 looked to be upward backhand?), 6 or so different strips of the angle 2. The strips were the same, how he got there was different hence blankness in me.

We then moved on to using the punyo (the butt, the base, the bit sticking out from under your fist). We looked at hubbub using the punyo and inserting strikes on the 4 angles. This evolved into a counter for counter drill attacking on the 4 angles. More tomorrow.

Intermittently, Daniel talked a lot about culture and the differences between high culture and pop culture, the hierarchy of traditional (pre-industrial) Japanese and Chinese society. Interestingly, at the bottom of both were the merchants. In our society, making money seems to be the goal. There was also talk about solo training in Kail and the importance of it, not only for the practitioner but also in other contexts - for demonstration purposes, for ceremonial purposes and for assessment of skills and ability purposes.

Today wasn't just about techniques, it was about martial arts. Really excited for day tomorrow. I am going to try and be, feel and absorb.

In summary, today was a remarkable experience to see a master of movement (of self and others) in action.

Below are the extensive and detailed notes from fellow classmate and seminar attendee James

Savate
Evasion Warm-Up
1. One side holds arm out and moves around – the other side has to maintain range.
2. Slip C. slip J, B+W RH, B+W LH, lean back from RC, bounce back RC.
3. One side throws L. or R. round kicks to body (kick with foot – extend leg so at long range – keep torso upright), other side moves sideways away from kick.
4. One side throws inside leg kicks, rear leg kicks or jeet-teks and the other side evades by bouncing back out of range using both feet.
5. One side throws a mix of punches of kicks as above and other side evades.

Leg Warm-Up
Both sides in left lead hold each other’s left hands or balance. Chamber left leg, keep the torso as upright as possible and:
1. Roundhouse to liver / solar plexus 7x without putting leg down.
2. Roundhouse to inside thigh 7x without putting leg down (bend supporting leg each time you kick).
3. Roundhouse to liver / solar plexus then roundhouse to inside thigh 7x.
4. Roundhouse to inside thigh then roundhouse to liver / solar plexus 7x.
5. Double roundhouse to liver / solar plexus (second kick only partially retracts) 7x.
Do the same from a right lead.

Ripost
Partner jabs:
1. Catch, pause then jab back.
2. Catch and jab back on the half beat (ripost).
3. Jab back as you catch (simultaneous).
4. As you see his punch start to come you jab (interception).
Aim is to use your legs to control range and timing. When you parry maintain contact with partner’s arm so you can feel his energy.

Partner jabs:
1. Step right leg back and out at a 45, and parry outside with right hand, left roundhouse to body on the half beat.
2. Step right leg back and out at a 45, and parry outside with left hand (bridge), left roundhouse to body on the half beat.
3. Step left leg back and out at a 45 (so you are in a right lead), and parry outside with right hand, right roundhouse to body on the half beat.
4. Step left leg back and out at a 45, and parry inside with right hand (bridge), right roundhouse to body on the half beat.
Partner crosses:
5. Step right leg back and out at a 45, and parry inside with left hand (bridge), left roundhouse to body on the half beat.
6. Step right leg back and out at a 45, and parry outside with left hand, left roundhouse to body on the half beat.
7. Step left leg back and out at a 45 (so you are in a right lead), and parry outside with left hand, right roundhouse to body on the half beat.
8. Step left leg back and out at a 45, and parry outside with right hand (bridge), right roundhouse to body on the half beat.
Partner long hooks (to determine your long hook range, put your fists together then open your farthest knuckles so a triangle appears between your knuckles. When your thumbs touch that’s the angle of your fist for the long hook):
9. Off left hook, step left leg back and out at a 45, and parry outside with right hand (bridge), right roundhouse to body on the half beat.
10. Off right hook, step right leg back and out at a 45, and parry inside with left hand (bridge), left roundhouse to body on the half beat.
11. Off left hook, step right leg back and out at a 45 and tight cover the hook so it just brushes your guard then left roundhouse to body on the half beat.
12. Off right hook, step left leg back and out at a 45 and tight cover the hook so it just brushes your guard then right roundhouse to body on the half beat.
Do 1-4 above but off a jab, cross, jab combination. This time though you have to start moving your foot on the cross in order to land the ripost – leaving it for the final jab will be too late.
One side feeds punches and the other side covers in boxing range then starts to implement 1-12 above off the punches. You want to be continuously changing range – like a rubber band.

