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The off line motion can take a lot of forms. Usually, I'll use it as a half step forward and to the outside of an incoming attack. To the jab hand side. Alot of times there's also a bit of turn at the hips with the upper body. I just depends. I've also used harder swiveling with the upper body for linear attacks. Knife trusts come to mind. Additionally, I off line quite a bit with bobbing motions to the outside of more circular attacks. The best method of accomplishing this is usually dictated by the form of attack.

5/21 BJJ: Worked on escaping/ holding back mount and attacks from there. In drill format for 45. 30 more min of pass finishes from guard v. recovery.

I'm in the "change it if you have to" camp. But then, I've never been much of a traditionalist . Or kata guy for that matter. But, whatever training method you're using you have to listen to your body and what it's telling you, espicially as it gets more mileage on it. Refusing to change something that is bothering you can lead to injury, that means less training time. Unacceptable to me. I used to LOVE to spar. And spar hard. As often as I could find partners. Barring that, I'd want to armor up and do hard contact defend and attack drills. Great stuff, but my body won't put up with it on the grinding schedule I used to do. So I save it for special occassions now. Day to day, my bad wrist won't hold up to heavy bag rounds like it used to. So when I work it, I use lighter contact and work my combos. I want to train for a good long bit yet. That won't occur if I don't realize there are considerations for making sure I stay healthy. This is actually easier to do now that I've fallen in love with BJJ. Now I can train much more frequently and spend less time hurting, recover quicker, and not get hurt as often. So I still build effective skill, stay on the mat and don't keep the cycle of injury, rehab, injury again going. It's a cycle that I'll eventually start to lose. Sometimes, spending more time (a bulk of these days for me) in anther art will even be the answer. It's not a bad thing. So, long answer taken out a couple of steps but the premise remains the same. Change it if you have to. Stay healthy and keep training.

I did my best. However, the time dialation you refer to is one I often experience during high risk physical situations or occassionally competition. Not so much in training.

Should be in via chat! Looking forward!

May 4th, 08. 3 years. Wow, I hadn't stopped to think about that.

KF has been, and I'm sure will continue to be, a fantastic place to hang out and discuss a varitey to topic realted to the arts. The greatest assest to the community has been the culture that Patrick has tried to, and succeed in, creating for the site. Unlike so many martial arts site, the chest thumping that normally occurs and bashing of styles and lineages does not go on here. Beyond the moderation that occurs, I believe that it's because the bulk of the membership active on the site truely "gets" Patrick's vision. The greatest assest, for me personally, is the wide varitey of opinion and backgrounds of individuals represented here as well as several sets of unique experiences that revolve around the martial arts. It's that kind of cross section that really lets people get a feel for how other arts and artist look at a given problem. It's a great education in the mindset of various arts. Additioinally, it's become a great outlet to give back, if in some small way, to a larger group of like minded individual well beyond the circles that I normally frequent locally. This has been an exceptional experience. One that has allowed me to get to know a handful of individuals via social media, ect. Here's to another ten years and more interaction with such a great group of people.

Congrats, Patrick and thank you!

5/20 Active rest day with 20 min of yoga. Mainly stretching postures.

5/19 BJJ nite: Drilled arm bar work, arm bar from stack, transition to rolling armbar. Moved onto partner pulling his arm free and transitioning to triangle, shoulder lock, back to armbar. Fininshed by playing with cartwheeling guard pass. 45 min free roll.

I think training entries is exceptionally important, largely for the reasons MP states above. I'm never going to assume that just beacuse a guy can't hit me that he isn't planning to do me harm. There are plenty of situations where I might elect to pre-emptively attack him based on his actions or verbage. It's very situational. NOt to mention, my job sometimes requiares me to initiate action. Now, if any of the above situations occur, you'd best have practiced a way to get in without him defeating you effort to close. It's easy to say you'll just move in if you have to, but if you've never drilled it then you're moving in with no pre combat preperation. That's bad news. Even minimal exposure time is better than none.

You do see a certain amount of it in mma, just in a less traditional method. You'll often see a jab parried down and thus opening an avenue for a cross or jab to counter. A basic but highly useful form of it.

5/18 Free roll for 90 min. Two rounds on, one round off. 25 min of more yoga. The comments may begin now

Right GS, that's why I'm thinking I like the distinction that Henzo makes there. The flow, that we all preach, is more important than artificially constructed ranges. I think this will be espicially helpful to new people who we're trying to teach weapon to target principles to.

Of course you should train firearms as well, MP.... This is an interesting idea. I have to admit, when I first read that breakdown, I almost immediately wanted to discount it, of course the traditional ranges make sense. Then I took a longer look at it and have to agree. It makes alot of sense. Even moreso when you consider just what MP was talking about with body types. The matchup across types will cerainly dicate differences in ranges. So, I'm willing to go with this assessment. It definatly goes more along my philosophical bent of principle based training anyway. As to the rules of competition in BJJ, the no slam rule is pretty much in effect across the board at reputable comps. It keeps competitors safe. Not a lame rule at all, not to mention, it makes competitors work technical skills rather than slam and grab muscle action. And of course karate based attacks aren't allowed, it's a grappling match. Designed to show skill in that forum. If one wants to strike with it there are a plethora of mma gyms to give one the chance to work just that.

Right, evading is the first step in a measured defensive pattern. As it so happens, moving off line does this really well. Now, there are better and worse ways to make this happen, but the concept is critical in most things. Most attacks are more optimally thrown while you're off line of your attacker. Most ground attacks are best thrown while the hips are at an angle to the limb being attacked, hence, another application of off line movement. From just about anywhere it's a good idea. Now most people will instinctively get this. It's one of the reasons that fights often get that circular pattern going while both combatants are trying to get at one another. Each is instincitively trying to minimize the damage to him and find the opening s on the other guy. Some instincts are better than others, but it's a matter of how we hone them. It's one gripe I often have with classical arts. They actually teach one to ignore the bodies instictual response in favor of an artifical square one. For instance, take a marking knife used in training and slash and an untrained, relitively athletic individuals midsection and you'll likely get some sort of hop back or side stepping motion as the hands come up. Now, put that same individual in a karate class for 6 months to a year and do the same thing. Now, he'll probably respond by taking a rigid stance and attempting to block the incoming weapon with a squared off arm motion of some sort. His non-blocking arm might drop to his waist even. Now we've taken a decent survival response and made it less function thru training. This is problematic. Building off innate responses is often better than trying to re-create thw wheel. An adjustment to foot work, rotating the arms to check the knife swing with the back s of the arms might go further than hours of rigid stance work. Sometimes we build these deficits in without realizing it for the sake of tradition.

Congrats! Not just on the high number either, but on the continued quality of the posts you put out there. Great job.

Trapping is a good tool. It can create openings, deflect aggression, ect. I agree with bushidoman; however, getting into complex multiple traps just for the sake of doing it might get counter productive. Best to remember that they are a tool for OFFENSE and treat them as such.

5/17 Drilled 45 min of takedowns. Sprawls, counters. 25 min free roll 20 min yoga routine.

5/16 BJJ nite: Drilled guard recoveries of a couple of different natures. Moved into working counter to the double under and arm bar from there. 6, 2 min rounds of double under pass v. recovery 45 min free roll.

GS, the 25 year old version of myself doesn't hurt as much as the 38 year old version of myself after being turned into a human pretzel week after week

Welcome aboard KF!

5/15 20 min yoga abs

5/14 Active rest day. 20 min of yoga.

Is that the one where Chuck fights the devil in hand to hand combat? Becauseif it is....that is AWESOME!