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Probibly, if i can get my wife to explain it .

As for the Japaneese side of things, check out Secrets of the Samurai by Ratti and Westbrook. Excellent resource and in my mind almost required reading for students of Japaneese ma's. For swordsmanship, Daniel Craig has a few kendo books out and Heart of Kendo (i think, it's been since my SCA days since I've read them thouroughly) has a pretty good section on the evolution of kendo and it's predecessors.

Nicely said.

It's that kind of world these days and they need to be considered. Firearms are very prevalent and most guys that will assult you are also likely to disregard firearm laws. It's by no means the only thing to consider, but it is another factor to complete your skill sets to deal with as many situations as possible.

I was wondering what view everyone took out there for dealing with defending agaisnt weapons. What framework do you use to deal with the situation? Being the prinicple guy, I'll start off with our approach. Again, we stay away from prescribing x defese agaisnt y attack. Not to say movement training isn't important, it is. We just mean that end result is what matters, not which response you pick to deal with the situation. To do this we again focus on principle rather than specific technique. Our principles, or considerations or even options, when dealing with weapons are: 1) Control the weapon That is you somehow put hands on either the weapon or the limb weilding it and work it in a manner that you decide whrere the dangerous part of the weapon will be. 2) Control the distance Here, you either focus on disengageing and moving beyond the weapon's effective range or penetrating to take control. Eitehr way, you do not stay in the range that allows the weapon user to maximimze the range that his weapon grants him. It also makes it easier for you to escape in most casees. 3) Escalate weapons This means that you either control the distacne or the weapon long enough to access a weapon of you're own. Either one with suprior range or one that you are comfortable or anything that might give you a tactical edge. If you work to do one or more of these three things, it becomes easier to frame your response to a weapons attack. It also becomes easier to define what it is that you are training for. How do you accomplish each. Well, we usually apply the evade, stun, unbalance, control prinicple that I talked about in another post. Outside of that framework, everyone here can easisly come up with movments out of their systems that would accomplish each for point of reference. Anyway, there are my thoughts, or at least those that I've been taught and seem to work for me. What else does everyone use?

Wow, you've got to be a serious problem child to rob a lemonade stand.

Yesterday, conditioning segment, running the mats, cals, ect.- 10 min worked on mount escape series with parnters. Each individal movement then worked on chaining them together- about 25 min free roll- 25 min free sparring, mma focus- 30 min I managed to get a kickboxing round in here as well Might have to be off till Sunday, taking the family camping. Hopefully, I'll get a run in at the campground, but we'll have to see if I catch "the look" from my wife .

I agree with you bushido man, I definatly consider it a ma. As you point out, it is constrained to a set of rules but it is excellent for control and conditioning. As far as actualy altercations go, you're probibly more likely to face someone with 4-8 years of wrestling experiance than any other ma forms due to it's relitively popularity in high school and jr. high programs.

Hope some of it helps with what you're doing. Throwdown makes a great point about taking the balace prior to sweeps. However you take the others center, it's a vital componant the whole process.

We do some work on just moving into position during attack/defend drills. In other words, we set up something like a one step, then move to a position for a sweep after the striking portion. The movement is then halted so you can focus not only on the entry, but also on the proper set up position with the lower body. It feels like there are about a hundred ways to sweep someone from standing. Front leg to front, front to back, back to back, straight in, inside/oustise the others leg, the configurations are about endless, some work better than others. Keep working through several until you find the ones that work best for you and mentally note those. Then break the sweep down to just the actual sweeping portion for a while. Forget the entry and control at the end and everything. Just move into position and work the body mechanics of the movement. Once you're there, add the entry to the takedown. Once that flows, follow up with control at the end. Then put it all together. Once you're at this point, try adding the sweep into different entrys until it's kind of comfortable. Then, start working agaist a spontaneous attacker. You won't get the sweep every time, but you will get much more used to adapting it to several situations. Another drill that works sweeps, or any kind of takedown, into your game is doing them during mitt work. Set up a combination on the mitts, at the end of your set, move in, set up and do a sweep on the mitt holder. This kind of drill works well into integrating other aspects of your game with striking. I use it with standing joint manipulations as well. Hope this was kinda what you were looking for.

crossfit was seven rounds of 75# shoulder presses by 21 reps superseted with 21 back extensions back and bi's weight routine shadow boxing 3, 3min rounds.