Evasion / Interception

Partner inside leg kicks. Evasion is always by hopping both legs back out of range:
1. Evade then pendulum or hop-in lead roundhouse to body.
2. Evade then jump in rear leg kick.
3. Evade then hop-in lead leg side kick.
4. Intercept with rear leg jeet-tek then lead roundhouse to body.
5. Intercept by lifting lead leg up and then pushing kick down on his quad then right roundhouse.
6. Lift lead leg up and circle it clockwise so it scoops outside his kicking leg the right roundhouse.

Partner rear leg kicks:
1. Evade then pendulum or hop-in side or front kick to body.
2. Evade then jump in rear leg kick.
3. Evade then hop-in lead leg side kick.
4. Intercept by lifting lead leg up and then push kick down on his quad then front kick to body (don’t put leg down between interception and kick).
5. Intercept by blocking kick with the sole of your left foot then spinning crescent kick.
6. Bring your left heel to your butt then scoop his kick with your left instep then right roundhouse.
One side feeds punches and the other side covers in boxing range then starts to implement riposts, evasions and interceptions.

Double Stick
Solo (slow and smooth – can be like a meditation):

Walking forward – closed guard:
1. Heaven 6.
2. Forehand, backhand, Redondo, forehand, backhand, Redondo.
3. Forehand, umbrella as you backhand, forehand, forehand, umbrella as you backhand, forehand.
4. Heaven 6 sideways – the shoulder doing the forehand should lead – requires cross-step footwork.

With partner who has a single stick:
1. Partner feeds angles, 1, 4, 3, 2, 5 then a 12 (vertical upward backhand). Gunting each strike and then insert a watik after each gunting (a backhand for angles 1, 3, and 5, a forehand for angles 4, 2 and 12).
2. Do (1) but drop to one knee. Ensure the supporting foot is to the side or behind the knee not in front of it.
3. Partner feeds angle 1, you gunting, both sides backhand watik then partner feeds an angle 2. Zone left and backhand hit the hand, step left leg forward and use the punyo of your left stick (stick facing down) to scoop on the inside of his arm (elevator), strike the body/left hand with your right stick and insert the punyo (stick facing down) inside his arm (almost replaces where the left stick was), use left forearm to strip the stick.
4. As (3) but as partner feeds the angle 2, zone left and hit his hand with a left forehand, hit the head with a right forehand then insert the right stick punyo inside his arm as in (3).
5. As (3) but as partner feeds the angle 2 shield block (like in punyo sumbrada) then go into left then right elevator strip.
6. As (5) but after shield zone left and hit his hand with a left forehand, hit the head with a right forehand then insert the right stick punyo inside his arm as in (3).
7. As (3) but as partner feeds the angle 2 outside deflect with the right stick, hit the hand with a left forehand, hit the head with a right forehand then insert the right stick punyo inside his arm as in (3).
8. As (3) but as partner feeds the angle 2 inside deflect with the left stick, hit the hand with a right backhand, then go into left then right elevator strip.

6/9/16: conditioned sparring rounds, Thai 4 counts plus 6 and 8 count sinawali

Warm up
Shadow boxing - body mechanics, adding footwork, adding jab and cross, adding hooks and uppercuts, adding jab or cross defences.

Conditioned sparring rounds. All in a one for one format. The aim was to play with the timing, and keep the conditioned sparring alive. So trying to land punches, reply with your techniques as soon as he has landed his kick. Or try pausing, playing and delaying the punch to keep him thinking. Action is faster than reaction.
Front hand punch followed by a rear leg round kick to his leg.
Part 1:
Jab down the centreline, shift and round kick.
Shift offline and jab to round kick.
Drop the level, jab to the body to round kick.

Part 2:
Uppercut to round kick.
Shovel hook to round kick.
Body hook to round kick.
Head hook to round kick.
Feint to round kick.

