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5/19 Drilled RNC specifics. Collar choke variants from back. Some concept work on the idea of connection. 45 min free roll.

Yeah, but martial arts really isn't a team event. If the coach is into a uniform, then of course that's the rule. Personally, I don't have much of an issue with mixing and matching, of course, I've mainly been doing BJJ for a few years and it's not uncommon to have several uniform variants on the floor at the same time.

5/17 Drilled top half of half guard from last week. Moved on to a pair of sweeps from bottom. 60 min free roll. Focused on the half guard material of the night and the top game pressure from my private on Monday. Good stuff so far.

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5/16 am: 2 mile run abs pm: 45 min grappling with duty gear. Got a couple of new guys not used to the holster systems to try to take weapons during roll. Worked out some fine points of weapon retention from the grapple.

Hopefully, everyone in a martial arts class in some degree is preparing for something like this. What videos like this should point out to everyone, as has been stated, is the importance of cross training. Just because these two might not be the A list reps of their respective styles doesn't mean that the outcome wouldn't have been similar with just tighter movements before they hit the ground. Skill and movement have a way of cancelling out. Had they been better, the clinch would have probably still happened, just out of a desire to not get hit with so much power on everyone's part and not sloppy movement. Sloppy wrestling happens to all fighters if they haven't cross trained on the ground. Even second hand lessons from a blue belt could have tilted the balance in this ground fight. Put high level black belts on each and that doesn't change simply because if they've never trained on the ground those high level guys will look just like this once the clinch occurs. Despite all of the protests that so many people give about staying off the ground at all costs, the fact remains that it happens. This is evidenced easily by the clip of two stand up artist ending up there. Best to be ready.

I'm a contact guy. What's worked the best are the extended wear, disposable models I got a few years ago. I keep a couple of sets of spares in my gym bag all the time just in case one gets rolled off. This actually happens less than one would think as well. Good luck, let us know how this goes.

I'd agree with ps1 on this in his reply. In addition, I'd say that if that's how this guy rolls, then I just wouldn't roll with him any more. If you've explained the tap thing, then explained what you're trying to accomplish with TRAINING (sometimes guys like the ones your talking about have trouble understanding this) and he still goes like this then I just don't waste my time rolling with them. Plenty of other guys on the mat that get it. More than hurting someone, this starts to correct the problem when the subject in question starts to realize that he's sitting on the mat alone while everyone else rolls. When we talk about street self defense, I think almost everyone will move to the do whatever you need to, to win. I don't think anyone, even me will have a problem with that. Bear in mind, of course, that force used still needs to be objectively reasonable. But if you've risen to fighting, it's most likely for your life and this isn't as difficult to articulate as some would think. As to comps, I'll tap every time I think someone has something. I have to work for a living and my work won't pay disability if I'm hurt off duty. Tapping is smart thing for me. I'll never expect an opponent in a comp to lay off if I'm too stubborn to tap. However, I can also say, for me (and I've discovered this for a fact) I won't crank a sub so hard in a comp that I think will actually hurt someone. It's a piece of plastic at a (at best) regional level event that's on the line. Defiantly not worth me taking someone else out of work for however long to stand on the podium with. But that's just me.

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I have a bit of a different view. I will say that accidents can and do happen, even with talented individuals. I get that. However, if you know that continued pressure will cause injury...to anyone, regardless if they should know better or not, then you flat out should not do it. Period. Yes, it's his job to tap. But at the end of the day it's a training roll. There's no need to get anyone hurt IF YOU SEE IT COMING. Of course, I'm exempting the accidental injury. They do happen. You can fill him in later, if it's worth your time, that he might want to tap. Or, if he's an obvious short timer, let it go. Who cares if he spams for weeks about you not tapping him on whatever internet outlet he chooses. Your jits got better for the encounter. And, no one got hurt. I don't even push chokes that I'm certain will put people to sleep in training. Although I will hold these in comps. But that's just me. I think there's a decent argument for putting non-tappers to sleep, it's just not me. It is his job to tap, but it's not your job to teach him a lesson. Yours is to improve your jiu jitsu. Rarely is this helped by creating an injury to someone else you see coming.

5/15 2.5 mile run abs back/ bis

5/14 1 hour private with Roy Harris over top game and pressure. Absoloutely amazing time.

