The Martial Artists' Training Log

[bushido_man96]

6/5/2013

Gracie Combatives, Day 3: More review, and more reps, which is helping a lot. We added cuffing setups to the Kimura and the arm bar. We aslo worked from the headlocks some more, and had a variation where we were headlocked on the ground. We would secure the arm, get a leg over, and straighten/walk up onto their back, or if they had a leg based, we would basically post onto our head, hips up and on our toes, drive our shoulder into their shoulder, upon which time they would release, and we could work to cuffing.

We also did some punch defense with bad guy in guard, blocking with knees and securing the arms at the biceps, trying to get the foot to the hip, achieving this on both sides. From there, we would go to a leg down, shrimp a bit, knee blocking the other arm, bring the other leg up and over to touch heel to knee. We could strike from there, and keep them away for the most part. I think we could go to the armbar from there, as well.

We did another variation from guard, where the bad guy would be savvy and keep his head close to our body, and pop up for a quick strike and then back down. We would get our arms inside, push his head away from our gun side with both hands, then bring the leg up and grab the pant leg, and secure the other arm, and try to hold. If they posted their hand or went for the gun, we would go to Kimura.

Lots of fun stuff, but trying to remember and write it down later is hard at times, but I keep trying to think through it. More reps tomorrow, and I hope it all falls into place. So far, so good.

Edited June 6, 2013 by bushido_man96

[tallgeese]

6/5

Drilled more calf compression lock series. Added lock down position from leg grapevine.

40 min free roll.

[bushido_man96]

6/6/2013

Gracie Combatives, Day 4: More review, with a few new variations on some things. We went from a guard control position to a Kimura, and then cuffing. This also branched off of the punch defense we did from the guard, securing the arms and with the knees up and heels on hips. From there, we could drop a leg, secure the gun side arm, and then attempt to umpa them over. If they base out, we would go to the Kimura and work to cuff.

I'm beginning to see the combinations come together, and where different things can feed in for changing scenarios.

We did gun retention with the suspect grabbing with both arms, working to a Kimura from there as well, with some minor adjustments. We also did an armbar variation from one of our rolling the bad guy over scenarios, where he bases and stops us from rolling him.

We also did some two-person approaches and cuffing tactics, and some escort tactics for the "passive" resisters.

Lots of good stuff, and one more day to go.

And, here's a fun video of those of you who would like to see something rather funny, but something Royce mentioned to have done for articulation purposes in court.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7I0yotu_Zo

[tallgeese]

06/08

Drilled a review of calf compression series and it's components. Several variant reviews.

25 min free roll.

[bushido_man96]

6/7/2013

Gracie Combatives, Day 5: 8:00-noon. More review, and we also added in some basic knife defense. I think it has some uses, but there may be some better knife defense work out there. But as a starter, I can go with it. We also did some gun retention from a rear grab.

We spent the last half hour of the class reviewing on our own, working through various scenarios, and working to completion by getting to cuffing. There are some things I am recalling better than others, but, with practice, I'll be able to start hitting everything really well. Just takes practice. And I hope to some more rolling in the future, as well.

Overall, a really great MA experience, and one I'll remember for a long time. This one will rank up near the top.

[tallgeese]

6/9

30 min free roll.

[tallgeese]

On Friday we finished off the dept wide control tactics training cycle. I love doing it, I'm glad it's done. Today, we cycle into our qualification shoot,less combatives, more shooting. I can deal with that for a change.

6/10

Drilled taking mount from side mount.

40 min free roll.

[bushido_man96]

You've got the dream part of the job, Alex. It would be so cool to cycle from one to the other like that.

Have you ever done any TASER/Simunitions cross-training for UOF? We've done some, and I hope we can get to do some more in the future. Its really a blast, combining the two.

6/11/2013

Stretched, 10 pistol draws, 5 TASER draws.

[tallgeese]

Yeah, it's a good gig. I can't complain. I do far too often despite that. The big thing that keeps me sane is the operational outlet of being on the team.

Our big training cycle this year deals with overlapping skill sets to mimic reality better. We've even got first aid ramped up with trauma care after a cqb engagement. We've gotten great feed back so far. It's a difficult cycle to run, but I think it's worth it.

6/11

2 mile run

chest. tris

6/12

Drilled taking back from side mount followed by arm bar.

40 min free roll.

[bushido_man96]

6/13/2013

Warmup: 5 minutes of rowing.

TKD: Do-Kang 1, Se Jong, and Yoo Sin. Did white and orange belt forms, Chon Ji, Dan Gun, and Bo Chung, then white and orange belt one-steps. Then a nice stretch. About 45 minutes worth of a workout.