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Congrats!

Awesome! Good luck, share the details when you get back!

Not really. I came out of trad art gym that was only affiliated with a small federation. Certainly nothing nationally recognized. So I kind of grew up that way. I've since gotten to go to lots of places and train with lots of people and I've never been anywhere I felt like i was out of depth. It's just, as always, about the quality of training. I'm slightly more snobbish, if we're being honest, about jiujitsu. I have a strong suspicion about "freestyle" clubs with no lineage. That said, if someone can show me BJJ lineage I'm open.

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Welcome aboard!

Half guard is one of those positions that have under gone several evolutions in the short history of modern jiu jitsu. It's gone from a stop gap measure to prevent the pass to an offensive option and everything in between. It's true that some situations can present a problem, for instance, in practical self defense and MMA the bottom half guard can be a horrible position to be in. That said, evolution is always happening and the advent of the shield position in conjunction with proper body position has mitigated this shortcoming. Still, it's a position we must be keenly aware of and capable of tactics from. Here, we look at the Kimura attack: So, who here has watched the evolution of this position? Who likes it and in what form? Has your perceptions of the position changed over time? What drove those changes?

Well done!

BJJ- Black Belt Bujin Kemp- 5th Dan GoKei Ryu- 2nd Dan JKD- Apprentice Inst.

Glad you like it! Let me know what kind of success you have with it.

We've had a busy couple of weeks but we're back with our recap videos. This week, we dug into the side control position and attacks from that position. Here, we take a long look at the Americana attack. It's a super common attack, but I often see it taught with missing details either in control or execution. Check it out: Any thoughts on the steps? How about the manipulation of the control position to drive the submission? Any details that stand out?

Glad you like it! Hope it's helpful for your DT guys!

Nice work! Congrats!

Awesome topic. I'm not sure I have a single best answer for my own why. Part of it is simply I want a place to train people to workout with. i do like sharing the art, certainly. But when I look back across all my time in the arts till now the thing I really enjoy most is the people, the relationships. Sharing the mat with like minded individuals is just great. It's really the best thing about training. Instructing is a chance to build the environment to grow that set of relationships.

By any chance, Alex, do you have a video of Dakup y Punjo? Thanks! I don't out right now. I'll try to shoot one.

Yeah, sorry about that. Lol! It's hard to take part in the live stream and stay on top of the interviews! Patrick just makes it look easy.

Not karate, and even more surprising it's me posting about a form I'm focused on right now I'm involved in the FMA's as a secondary art these days and I'm spending a lot of time in Dakup y Punjo. It's a mid range Doce Methods form that deals with an exchange of timing and initiating attacking with parts of the sword other than the blade at close range as well isolating the attacking arm.

I agree. Day one. If one is using any kinds of forms they are essentially dance without an understanding of the meaning of the movements. That's the critical difference. For me, I'm not a big fan of the "interpretation" either. If someone designed these movements, then there should be an answer of what they do. I think randomly assigning what may or may not be the primary function of the movement is guesswork at best. One of the great things about the FMAs is that often we're still close enough to the source that one can look at a form and go "this is what it is teaching" and often (but not always) it's pretty apparent. There's usually a deeper lesson about the greater strategy of everything as well, a cut can be a cut and a lesson about recovery from vertical. But in both cases the answer should be there given from instructor to student so that learning is maximized. But that's just me. And an opinion that's changed over the years.

Thank you, and great comment. I always start out teaching from a wider punch for a couple of reasons. First up, it is, quite frankly despite what we teach in MA classes everywhere of every type, the most common punching attack we face from any position. Given the amount of fights I've seen, broken up, and been part of on the job, I really believe that this is true a preponderance of the time. Second, for new people or people new to a skill set, the added travel time makes it easier to see and begin to learn the movement. That said, it's important to play with the straight punch as well. The concept is actually the same, I'll attack the straight punch before it launches. Setting up from guard and pulling with the legs. This has the same effect with the straight punch as it does the hooking punch. It takes energy out because there is less travel and preempts the travel. The trap will be slightly more difficult, but a simple pummel will work. It's important to note, I really believe that no system, or set of movements, from any position will make one immune to getting hit, or hurt, or worse. It's a fight, things happen- no matter how well prepared. We'll be free rolling with strikes and occasionally someone comments that they re getting hit despite attempting the correct set of responses. I always comment, it's a fight. There are no guarantees. When we start to roll free is when participants are encouraged to take the tactics and play with them across different angles and different energies to find these little adjustments. Great point, I'm glad it came up in discussion.

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How does/did the material presented by the JKD instructor potentially violate the 8th Amendment? From what I remember the 8th Amendment basically covers areas like excessive bail or fines and the subject of cruel and unusual punishment. Does the "cruel and unusual punishment" in the 8th Amendment apply to "excessive force" when subduing a suspect? It can depending on setting. The 8th isn't usually an issue we deal with on the road, but in a corrections setting it very much can step into the "cruel and unusual" when we talk about use of force.

Welcome aboard! We love questions and civil debate here!

Yeah! Bill's back!

Welcome aboard! Looking forward to seeing your input from an Iaido perspective.

I'm with DwX and Sparticus on this. It's a bad spot to be in. I've always opted to go the spray route with them. Way better option than not having something in hand. When it comes to escalating weapons, check in with Groinstrike. He actually had to use a machete on one (no kidding, this actually happened) that invaded his apartment once. Again, in intermediate weapon is the way to go.

The worst for me, amid a plethora of minor ones, is/was a fractured scaphoid fx. some 20 years ago. This never healed and developed into a nonunion fracture that still bothers me to this day. The thing is taped like a cast 9 times out of 10 on the mat. A close second was three ribs that I tore up during a brown belt test shortly thereafter at a brown belt test. Add in a concussion that I lost, literally, 8 hours of my life to and I've run a pretty good string of non-surgical injuries.