ps1

Congratulations Beast

When all other things are equal, size and strength will matter greatly.

When we do this we tend to call it "rolling for technique only." Generally, your uki (opponent) will give only enough resistance to offer a realistic motion. The numbers you can do are limited only by the capacity of human movement. Some basic ones are: From the Guard: Armbar (opponent pulls out arm) to Triangle (opponent postures up) to Omoplata (opponent rolls forward) to Maintain side control as opponent rolls and end in side control with a biceps slicer. The opponent defends the sliced arm. From Side Control with underhook. Bring knee onto the belly to get the opponent to push it. Draw their arm in and transition around for the N/S Kimura. Transition from the N/S kimura to armbar (opponent defends and comes up, placing you in your guard) transition to triangle choke. When the opponent postures up, transition back into armbar. These are just two very basic training sets. In the end, the sky is the limit however.

I dont really agree with that one. I have seen some OLD judo and catch wrestling stuff, and I have yet to see an original technique in BJJ. I saw an omoplata in India from the 1800's I think it was Phil Miglierese that put it in Grappling Magazine back in the day. I agree. There is nothing new to it. The Gracie's have simply been the best at marketing it and getting it popular. That's not a bad thing, just the way it is. In reading many of the books the Gracie's have written, they readily admit to taking techniques from several sources. Rolls took the Americana from wrestling. Helio took the Kimura lock from Kimura. Rolls and Rickson added the leg locks of Sambo. They were just skilled at recognizing what works for their way of movement. Then they took the move and incorporated it. The art still continues to grow in this way. That's the beauty of it. While many martial arts frown upon adding new material or changing things that may no longer be effective. BJJ thrives upon evolution and constantly sharpening it's moves.

A common topic of conversation has been instruction. Specifically, who is qualified to give instruction. The most recent manifestation of that topic deals with taking orders from someone younger: http://www.karateforums.com/taking-orders-from-a-higher-but-much-younger-grade-vt35329.html My question is this? What do you feel qualifies a person to instruct and what makes their instruction credible? I ask because I feel this is an area where there is a true rift in the martial arts. I'll explain my beliefs on this later. But I'm curious to see the opinions of others first.

Let us suppose, for the moment, it does work. I begin wearing a strategically fit gi to make me appear better. Let us also suppose that it does fool the judges. I become a world champion in forms/kata. What does that really mean? I submit that it means absolutely nothing! Because when I'm 60, 70, 80 or even 100 years old; what do I have? A shelf full of trophies? Perhaps. The satisfaction of knowing I worked hard and earned them? No. I am simply left an old man who was probably good enough to win without cheating...but will never know for sure. Empty, hollow, and learning what really matters far to late for it to make a difference anymore. Let them wear what they want.

Any movement used to defeat an opponent. It is usually rehearsed in some manner, but that is not a necessity.

Wow! It didn't even look like he ever practiced it! Not a smart thing to do! Yikes!

Assuming we had equal desire to live and equal skill levels, the younger and faster person would have won. That was me. One day, it will no longer be me. That's just the natural process. Fortunately, I will never have to know for sure.

I can see why you took this approach, ps1. Was there a point in training in class at which you realized that you could beat your instructor easily, and then decided that you should back off? How gradually, or how abruptly, did you realize this? It was gradual. A combination of my maturation, my instructor growing older, and my constant and hard training. If I'm lucky, one day a student of mine will be able to do the same to me.

I have never heard of this practice. I know there are people that wear longer belts. I always thought it was just how their school wore them. Personally, I don't know how many instructors would be fooled by a long belt. I look at the degree of bend in the knee when I look at people's stances, not the belt.

I tend to be in agreement with this statement. It doesn't pertain to all schools. But certainly the majority.

I have absolutely no problems with having a young person run the warm-ups and performing some drills. I would even have them demonstrate proper technique with some basic moves. It's a wonderful way for them to learn responsibility and learn to take accountability for their actions. I would not, however, feel comfortable allowing any child to teach a class unsupervised. Most children don't have the maturity to handle various situations that arise. That could include anything from a rowdy student to an upset parent to an injury or emergency situation. In addition, I believe there are some restrictions in place with insurance companies.

They have always been allowed in all the schools where I trained. That's because they are a great self defense tool. Should sport rules let them in? Probably not. Sport point fighting is meant to be a game. It would be an extremely fast game if leg kicks were allowed. A decent leg kick is virtually unavoidable. So you would either end up with three quick kicks ending the match or two opponents that won't engage because they're too weary of the leg kick. I don't, however, see a problem with it in continuous point fighting (there is no break to call points). A person may give up a leg kick to get a couple good shots in. It could be a more fair exchange.