Rear hand punch to front leg to his inner thigh.
Part 1:
Drop your level to body cross to inner kick.
Shift offline and cross to inner kick.
Cross down the centreline to shift and inner kick.

Part 2:
Rear uppercut to inner kick.
Head hook to inner kick.
Body hook to inner kick.
Shovel hook to inner kick.

All together:
Any of the above, one for one and keeping it alive. As always, lots of partner changes for different energies, ranges and motion.

Thai 4 counts on the pads for 3 minute rounds.
Round 1:
Inner thigh kick (lead leg) to cross - left hook to inner thigh kick.
As above but finish with a rear kick to the outer thigh.

Round 2:
Rear kick to outer thigh to left hook - right cross to inner thigh kick.
As above but finish with a rear kick to the outer thigh.

Double stick

Standard 6 count sinawali
right forehand (head height) - left backhand (low) - right backhand (head) left forehand (head) - right backhand (low) left backhand (head). Chamber each strike, work slow with flow rather than fast and clunky.

The following video shows the basic pattern we worked to begin with.



We then added a variety of motions whilst working the 6 count:
1: walking the circle clockwise and anti-clockwise
2: forwards and backwards
3: one person goes down on one knee, then both knees then post up on the other foot to standing. When back on the feet, the other person goes down to the floor.

Standard 8 count sinawali
As previously, chamber every strike and work slow with flow and not fast and clunky. If the strike is not fully chambered then the follow up strike will be uncertain. The full chamber shows you where the next strike comes from.
right forehand (head height) - right backhand (low) - left backhand (low) - right backhand (head) left forehand (head) - left backhand (low) - right backhand (low) - left backhand (head).

Putting together the 6 and the 8 count - 6 count into 8 count into 6 count and so on. It helped when the more experienced partner called the count.

1/9/16: boxing masterclass plus single stick work.

Boxing masterclass, lots of rounds, changes of partners and quality drill time.

The image of GSP is most pertinent as he used the jab with ruthless efficiency in his fight against Josh Koscheck. He coupled accuracy with a ridiculous work-rate, not only to sing the fight, but to break Koscxeck's orbital bone in the process. Sound basics and fundamentals are key. The same is in the grappling world. Roger Gracie is, agreed by most, the greatest grappler ever yet what and how does he win? He uses basic techniques but he is an absolute master of those techniques. He beats the best in the world with 'basic' techniques. Another example of building your arsenal on sound foundations methods.

Tonight, the boxing masterclass was focussed on the jab.

A:Jab B:catch and jab A:catch and jab

Jab v jab 'sparring', trying to land the jab whilst not allowing him to land.

High v low jab.
A only throw high jabs, B only throws low jabs.

Jab v jab plus cross
A only throw jabs, B throws jabs and occasional crosses.

3 jab cross defence drilling
A jab-cross B catch catch (catch with the same hand) and jab,
A jab-cross B split entry (parry and punch to chin or neck)
A jab-cross B catch then punch over the top of the cross

A: Only throws jabs with occasional crosses B: isolated to throwing jabs but has to use any 3 defences against the cross.

Phone box sparring:
Each person has the right foot forward and touches knee to knee, foot to foot. Any punch, any defence but stay in leg contact. Aim was to use body mechanics to throw the punches, use the elbows to open up the body.

Single stick
Revisiting the work from last session and moving it on.
8 count in air
A: delivers the 8 angles B: De-fang the snake (hitting the hand). Mirror their strike angle. Make sure you are out of range of his stick whilst being in range for your counter.

A: delivers the 8 angles B Mirror their strike angle, hit the hand then stab

Mirroring drill of the 8 angles
Both deliver the 8 angle pattern, making contact with the stick, follow through and hit with either a high forehand or high backhand. So...
#1 angle 1 followed by high backhand
#2 upward backhand followed by high forehand
#3 upward forehand followed by high backhand
#4 downward backhand (angle 2) followed by high forehand
#5 angle 5 followed by high backhand (I think)
#6 lateral backhand followed by high forehand
#7 lateral forehand followed by high backhand
#8 high reverse stab followed by high backhand

8 v 8
As above but without the follow up hits. Just like we drilled on Tuesday.