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Today- 4, 2 min rounds of mitt work 4, 2 min rounds of kick work, cover to knees, to takedowns as counter 25 min instructional phase of mount pass to guard to kimura series 30 min of free roll rounds, 3 min 4 man round robin to finish

No I really need to get my hands on that. How many times do you see a world leader physically laying the smackdown.

Swarming is actually in reference to what they are going to do to you.

I'm not talking about instant promotion. Just saying that with certain proficiencies already established, it's easier to move people thru quicker. That's all. Specifics will have to be learned of course, but that learning should be acclerated if one is already acclimitized to the type of thing your doing. As for wearin rank on my mat, it's not a declaration that they are bb in the art I teach, simply a decleration that they have acheived that rank elsewhere. They'd still progress thru learning ranks as everyone else, just with different decor so to speak.

crossfit, modified- 3 rounds of (with 95 lbs) for time: deadlift- 15 reps hang power cleans- 12 reps front squat- 9 reps push jerks- 6 reps

Always take those oppotunities. You're training, he's training, it's part of mutually helping one another.

I can't speak for jim, but for my money your only real good option is to attack. As viciously and violently as possible. Sure, it's a great idea if you can keep one guy between you and everyone else, but it's pretty easy for one guy to jump on you and just tie you up while the other one (or two) start throwing punches into the back of your head. Once it starts, your best bet is to incapacitate one of them as quick a possible. Keep trying to get though until you can make a break away. Keep doing your best to hurt as many as possible until you can escape, which shold be you end goal to you assult. If the stakes are high here and these guys are really trying to hurt you, I'd advocate escalating in weaponry here and using it.

Well, now I'm gonna try to .

I think advanced understanding in combative will probibly "fast track" someone almost automatically if test are held when a person is ready. Espically if arts are similar. I've had guys come into my classes who were excellet boxers. There's not much I can teach them about strking with the hands. Some exposition on how to transition and then your off spending more time with them on aspects that they don't have. Hence, your time tabel in automatically accleerated. An exceptoin will probibly occur when it's a radically different art. A joint art if you come from only a strking background ect. A weapons art if you've never done weapons, that kind of thing. Personally, I never make guys were a lower belt color than they have already been awarded elsewhere. They got it, they should be respected for it. It's a belt in that art, however, and I rank them from my first level on up. Once they reach that equevilacy then they can use the new belt. It's all farily hypothetical on my end, we rarely wear uniforms. But the prinicple is there and it's been done that way before. Everyone's gonna be differernt on this, even within arts. I don't think that there is really a right or wrong answer for it, just the one that is in effect at whatever club you end up at.

Sounds like I need to check this out...

Today- 6, 2 min rounds of mitt work, combos to sprawl to choke progressively. worked on escape from the mount series to full guard and attack chain from there- 20 min 6, 3 min rounds of free roll 1, 4 man round robin for our guy who's competing (two of these were me) 3, 3 min rounds of sparring mma focus

I couldn't agree more....

Hey there and welcome aboard.

It should also be noted that the fact that they only sometimes work, or only partially work is to be expected. They are a tool, nothing more. I see alot of guys get in trouble by trying to continue in their application ater it becomes apparent that it's not going to happen. Time to let it go and move on. I consider them weapons of oppertunity. I take them if they are there, I don't go fishing for them. I do think that they are good tools, and I've used them in actual encounters. They are not; however, a movement that I would attempt to "set up" or "go for". Also, let's not forget that any sort of joint manipulation, from wrist locks to arm bars, work better with the heavy application of striking just prior to the joint work. This serves to stun the opponant momentarily and make the joint manipualtion work more efficiently. And by stun I do mean "hurt as much as possible". It's not just a single little strike I want. If I can knock a dude half silly, break up his knee or lower leg, or get him sucking wind with a groin strike, I will. Not suprisingly, joint manips seem to fall into place easier when this happens. Again, even with the above in mind, remember that they are weapons of opportunity. If your strikes knock the baddie down, then there is little need to fiddle for a joint position. It's just another tool to advance your goal of controlling the attacker.

I bet. I keep saying that tape and knee braces are about the only thing that keep me training these days.

I haven't seen too awfully many, espically considering the sheer number of people that show up for NAGA's these days. Of course I have no statistics to back that up, it's just from my personal experiance. MMA injuries probibly look worse due to the high frequency of cuts and the like due to the smaller protective gear used, but I'd argue that boxing probibly does more long term damage with the constant trauma to the brain. It's just nice and hidden. In another, more traditional sense, all the joint manip. guys I know who are over 45 have the arthritic wrists of a 60 year old. That's long term damage gained without even training for full-contact competition. It's just of a different, less dramatic, nature. The bottom line is that what you're getting into is no secret. Everyone has to pony up and decide if the risk/benifit equation works out favorably for them. For some people, it won't be. And that's fine, no one is saying that this is the only way to train. However, all arts bear some kind of trade off in this catagory.

Hey kansas, have you considered setting up your own lose affiliation? I get the impression that you're not looking to "found" anything art wise but it's different to just get a group of like minded individuals together for the purposes that an established "association" would serve. The key of course is the quality of the people you have at the head of the group. I'm certain by this point you know at least a few unaffiliated individuals that you could tap. Just a thought.

Leg day. Good one at 18 sets or so.

Could be alot of things really. Without seeing exactly what you're doing it's really hard to diagnose. Lack of good hip rotation certainly leads the list, espically when we talk about mechanics. Possibly, you could be looking at a compromised stance as well or a lack of presicion in the stirke itself. From the other angle, it could definatly be a mindset problem. Setting your mind through your target is important. Like, real important. Are you strkining thru your targets? Really, without specifics it's hard to tell. Have you talked to your instructor about needing a bit more clairification. He should be able to give you better advice seeing how he's the one looking at what your doing. Some guys forget that sometimes they need to break things down a bit more than they are. That's probibly the best place to start.

First off, welcome aboard. No need to be shy, the rest of us aren't. As to your comment, I didn't hear about it, but I'm certain it's happend. It's too bad, but it's certainly possible for the unforseen to occur. It's equally likley that this kind of thing could happen in any number of combat sports. I don't think that you can single out MMA training as being at fault for it. Training with as much of a safety margin is important, as is keeping competitions as well regulated as possible. However, I don't think you can account for every unforseen occuarnce.

It's not blinding, it just allows your quciker periphial vision to pick up movmement, which is more efficient than trying to focus on it. That's all.

2.5 mile run

Yeah, I don't keep my eyes on theirs ever when I feel a conflict is emminent. Center of mass is the way to go. It gives you a feel for their body posture and weight distribution. Your periphial vision can pick up movement quicker than can your focused vision, giveing you a faster reaction time when they do iniate. Additionally, this method govesyou view of the elbos and knees, which must move prior to and during an attack. After all, these joints contorl where the hands and feet go. Just my thought s on what I keep an eye on, so to speak.

On another note for fantasy fans here on the site, I've been reading the Black Company series by Glen Cook recently and it's excellent. It's really a gritty, in the trenches view of the fanstasy genera. It's definately worth checking out. I've been thru the first three, Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose. All excellent. I'm still on Shadow Games which is the first story packaged with the omnibus "Books of the South". So far so good. Apparerntly, they do suffer somewhat as they go but at least the first three are real must reads for fans of the fantasy thing.

today- crossfit four rounds of: 1/4 mile run 50 squats back and bi's