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Bummer, let us know how things go with the tourney issue. today- 2 hr. training shoot at the dept. 50 rounds of basic manips and malfunction drills then moving and shooting, shooting from cover, and then combining the two solo and then in pairs. finished with live fire high risk traffic stop set up. Ended with a pretty good day over all. Good groups and respectable speed. Worked on shooting from the support hand around left sided cornering situations and barricades. Getting better, almost operational with the method for cqc situations. after: 3 mile run more knife work for cool down Now that was a fun day. Even had good weather.

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Intentionally or not, he injured your shoulder. And if it dislocated, you'll want to get it checked out by an MD. Intent or not, it's unacceptable in my book. I agree, control your anger, and then walk out. There's training to fight, or be a warrior, or however you want to phrase it and then there's behavior that is counter productive to the whole process. That's what I think at least.

It's an older drill but one I still think teaches good movement and defense skills. The down man takes a face down postion and balls up defensively. Elbows in knees, hands on the head allowing for neck coverage. The topman does whaterver he wants to remove the down man from this postion. He can throw hooks, work dumps, whatever he wants. Where ever the down guy ends up, he has to hip over and start working back to his base. today- run 2.5 miles crossfit: 5 rounds of- 30 roman chair sit ups 25 back extensions chest/tris

Major coffee drinker, cop and all. Heck, on mids, I run on the stuff like fuel sometimes. Still, I'm not real fancy- simple black whatever out of the pot will do just fine. I don't like it when I have to decode what I'm ordering.

Well, being the non-trad guy, I think it's nuts to get worked up about what happens to a belt all that much anyway. I think someone way more traditional in practice than I a while back had some insight that this wasn't even all that authentic of a practice. I can understand an attachment on a wearers part, but to take it to this extreme, its well.....extreme. And by an instructor. I'm with Michi here, I'd be looking for a new school. Not to mention not only did he whack you that hard in a non-traninig sense, but also put you out of training for weeks if he actaully dislocated the GH joint. Sorry, no need for that.

The knee delivered this way is a great weapon. It's really ideal for a situation where you're already tied up and in the in-fight. I have much more luck at that range.

I'd second the bad idea theory. Remember that at the end of the day, breaking might be cool, it might demonstrate power, but it's still kind of a parlor trick. It has little actual coorelation to defending one's self. You'll have to function in the years to come. Not to mention train in the short term. Injury won't help that. I don't know what other drills you can do. I havent' broken more than a few odd boards here and there over the years. But I don't think that a mallet to the forearm is a good idea for long term health. That said, to each his own.

today- 3, 2 min rounds of the ball drill 20 min block of working thru series from side mount to full mount to two submission series. 3, 3 min rounds of free roll from knees 6, 3 min rounds of free roll from feet, heavy takedown focus today

Traymond, as to what kind of blade, any will do and any function about the same. I prefer, for day to day carry, some kind of folder. If it's a good thumb open, that's fine. I keep an auto open folder, a Smith and Wesson Black Ops, which is about the sharpest out of the box knife I've ever gotten. I won't use it as a tool. I will use the thumb open I keep in my car for prying and such. At work, I'll keep a fixed blade in the inside aspect of my lead leg boot. I think it's a bit overkill, but that's just how I am. While working, I'll also keep a less than great thumb opener on me, because I'm far more likely to cut screen doors, pry stuff open, ect. with it.

Ok, so it's not a trad weapon. But I just got my new AR platform today. Bushmaster A4 and was pretty excited. By tonight, I should have a light, EOTech, and single point sling enroute to my place for it as well. As luck would have it, we're in the middle of a shoot at the range right now so I should be qualed pretty quickly and I can turn my Vietnam era A1 back in to the armory. Yeah!

Welcome aboard. Glad to have you.

A firearm, but then again, I'm the non-traditionalist . One I've put lots of rounds thru and am comfortable with. It's got range, stopping ability, and it's highly conceilable. Now, once we get away from that, it's the knife. Easily accessable, pretty much you can find one anywhere. Intuitive to use on a basic level. In most places, the legality of carrying one is very lax thus, you'll always have it on you. It dosn't draw attention and hides away nicely just about anywhere on your person. Lastly, it's a stick of some sort. We have a touch of range and it grants you some different level choices when it comes to where you fall on use of force. That's about the extent of the list for me.

As with all things, it depends. For a preference, I'll usually try one of a couple of things. If I can, Ill try to jam it as it comes up and counter high. IF it comes out, I''ll use an elbow to intercept if possible, and try to step to an angle off to either side. If I"m too close for that, but close enough to jamb, I'll just breath, double elbow and hope for the best. That's worst case. I'll also try to cut and angle and shin to the support leg if I happen to get the timing. I've been doing alot more counter to the support leg work lately. It's ben pretty effective so far, it's difficult agaist really good kicker however. Just my thoughts.

It's a good approach.

That'd be a pretty cool thing Kuma.

