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today- 2.5 miles

Fundamentals rule across the board, regardless of art or competition levels. They are the building blocks for everything and often plenty in and of themselves in many cases. Look at high level BJJ comps, even at these levels you still see extensive use of basic position and attack combinations and transitions.

That's the legal standard in most places. So, that's what we're left with. If a defender steps beyond that, regardless of the reason, then you do have problems. Mitigating factors aside, you'll get arrested. Now, you can argue those in court, but the sure way to not is do your best to hold that standard. Again, I've never actually seen anyone really get jammed up on this. The adrenaline and unfamiliarity are effects that need to be trained for and prepped into responses. This isn't a physiological response over which a ma-ist has no control, it's a training issue that needs to be addressed.

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today- Worked through the open guard to butterfly guard transition with my crew. Worked the sweep from here and then into X-guard. Moved on to sweep from there and finished drilling with the armbar from a static situation butterfly guard. 45 min free roll to finish.

Some combos that have worked well for me: jab, cross, lead hook jab, lead hook, cross jab, sliding lead hook, overhand feint jab, cross, cross jab, cross, low lead hook, hook jab, overhand right, lead uppercut with kicks: lead front, MT round, cross jab, cross, MT round lead round, back round lead round, jab low, MT round, overhand, uppercut I'm working off the assumption that you're not utilizing elbows and knees, if I'm incorrect let me know. This isn't an exhaustive list, just some ideas that have worked for me. Good luck.

You could be criminally charged, however, despite all the "I heard fo this guy" stories that float around about this, I've never actually seen this happen if you're proportional and reasonable. In civil courts this is different, but agian, if you're not charged in criminal court, your odds are pretty good in civil court as well.

Typically, I agree. However, as with all things there are exceptions. For instance, if another might be left in harms way by your exit, then perhaps this changes the situation. Additionally, one might determine t hat an effort to escape might sacrifice a tacticcal advantage that one cannont afford to let go of. This case might also alter things. Still, that's not a bad guideline. It's just a matter of recognizing and being able to articulate the fluid nature of conflict.

Enforcement can vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, this is true. What's usually more important is reasonable. This is fairly universal as long as you're not doing anything beyond defending yourself then you should be fine. I see a lot of people get worked up over this. I can say that I've never seen anyone get jammed up over ACTUALLY defending themselves. Now, by pursuing conflict after you've removed yourself from a threat, yes, then you can get in trouble. The bottom line, without going into legal jargon, is if you JUST defend yourself, like anyone else would to a level that makes sense, you'll be fine. Can you be civilly sued? Count on it. Can you counter sue. Sure. This is almost a given. Usually, civil courts tend to look at what was done on the criminal side of things and work off that ruling. Usually. So if you're cleared criminally then the likelihood of you being jammed up civilly decreases greatly.

today- back/bis/forearms 1.5 mile run 10 min on Boomer, repping new variant of arm triangle.

today- BJJ: Drilled from open guard, worked butterfly to half butter fly position. Drilled sweep and then movement to X-guard off a post. Second sweep from there. Finished with movement to the side and end with a arm triangle. Finished with 20 min of constant free roll.

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Very nice article. I really appreciate the focus on the place of the drills as training tools for skill sets. I also liked your discussion on transitioning the skills used in the drills to situational settings. Very nice. That's usually the problem I have in discussing these is that, in many cases, that jump is never made. Nice job.

today- chest/tris 2.5 mile run

today- BJJ nite: Drilled from butterfly guard. Worked to position from open, reviewed roll to sweep and triangle as well as direct movement to armbar. Finished with a new entry to a gi choke from here. 60 min of free roll, round robin with minimal breaks. Made the x-guard work nicely tonight as well as some of the newer sweeps in my bag-o-tricks.

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I've never carried any. Some of the clubs I've coached out of probably had it to cover the place, but not me personally. Now, I have a semi-private group and still don't carry any.

today- 2.5 mile run legs/shoulders 10 min on Boomer drilling passes from open guard.

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today- More knife work. Reviewed the material I gave everyone last week and built on it from there. Continued with the principles and added different energies. Added a few more cuts to the mix. 15 min work on butterfly guard and triangle set from butterfly. 45 min free roll.

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But, Olympic TKD has probably gotten a whole lot of people through school doors, regardless of affiliation. You can't argue they are amazing athletes who operate at a very high level. They train with intensity levels that, quite frankly, you won't find at a lot of schools of any tradition. Schools focusing on training in this sort of thing probably turn out as good a sd product as schools repping theoretical, non-contact, one steps. It might not be perfect, but it's not deserving of the beating it takes all the time. I know, this coming from me, right? Not to mention, what else is there to watch at the Olympics. I'm not a kicker at all, never been a Korean stylist, but I watch TKD when it's the summer games. That, Judo and wrestling are about it for me. As for karate, I'd think that it wouldn't be different enough from the TKD to win it's own berth. My personal hope, is BJJ at some point.

today- 4 mile run

Personally, I'm not even a fan of thinking of the finger thing as a "lock". Any sort of tuite manuver was designed to break joints. Not control them for protracted periods. I tend to think of them along these lines. If I have to move someone with one, that's ok. But I never rely on one to actaully lock or hold anything.