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5/31 60 min free roll. Focused on collar attacks from top.

Nice work! Congrats!

5/29 Chest/ bis Abs 1.5 mile run Cool down with PTK footwork 5/30 Drilled arm drag, lever from tie up to arm drag, duck under, shuck from tie up to arm drag. 40 min free roll.

5/28 Drilled double leg takedown and counter w gi. 40 min free roll.

I had the good chance this weekend to get some time to work some single and double stick sparring with members of the school I used to train at. I got the chance to work some Illustrisimo and PTK live outside I'd my normal training groups. I find this sort of thing to be developmentally great due to the unexpected happening. Additionally, I like footage to diagnose things that are going on dynamically. For instance, I'm relying far to much on circular movement at long range and direct lateral steps closer. While utilizing PTK my footwork isn't angular enough. Conversely, the more linear movements of Illustrisimo seem to be falling into place well. At any rate, it was a blast. Here's a sample: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vHnxM8SE20c Some double stick: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nO0eZ5HddBk I'm in the green and black and smiling under the helmet, even when I'm behind the timing. What a blast. Anyway, enjoy.

Welcome to KF!

Welcome aboard!

Congrats! That's awesome news!

He does a tour thru the midwest every year. I'd check his site for dates and such. 5/24 Open mat at my old school downstate. Rolling, some Kali action, and a bit of sparring. A good time was had by all. 5/25 Weapon sparring day. Single and double stick.

This response brings up some interesting points. Have you used this against good takedown people? Typicalkly a horse stance kind if defense only provides base against one angle of pressure. How do you adjust for the movent from a single or double to a rear takedown or body lock? Traditionally, takedown artists are very good and cutting angles on the shot, and controlling elevation. How does the horse stance account for the inevitable drop to the submarine if it's base does shut sown the hip level shot? How does the more difficult to move low horse stance intercept a combination of angular changes and level changes? I notice you go immediately to strikes rather than work for under hooks. How does this defense manage to off set his base without the controlling option of the under hooks. For that matter, how do you pummel for distance without the positional dominance that the under hooks give you. I'm not saying that what you're suggesting doesn't work. I'm just saying I've never seen this sort of defense be a effective as other methods open floor and I've never seen it shut down the quality of people that you're talking about. Again, I'm not trying to be difficult, just saing that I haven't seen this tactic work before. If I'm not understanding, shoot some link to a video so I can get a better feel.

13 years! Amazing! Happy Birthday KF and Congrats to Patrick!

Bushido man, if you get the chance check out Chris Cerino's Pistol Diagnostics course. I think he might be changing the course name to Moder Pistol this year. Its a four day, 1000 round plus course that I'd the best pure marksmanship course I've ever attended. Well worth your time. 5/22 PTK night. Double stick. Structures and postures. Single and flow attacks and when to use each. Integration of footwork forward and back on the angles. Worked on matching timing and bridging. Worked on matching structures and then taking opposing structures before finishing with flow work. Had a major light bulb moment in my understanding of assessing and developing timing.

5/19 Drilled side to N/S movement. Finished with underhook attacks on either side leading to a choke. 20 min free roll.

5/18 12 count stick drill then into 16 count progression. Then rolled the two together. Add movement. 15 min single stick sparring. Cool down with PTK knife patterns.

I see where your combining from in most instances but let me clarify what I mean by my disagreement with the "artist not the art" argument. I think we too otero throw this out in an effort to validate just about everything and not ruffle feathers. And while your point is correct, it is not the arts fault someone can't apply it, that's failing to look at the larger more situational issue. For instance, BJJ works well in control and arrest situations where a cop needs to put a resisting bad guy down, take position dominance, and apply handcuffs. All without creating a media firestorm of excessive force claims. Now, let's say you have another officer highly skilled in say Krav who has a killer eye gouge that predicates most if his attacks. Same situation and the second cop eye gouges bad guy to start his control options. There's a problem here. Now, same arts (examples only) and put it into the context of a 90 pound female being attacked while leaving work after dark. Now, which is more appropriate (note I did not say better)? To say what people study isn't important just how well they can apply fails to take into account what tat individual will be using their art for. And in this there are clearly better and worse choices. I was just having a conversation the other day with one of our beware officers who has an extensive backgroynd in TKD. She was lamenting the fact that she had all this skill set, yet it did her next to no good in day to day hand on application. What she's done is not bad, or poor art it's just not suited to her environment. Look at it from a different perspective. If you were going to fight MMA with the given unified rules would you spend your training camp doing iaido and tai chi or BJJ and MT? It's not that any of those arts are inferior, just that some are more appropriate to the task at hand. Not all arts are created equal for all tasks. It is the art that matters in a lot of cases.

I'm with this. My youngest started a BJJ kids program at 4. Now, it was pretty much exactly what ps1 describes which is a great way to trick kids into working early BJJ skills. I am also in agreement w ninja nurse that milling out 7 yo bb is a problem. I do like the "junior" system in this regard.

5/17 Drilled takedown defense from stand up. 35 min free roll Worked 18 count stick pattern with increasing pressure from the Inasanto blend before moving into Illustrissimo work. Bdefensive patterns and footwork. 15 min sparring single stick.

5/15 Drilled PTK footwork and striking. Full form work.

On the heelthor my Control Tactics Cadre's annuaL prep meeting and the useful (and lively) debate that it always generates, I'll throw this question out there. Particularly to trainers and even more specifically to LE trainers (but please everyone feel free to weigh in). Do we, as trainers run the risk of being victims of our own success when we start selecting skills to teach others? For instance, I do BJJ. A lot. I've used it extensively at work to good results in control and arrest situations. Therefore, I teach it as part of our program. So, at what point does the validation I've done on the art for this specific application stop translating to others? Does it even become a detriment? I've never entirely bought into the "it's the artist not the art" argument for determining if an art is effective. Clearly some arts fit certain needs and are more effective in a given set of circumstances than others. But how much can proficiency in a given mode of combat throw off our perceptions of validity for a larger group? Well, that should be enough to bite off for now.

I agree with what everyone has said....waaaay out of line. Glad your head instructor backed you.

The last gym I trained at used them and there were never any problems. In fact, when I had to use their customer service to move payment option due to a lost credit card it was very professional and far less of a hassle than anticipated. That's been the minimal extent of my exposure to them.

Happy Birthday!

Interesting. It's the first time I've ever considered this. I've not known too many people in any art to walk away that close. I've seen tons and tons of beginners walk away, a pretty high number of intermediate students who got drug away, a handful of more advanced but really by the time people get to brown they are really (or should be anyway) moving towards that expert level of understanding. It's hard to get those people away. Heck, more people leave after achieving black belt due to achieving what they set out to do. But that's just my perspective. From a BJJ standpoint, brown belts hardly ever, I mean next to NEVER walk away.

5/14 Drilled top structure from guard. Went into guard breaking and pass under. 30 min free roll.

5/12 Drilled guillotine choke from sit up and wrist lock counter to escape. Finished off night by breaking down PTK form on each side then running thru entire form. Cool down w some flow.