Any training in the hall or on the floor should, in my mind, translate somehow to sd. Even if only in principle or as a training tool for mental preparedness. Feints do have a place, but mine tend to be larger gross motor movements than finite hand or foot trickery. Moving to a side of the body with a shift in weight to make him think its coming from that side while I"m really unloading weight from my o ther leg to deleiver a mt round, that sort of thing. Body feints tend to be more my thing. Still, I'll use jabs and feints quite a bit to disguise other movements. This works out really well if you're looking to initate some form of hands-on control against a subject. A hand, even a light one, in the face will often make them forget about the fact you're starting to torque and arm. When used with standing jj, it works real well to start a tactic to one position then reverse to another (say straint arm bar to bent armbar) gives you an element of suprise to the joint positon and a couple of options should one or the other fail (which is a good expectation). I tend to be a "blast away" kind of guy, but again, they are a good tool to at least have a basic grasp on.

today- warm up with shrimping, rolls, leg overs 2, 2 min rounds of ball drills 20 min work with series from passing open guard, side mount, submission series, reversal, counter 10 min on detailed review and work on armbar that the above drill ended on. 3, 3 min rounds free roll from knees 9, 3 min rounds free roll from feet. Heavy work on my end of shooting and takedowns. Set up lateral drop quite a bit.

Good advice. Listen to your therapist and ortho. See if they work any accellerated protocols for athletes. DO WHAT THEY TELL YOU! Not more. And be careful about pushing too soon. Some will depend on what you're electing for the graft? Do you know if they're using a patellar tendon v. a hamstring v. a cadavar? That will have some impact. Still, regardless, listen to them and careful about pushing. Good luck and keep us posted. Welcome to KF by the way!

My advice is always just about the same. Go to each club and check out the classes. There is so much individual variation in how each i n run, even within a system, it's hard to give good advice. Espcially not know what you're goals are. So, decide what you're wanting out of your experiance. Self-defense, competition, tradition, and keep that in mind when checking them out. Then go around a watch a few classes. Get to know the instructors and the guys and gals who train there. See if it will fulfill you training parameters and see if you'll fit in well to the group dynamic. Once you fulfill both, you're probibly in a good spot. Good luck. And welcome to KF.

I second getting one professionally fitted. A good mouthpeice will do more than just keep your teeth in your mouth and lips from getting cut up. It will also help prevent concussions. It's a good reason to spend the money. Not to mention, they are way more comfortable when custom fitted. If you want to start with a over the counter model to find out how much you're going to like ma then that's a good idea. Once you detemine you're in for the long haul, it's a good idea to get one built by a pro.

Start by trying to get rid of the bounce altogether would be my advice. Being mobile and bouncing with both feet are two different things. If you lift your weight from the ground from both feet at the same time, you risk a very vunerable moment each time for the bad guy to counter while you're weight is high and mobility very low. Try shifting from the ball of one foot to the other. Move one foot, then the other. They should never leave the ground entirely. Think landing on the ball of your foot. Work shuffling to the sided, forward and back for a round to warm up. I also pick a point and work slipping forward to each 45 degree angle and back. The back at that angle to each side. Cut to the side. Work retreating and advancing. Now retreat in a semi circle. All the while thinking smooth, fluid steps. You'll find that you actually have more control and feel lighter without the jarring stop of hte bounce each time.

I think it's a channeling thing. Let's face it, we all get angry. In fact, there are times we should be angry. The question came up on the other thread about how you could control it, that you're either angry or not. True. So if it's itme to be angry that ok. You just have to understand that it's a normal reaction and deal with it. You've just been attacked, you are supposed to be 1)afraid, and 2) angry. Both of these are normal. Overcoming both and using them to 1)heightnen awarness and kick in your flight or fight and 2) bring about the mindset that you will win no matter what; respectively, is the key. Anger has nothing to do with winning or losing a battle. It has to do with adapting you're mindset to the situation. That is where you're starting to effect things. Too little reaction and you'll fight less than optimally; too much and you risk stepping over the line from defese to aggressor. Control of these things during conflict, that's part of the point of conditioning ourselves to violence. In training, outright anger on the mat has no place. It impededs learining and can endanger yourself and others as well as risk expulsion. But you must train with feeling, with intent. Work thru those emotions during your practice time, that's how you start developing control. We have to accept what we all are as animals and what emotions drive us in what situations to ever hope to be able to manage them during high stress condtions. This includes anger and fear. On the fear front, I highly reccomend Gavin DeBeckers books staring with "The Gift of Fear" and then moving to his other works.

And by letting it fuel you're movmements you're just asking to go from a person defending himself to one that is getting arrested for battery as well. Will you be angry when you fight, yes, you'd better be. You've been assulted. You should be. However, controlling it and channeling your will to overcome a conflict is far more valuable than barely harnessed rage. It allows for adaptation and more importantly, it allows one to de-escalate when it's called for. That's what will keep you out of court after an altercation.

I agreee with bushido man, training is important. But there are plenty of training modalities. Routine work on those is every bit as legitimate as work on kata. It's the commitmit to training that distinguishes ma practitioners, not the specifics of what they do.