In Karate: I never did so in front of the rest of the students. However, I regularly defeated my teacher in our private lessons. He always told me it was an honor to lose to me and that it demonstrated he did his job well. In BJJ: I'm not able to defeat my instructor easily yet. If I were able to do so, I would follow the same etiquette as I did in Karate. In Chuan Fa: I only got the better of Master McGinnis once. It was honestly dumb luck. Wasn't much of an issue here. I could probably beat him now. But would do so only in private.

I believe the word you're looking for is shugyo (shoe-g-yo). It is actually a term that refers more broadly to the difficulties, trials, and tribulations a person must endure as a natural part of learning. Getting out of the comfort zone, so to speak. More recently, it is a term used for a particularly difficult practice. I like this idea and feel it has alot of value toward teaching a person to exceed their own expectations of themselves and reach the next level.

This is a good demo video. However, the koshi guruma that it shows him doing is very seldom hit, even in judo matches, in this manner. That is, you need to turn hard into the throw since you only hold the head and not the underhook. Most of the time you end up going down with the opponent. Because you hit the ground without the underhook, you are left vulnerable to getting your back taken. For this reason, any throw that ends in hon kesa gatame (http://www.judoinfo.com/images/osaekomi/hon_kesa_gatame.gif) should be avoided. Rather, throws that end in kuzure kesa gatame or makure kesa gatame (http://www.judoinfo.com/images/osaekomi/kuzure_kesa_gatame.gif) (http://www.judoinfo.com/images/osaekomi/makura_kesa_gatame.gif). So it's more a matter of deciding which throws you can do with momentum and still end with a strong controlling position.

This is a good observation, Joe. I would not have pieced this together, but it makes good sense. I wrote that stuff, not joesteph. Thanks though.

This isn't exactly true. I do concede that many, even a majority, of the BJJ schools have excluded judo style throws. I even feel it's a mistake to a point. However, this is because many judo throws leave the tori (thrower) open to a ground attack and having little control once the fight hits the ground. In a Judo match, it's over. However, in a BJJ match, if you hit the ground without positive control of the opponent, you're likely in trouble. The inclusion of many wrestling takedowns and throws is simply a matter of numbers. That is, many more people practice wrestling worldwide than Judo. In addition, wrestlers are more used to needing to keep control once they hit the ground. That allows it to blend very well into bjj. I do agree, however, with kenpo4life. I believe that the average judoka will have enough ground to handle the great majority of the population. That's assuming they practice it regularly. Additionally, we have a judo bb that trains with us and has picked up BJJ rather quickly. But that can be said of BJJ practitioners learning Judo, BJJ to sambo, sambo to judo, judo to sambo ect... Grappling is an art that is mostly about feeling. Once you have gained the ability to feel your opponent's openings, it translates easily from one art to the next. The only thing that changes is the grips and rules. John C: We regularly train without using our hands. It trains the practitioner to use his hips more effectively. This training can and should begin at white belt. Sure, they don't do well with it. It makes them better later however.

Warm Up: light jog hip escape drills rolls sit outs stretching Total: 15 minutes Drills: We teach three to four techniques and practice each one around 10 to 15 times per person. Total: 1 hour Open Mat: Free rolling/ randori Total: 45 min. to 2 hours (you leave anytime you want here) Total class time=2 to 4 hours, depending on how long a person chooses to free roll.

Look up sucker punches on You Tube. You'll notice that many of them happen as one guy postures with another in a stare down of some sort. Then WHAM!!!! The buddy blasts the guy. A person can talk about the lack of honor and cowardice in this all day long. But when you're laying on your back, getting kicked and beaten, your opponent's honor isn't that important to you anymore. If a person wants to stare me down, I start looking for his buddies.

three to four, four hour sessions per week.

The name of the technique is Kata Guruma. Here's a website with a description and several videos of it. http://www.judoinfo.com/kataguru.htm http://www.suginoharyu.com/html/video/kihonwaza/kata%20guruma.mpg http://www.judoinfo.com/images/video/santani/kataguruma2.mov Check this list of moves. It's where I got the others for you. There are a few versions of the throw. Also, there are many other great throws there for you. http://www.judoinfo.com/video4.htm Hope it's helpful.

Do you mean wrestling style takedowns, judo style throws, or some that are good for jiu jitsu competition? I'd be happy to get some more on there. As it is if you follow the link below, you'll see three very basic takedowns. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDJraM4ARNg If you're looking for others, let me know.

Three more videos today. Two Gurad Passes and two submissions. They combine to give a good picture of how to adapt to what your opponent gives you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf-dBq1NHOI