Self protection and real martial arts for adults and children
Posted in Diary on Jul 30th, 2009
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Juniors
After a specific movement warm-up we revised proactive pad-work, going through all the ranges and then we went back over the footsweep drill with impromptu stand-up grappling sparring.
Rather than trying to stretch the principle we have been working on over the past three weeks, I decided to just focus on [...]
Posted in Diary on Jul 24th, 2009
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Juniors
Warm-up
The warm-up was led by our purple sash. He took the class through blitzing, bear crawls, snakes and various other movement drills before suggesting that we have a dodge ball reaction game.
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Over the past three weeks I have focused on movement with techniques. The first lesson was a brief [...]
Posted in Diary on Jul 16th, 2009
Juniors
Last week we isolated hand strikes, so this week we focused on kicks. In order of importance I would normally follow Geoff Thompson’s hierarchy of ranges: hand strikes, grappling and kicks, but the nature of the drills we have been using lends itself better to another percussive weapon. After a standard warm-up of reaction [...]
Posted in Articles on Jul 10th, 2009
This is an example of Junior MMA Sparring where the sport is used to build good attributes. It is a safe but tough contact sport that helps build fighting spirit and is also an environment where ranges and certain techniques can be pressure tested.
Here is CCMA’s evolving proactive movement drills in the senior class. We began with [...]
Posted in Diary on Jul 8th, 2009
Juniors
After a brief warm-up the juniors engaged in a fun reaction game. Two teams faced off against each other and tried to avoid being hit by an inflatable swiss ball. The game got harder as the students changed from running to crawling and crab walking, all good skills for ground movement.
Hand Strikes
The focus [...]