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You'll find that hte h igh guard position works equally well against straight incoming attacks. It just keeps the hands closer to the head, so there is less distace that they need to travel to intercept things. Nor is it a posture limited to effectiveness with linear styles. Watch boxers, the good ones circle and cut angles all the time. It's a very good defensive, and therefore offensive as well, position.

Easy now, let's not get crazy....

As always, we're talking best case scenarios, joesteph. I agree, things do break down in the reality of training hard and fighting. The best we can do is try to train to minimize the time that those breakdowns occur. Good point.

Here's how I do it. Hands up, around the chin/cheek area. The lead hand is SLIGHTLY forward, never extended far enough for a bad guy to iniate contact without either moving or breaking posture. Also, never let you hands cross your centerline. This allows for a simple or even accidental trap to force your guard from it's postion of "resposibility". A hand on each side of the center line. Elbows are kept at the sides. You are to keep "fluid" in this posture, not rigid. As for the rest of the stance. Feet about shoulder width, with the lead slightly forward. Fron foot turned in slightly perhaps. Knees bent with an athletic posture. Back is relitively straight, but not ramrod so you can't bob and weave. This, btw, should be a kind of psycological profile for you to acheive during conflict. No, you probibly won't move to this stance when attacked. However, you should be trying to get there, it's natural enough that it actaully happens fairly easily if you train it fludily enough. It's the principles that reamin the same to the core. Athletic foot postion, legs bent. Hands/elbows cogniznat of where they need to cover. Cernterline maintained.

Keep looking around, someone probibly has some programs that have some flexability to them. 7-9 is popular however. I know some places have 3rd shift programs for morning hours so 3rd shifters can go regularly. Also, you might keep an eye out at the y there and look for guys training on their own. Nearby colleges might also have clubs with non-traditional hours. If nothing else, programs like these are filled with guys who will work out at odd times. This gives you the benifit of training one on one with little to no cash outlay.

Free roll only today. 1 hour + 3 min rounds, 30 sec rest between rounds round robins at the end

Glad to have you aboard.

Good luck!

Obviously, sanctioning it will be a good thing. I see the resistance crumbling as time goes on. The addtion or sensible rules to high profile MMA organizations (UFC) has gone a long way to overcoming inital resistance to it. Even McCain has backed off his stance in recent times since Dand White and company revamped UFC. Legislators need to realize that if they don't want it to spiral into out of control gladitorial tough men contests then they need to let it get sanctioned and have some say in how it's run. Let the athletic commission do it's job and provide oversight. Done right, it's a potental boon for the state and athletes as well.

With bushido man and others here. Bringing the heel back from a side is how I've always been taught. See guys, I do kick occassially . It's a weapon prpimarily used from a more side facing posture, I would think that there are better optionss form a frontal posture.

Start out with a fast warm up, usually running or cals. Then move on into an instructinal phase. Then into "live drilling" or working on those ovements in situational context. Then onto froo training of some sort. Ex. of sparring, rolling, sd simulations, ect. Try to do the whole package in 1.5-2 hours. The above outline pretty much works for any aspect that your working on that night. Mitts and strikes, submissions, small joint, weapons. You can teach all these with the same kind of format to one degree or another. Constant motion, lots of "round based" sims. That keeps the intensity up. That's my preferance.

No, but then again my primary artform is wrapped up in combatives so there isn't a esoteric background to it.

Emptying in a context of not using preconcieved notions to interfear with learning new aspects of fighting is a good thing. That willingness to learn is what keeps your own skills evolving. However, prior experiance can be a good touchstone for basing new knowledge gains. It can lead to quiker learning of similar movement patterns. This is useful as well. Also, you always have to keep your own combative plan and principles in mind so you can assess how these new skills fit into your strategy. So, as an actdote to learning it seems sound. However, you have to keep the grand strategy in mind at all times as to now get side tracked into areas that aren't propelling you towards your goal, whatever that may be.

I typically have a hard time using the same level of contact. Generally, it's because of the weight difference so I rarely drop my full 170 lb plus mass into a shot on a 110 lb female. Would I on a male of the same 100 lb frame/ I don't really know, I haven't trained with one. I do from time to time get to train with a female who boxed professionally and we do make pretty good contact. She's a little closer in weight as well, though still not within a couple of weight classes. I think it has to do more with a skill level than anything. Bottom line in most circumstaces though: hesitate, no. Scale back the contact, yes.

No, it's in reference to stepping with the side kick to close distance. I agree that spinning is usually a less than ideal option. The last few posts are in regard to the position of the stepping foot in regard to the plant leg.

Nice . Just goes to show you that there are a lot of ways to get things done. Alot fo what you can make effective is how you came up in teh arts.

TradDan, all of those things working together in concert will help create power. Hip rotation is backbone of this this however.

crossfit- 3 rounds of: 1/2 mile 50 back extensions 50 sit ups back and bi's Yeah, bushido, it's handy having guys with different backgrouds around. Not only do you get a wide array of training ideas, you also get to work againt guys with a different set of body mechanics. Keeps you from getting too complacient with the movements that only your guys use.

Nice review. Glad you enjoyed the seminar.

We step behind during the motion. In front tends to "bind" up a little and restrict movement. Also, the step behind tends to lend itself better to pointing your support heel to the attacker.

That'll happen. It's happened to me at about every seminar I've ever went to. Still, the exposure is the important thing. Looking forward to hearing your review.

Pro-Force used to make a nice model for boxing and kickboxing in mind. It worked real well. Ringside made something very much like it as well.

crossfit- 21-15-9 reps of 95 lbs thrusters pull ups chest/ tris 3, 3min rounds on the heavy bag

I'm not saying that it will never interecpt an attack like that, but if it were ment to be used against in line attacks, then we'd see it 's use in boxing and other venures that deal almost exclusinvely with punching. In my mind, it's not about what it "could" would for, but what the most effective method od dealing with any give attack is.