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I see the intent and point of the saying sensei8 and think I'd agree with the ideal that it puts forth. However, I think that acknowledge needs to be made that it's a training mindset that leads to oerwhealming force application to defeat the bad guy. At least that's how I'd see it. It's mindset training. The reality of the bad guy resisiting, and often resiting hard, no matter how good your skill set is needs to be addressed as well. This way, you condiiont hte student to build into his brain that he will dominate his aggressor, and he will do it no matter the level of resistance against him. He will continue to assert his skills until domination no matter how much resistace continues to come to bear agaiinst him. To often, espically with young or new students, they start to feel that the above statement is literal and that they will instanly dominate a situation with skill. Then, when faced with a determined and aggressive bad guy, they mentally ge thrown for a loop. Too literal of a translation without proper frame of reference, can set them up for failure. Still, they must believe and be willing to press the initiative until they make the statement true.

Early UFCs were much more rule free. Strikes to the eyes were never allowed, but hair pulling and groin striking were in. YOu didn't see it alot, but Keith Hackney did pound a guy into submission by upper cutting him to the groins several times while on the ground. I think small joint manips might have been as well, but I never remember seeing them get used. Hair pulling did change the complexion of a fight or two early on in the game in the World Combat Championships when some one go a handful of hair and drove a guys head to the mat and pinned it in place. Then proceeded to stop on it or knee it or such shile it was immobile.

Fearun, that's a pretty good call. Going on the offensive is almost always more advantageous in situations that call for a response than settling into a defensive mindest. This lets you press the activity and take the mental edge in the conflict rather than get put on your heels so to speak.

today- am- BJJ: Worked on passing the butterfly guard followev by movement to mount from side by passing foot. Finished with americana submission. Free roll for 50 min. Got the ear drained today. It looks more normal, here's hoping that the tape and compression take. pm- back/bis

If you haven't, check out crossfit.com for stuff along those lines.

They are nice and do work you in a slightly differet way than doing the same motions with dumbells. Certainly more versitlie. However, if you're on a budget, you can sub dumbells in most cases for the same motions with kettlebells. If you've got the coin, they are a good addition to thehome gym.

yesterday- BJJ nite: Drilled on transition from side to full mount. Also worked taking back movement from his escape work. Did rounds of maintaining side mount and advancing position. Partner made efforts to escape. No submissions, movement only. Did part of the rounds with eyes closed. Free roll for 60 min. Cauliflower ear is in full swing this morning. I've had a bit of a case of it for a week or so. But it really exploded last night. Probabily have to have it drained if I want to keep my wife happy. Looks like it'll be headgear for a while.

Welcome aboard! Glad to have you and looking forward to hearing your input.

today- 6, 2 min rounds of: -work on ground n pound bag, transitions to knee in -mitt work -hold mitts Drilled technical work on knee in and far side arm bar 9, 3 min rounds of free roll 4, 3 min rounds of ground n pound 2, 3 min rounds of sparring to ground

I can't speak for Krav guys. Some of them probabily do, some probably don't. I have no problem with the combo you cite. I've used it quite alot myself. I still keep the eye work in reserve. Again, flinch is good. It gives space for all sorts of things. Keep in mind, mma fighters caught unintentionally with an eye poke often show considerable effect. Unintentionally with the contact. You can't expect it to do nothing when it connects in a real situation. Yes, there are contact problems, this is true of everything however. It's a tool. One of many, just treat it as such with no more or less regard than others in your arsenal.

Welcome to KF! Glad to have you aboard.

today- Warm up with arm bar switches from guard, followed by arm bars from top. Finished with no hands triangle drills from the guard. Went over high guard position and transition there from guard. Worked though the flower sweep, shoulder lock and arm bar from there. 4, 2 min rounds of escape vs. submit/sweep in guard and side mount Finished with 10, 3 min rounds of free roll

It's another set of tools. That's all. Depending on someone's level of proficiency, they might be less successful with the combination you mention than gouging. As there's no gurentee that the gouge will work, there is no sure outcome for the MT combo either. Remember, we're not saying that the eye gouge is the be all end all tactic, it's just a tool that works well or creating a flinch response. It can be damaging, but it's another tool. Treat it as such.

Congrats!

today- 4 mile run chest/tris abs 10 min of hip drills and shrimping

Congrats!

Glad to have you on board. Good luck with the test and keep us posted.

today- light legs/shoulders/forearms abs

Yeah, if it's that recent I'd rule it a no go if I were on that board as well. 06 to 10 isn't enough on something like that. Not whe working with kids.

today- am: Department PT test today. 1.5 mile run for time, plus bench, sit ups, flexability. pm: BJJ nite: Drilled half guard escape followed by arm triangle. Ran round robin in groups of woorking submissions/sweeps from guard vs. passing guard. Restart when either occurs. 40 min of free roll to end night.

It's collecting on my DVR as we speak!

I used to be a huge fan, I loved ice climbing, skiing, ect. Anything like that was all kinds of fun. Now that I work outside so much and deal with in and out of the car in low temps all winter, I find that I don't get out quite as much. I tend to like it less and less each year. Maybe I'm just getting old.

yesterday- BJJ nite: Drilled rounds from side mount escape to roll for back and omo plata from guard to a triangle. Moved on to technique and worked the far side armbar from side some more and then the arm bar escape. Finished with an omo plata escape. Free roll for 40.

To Throwdown's original question, how does everyone else feel about training vs. resistive opponents? Like I said, I think it's a highly important aspect. Obviously, most grappling arts are based around "live" components to the training. Beyond that, what is everyone doing? Aside from hard sparring, which I think should be done at least from time to time, here are some I like: -Defining an attacker and defender during sparring. -Utilizing joint manip in conjunction with sparring. -Ditching sparring altogether and defining and attacker and defender. Armor the attacker up and have him really attack, like actual people attack. -Make sure that he's attacking in spontaneous patterns. -Even prior to full armor in the attacker/defend drill, use spontanous attack during training for technique. -Use grabbing motions and attacks during trainign that are realistic in manner and delivered with intent. -If you're not sure what that looks like, do some research. Talk to cops, get some assault videos. This is actually good research. We break down officer safety videos from dash cams in LE to learn trends and streamline tactics. As ma instructors it's good to do the same. -Actually test the assumptions made from the last point agaist realistic simulations. There's some of my thought on the subject. Anyone else, this is a great venue to pick up ideas. Great post again, Throwdown.

Serious is good. Training should be serious if you're training for conflict. However, fighting with ego isn't. It's usually what leads to elevated contact levels on one party and impedes learining. Getting hit is part of training and learning. Just relax and accept that. If you weren't getting hit, what would be the point of training where you are? Try stripping the ego out of the process. You're not there to show them how good you are getting, but to learn more. Take it as such. Focus on relaxing. Breathing and balance. Just keep working on that. Try to talk partners into working at 30 percent or so. This way, you can get the feel of movement and you'll naturally relax more. When you're comfortable with the idea of taking hits again without keying up, then you can turn it back up. Good luck, keep us posted.