Agreed, it is a common thread in DT programs. Not to say that there aren't advanced DT programs out there that addresses the ground more completely, but on average that is indeed the case. Additionally, I've seen quiet a few stand up guys that learn theground to this level and do very well with it. Cross training is key, as always, and any amount helps. Just be aware that when faced with a superior or near equal grappler, there may be no choice by to work though that longer "drawn out" ground fight. I try to work under the "prepare for more, hope for less" philosophy when it comes to this. I can't stress how right bushido man is about accessing other tools. This applies to civilian ma-ers as well a those involved in professional DT. Escalating weaponry may be the only way to get out of a bad situation.

I agree, it would be sweet to hit a nerve cluster. But I'd worry way more about intercepting the attack first and foremost. After that, eveythings just a bonus.

Thanks guys It's fun being here.

10 years ago, probibly not. These days you have tons of guys heading to mma gyms to check it out and see if it's for them. Now take a dude who lifts alot and has good strenght and maybe a wrestling back ground. Pretty common in lots of areas, right? Now, give him 6 months or so of ground training. His guard is probibly pretty good, even if he can't execute from it. Now you have a specimen of an individual who can hold you in a position pretty well. This means that you are in effect working agaist a staller now in a street fight. It is now even more imparitave that you are working on escaping. Not saying it's a common thing, I'm just saying that the sheer unpredicitability of what can happen in reality is pretty amazing and weirder things have happened. If nothing else, training agaist the stall and considering it not only for competition prep but also in the context of sd, is useful for making a well rounded fighter.

I'd have to say climbing. I've spend another good chunk of my life doing things related to that, much to my wife's displeasure at times .

Mine's plain, but I certaily have no problem when people have work done on theirs. If I wore one more I might even have it done myself.

There are a couple of competitive wins that stand out. Won my weight class in the Indanapolis Summer Slam a few years back, and a regional title a few year before that (and by few, a mean plenty ) But the stand out moment was definalty the first black belt test.

Ah, the late tire change by flashlight....been there done that, never any fun . Yeasterday I grabbed a quick one... crossfit (modified) was 50 sit ups 50 box jumps 50 sit ups 50 lunges 50 sit ups 50 burpees 50 sit ups fast chest and tri's 15 min of stick work Today's the wife's birthday, might be an off day again.

Yeah, don't feel bad given the situation. You gotta go with what you are interested in doing. As for the "all for nothing" black belt, don't ever think that. The cert. is a piece of paper. As long as your instructor signed it, and you put in the sweat for it, who cares if some headquarters somewhere didn't stamp it or such. Keep your rank in it, be proud of it, and move on to learn things you are more interested in. Simple as that.

I agree, it's a bummer when that thing happens. But it will be part of competition as most are run these days for the forseeable future. Despite most wrestlers saying that they hate it when people stall on points most all have done it at one time or another. It's part of accepting the constraints of competition and utilizing rules to your advantage. And again, you could run into this kind of thing in the street under the right conditions. It dosen't hurt to prepare. Best to keep active and work for escapes. If the guys guard is really good and the round is running short on time, I'll get a little more reckless in my attempts just to try and get space. I just keep in mind that his chance for a submission goes u p as well. Again, we're not talking about a self defense situation here, but working within the constraints of a match.

Manage to sneak one in today. 5 min defensive movement drills 10 min (or there abouts) of mitt work with movement drills 10 of mitt work in combination with takedowns (shoots, sweeps, thows) 20 min of grappling 20 min of various sparring

There was a bit after the credits of Iron Man which introduced Nick Fury and hinted at the beginnings of the Avengers, along the theme of the Ultimeate Avengers comic line. If you haven't got the chance to check out the animated feature Ultimate Avengers, you should. It's a pretty neat flick if your into that sort of theing. part 2 isn't bad either.

Holyfield in his prime was an awesome display of technique and strategy from a heavy weight.

bushido man, I really enjoy it when I get to be on the floor with some of the guys who have been around for a while as well. Those guys that grew up fighting in a different era do have some stories to tell and are usually very knowlegable in their fiels. Always an excellent experiance. KyoSa, I think that the oportunity to train with someone of that linage would be fantastic. Yes, I know, maybe a bit of a suprise of some, but I really do appreciate the history of the arts. That would have been pretty cool.