OSU!!! Welcome to the forum, and welcome to Kyokushin. well what you need to do is not to worry about what to do in a self defence situation as you can read all the books, attend all the seminars but nothing will prepare you as to the best way to react. Your Kyokushin training will definately give you all the tools you need , it will condition you to give and to take hits, it will give you a presence which will in itself be an ora of confidence which should (not always guaranteed) put off most possible assailants just concentrate on you training and if it happens just go with it OSU I'll agree to just about everything you put out there Dobbersky, but the bolded area above we can work on. It goes hand in hand with the training hard in your chosen system. But, if we look at the things that happen to the body during combat, we can mimic those by simulation drilling, stimulus/ response training, and scenario based training. This does, in fact, teach your body how to deal with the incident before it happens. It is, of course, not a perfect replica, but it is does help shape and control your response to an out of control situation. Grossman talks about it in "On Combat" (a book that, along with "On Killing" should be on every martial artist shelf) when he discusses building "pre-combat veterans". In other words, we look at the successful skill sets of individuals that have won in combat and design drills to mimic those events and create the physiological conditions that the body creates while in them. This, in turn, builds that skill set that a combat veteran has in his arsenal into a fresh fighter without that experience. A couple of things have to exist to create this. First up, and you are right on the money here, you have to train hard in your response pattern. Then, you have to design realistic drills to mimic real events. Then you move it to scenario based testing where we have to see the response work. One tactical cop I know, after engaging in a shooting, stated that the event was "just like sims" (referring to simunition training). This was his first deadly force encounter, but by building a good training pattern, we can sit on that chaos of a fight and our response and thus mitigate negative effects. In essence, we CAN prep for how to best react. The same thing applies to martial artist in general, not just the ones carrying guns.

First up, welcome aboard. As to your specific question, I think you'll find that you've got a great base art in regards to focus on self defense. It's a heavy contact focus with heavy sparring and excellent movement. There are a couple of things to keep in mind. First up, you'll have to deal with a lack of focus on striking to the head as a primary sparring method. This can develop some bad habits if one isn't careful. This will depend, of course, on the individual school. Next up, at some point you'll probably want to look at supplementing your stand up with some ground work. It's almost mandatory these days if we're talking about a well-rounded self defense pattern. It does not need to be a primary thing for you, but you'll want it in the tool box. Lastly, you might want to do some work outside your system with weapons if that's a concern. And in today's world, it probably is. Adding some knife defense and gun work might not be a bad idea. Even if it's seminar based, it's better than nothing. These last two are just things that don't get dealt with a lot in your system if the examples I've seen hold. However, again I'd say that it's a pretty good jump off point for self defense. I'm with you in the area of kata. Don't worry, there is no mandatory requirement to use it to gain combative ability. I'll no longer say that it flat out won't teach you things, but I will make arguments that there are more efficient ways to prep for street level combat, but that's another issue with several threads devoted to it already. Bottom line, training hard in your style will certainly increase your chances of doing well should you need to. Just look at a couple of areas that it might not cover well (depending on the school) and look to fill those in down the road. Good luck and keep us posted.

5/12 60 min free roll

State by state is the big thing here in the states. And they can vary a great deal. Generally, if you set your trigger for defense of life, you won't be wrong. Reasonable is the key, and the ability to articulate it. When it comes to LE work, the Supreme Court case of Graham vs. Conner really effects how force is used and what goes into reasonable force. The key is what you knew, at the moment force was used, without the 20/20 hindsight of an in depth investigation. Objective reasonableness of an action is based on a lot of deeper issues, but it's based on what the same person with the same amount of training and experience as you would have done in the same situation. Understanding these things is imperative for cops and a good starting place for everyone else. One thing to be careful of is the whole forcible felony thing. Tennessee vs. Garner dealt with the issue of shooting the fleeing forcible felon. It determine that we could only use deadly force against those fleeing felons that were engaged in violent forcible felonies. The list for actual forcible felonies is long and included some that don't warrant deadly force (burglary) and those that are hard to define (treason). Setting one's mental trigger, in most self defense situations, to protection of life and limb is the easiest, safest bet to take care of one's self and stay safe.

5/11 2.5 mile run abs

5/10 Drilled top game work from half guard. Three variants to gaining the under hook. Finish with back step pass. 45 min free roll.

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5/9 40 min free roll. Worked the grip fight and connection.

5/8 2 mile run abs

5/7 Drilled 3 variants of lapel chokes from side mount. 30 min free roll

As a point of discussion, I wanted to talk for a second about mindset and one of the oft quoted mantras of martial arts. It's often said that "no one wins a fight". I would venture a guess that just about all of us have heard it and a majority of us have probably said it as well. I think we can all agree that fighting should always be a last resort, and avoided at all cost. It's dirty, painful, and potentially fatal. So let's just stipulate that we want to avoid it, but it will sometimes be forced upon us. That said, once it comes to us, it think that this idea that "no one wins" is a case of higher minded idealism added post fact to combative systems designed to harm another person. Of course someone "wins". We're not talking about sportive aspects here, but actual win or loss on large canvas of human conflict. Winning means I control the situation, using whatever tactic that calls for. Losing means I don't manage that, and I get controlled to whatever level the bad guy decides is best. There is a clear distinction. To me, priming students to accept that no one wins is to build into them a survival mindset. They are worried about weathering the storm and getting by. What i want, and want to pass on, is the drive to win. We do everyone a disservice by this mindset. Does anyone agree or disagree? Anyone use that saying? And if so, what is the rational? I think it's a good point to discuss.