Clubb Chimera Martial Arts : CCMA

Juniors

It was all preparation for the CCMA grading today. After the warm-up the class focused back on the fence. The concept of the fence is still of paramount importance in real self protection training. It is the bridge between soft skills and hard skills. It’s the final stage of the pre-fight that gives the defender the best chance of control over the in-fight if it happens at all. 

There are several ways to train the method. For the purposes of grading I like to use three progressive drills. The first is a simple role-play designed to demonstrate the person using the fence’s ability not to be either drawn into a fight or allow another to occupy their space. It is purely soft skills focused on strengthening resolve and emotions in high pressure situations that may or not become physical. The aggressor does not breach the fence, but instead using aggression and deception in an attempt to prompt vulnerable behaviours in the person using the fence. The second drill continues the role-play to the pre-emptive strike. The strike is touch contact when the aggressor eventually breaches the fence. This is then overlapped with the final drill where focus mitts are introduced and full contact strikes are used.

Other training included revision on highline, mid line and lowline takedowns, takedown sparring, defence from under the pins and MMA.  

Seniors

The senior class focused on impact development. The warm-up consisted of flash pad training, grip fighting, guard passing, boxing and MMA. After that we isolated the straight hand strike, the round kick, the hook hand strike and the double leg takedown using resistance bands.

As I have said on numerous occasions, resistance bands are fast becoming an essential piece of training equipment for developing efficient technique. It helps correct form by exposing bad balance and posture. The main point to observe when coaching the training method is the powerline. An obvious mistake is done with the hook or round kick or any curved srrike for that matter. Many just follow the movement of the body and you end up with a resistance band wrapped around the body. Force wants to travel in a straight line, even with a curved movement, and therefore the resistance band should go along this straight line.

The class finished with a two minute burnout on the flash pads again.