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23.01.12
So I listened and today’s lesson was concerned with takedown defence, a submission and some kicking. We began with a swift warm-up, training specific movements and then reversing them i.e. snaking forwards and backwards in one go. Then we went straight into grappling partner drills.
For me, it is more important to get students into the feel of tactics than to just train one specific technique. So, looking at takedown defence we used the stopping drills. A student needs to be thinking of dictating the fight as early on as possible. This includes deciding on when and when not he wants to clinch. The exercise is as simple as one person going for the grip and the partner blocking him on both sides. We then moved onto some over hook/under hook pummelling. This was followed with another stopping drill. One person went for an arm-drag and the other blocked it. This encourages fluidity and sensitivity in both fighters. Next we covered the arm-drag/double leg takedown combination. Here the opponent pulls back when the student attempts an arm-drag, the student immediately drops to the low line and a double-leg takedown. The momentum of the pull-back motion should make the double-leg stronger.
This brought us onto the sprawl/taking the back defence. I consider sprawling to be a pretty handy anti-grappling tool. If executed well, it provides you with a lot of options. As described in this paragraph’s opening sentence, we covered taking the back. We then drilled blocking the now turtled defender from one side and then another as they went to attack the legs. This promoted good movement and sensitivity from both students. I emphasized the importance of having the attacking student stay low. The turtled student then drilled taking the guard from this position. Again, this was another flow drill designed to prompt taking guard as soon as the turtled student felt pressure on his lower back. The turtled student then practiced the rolling knee bar attack.
We then moved onto kicking. Again, we worked on an exercise as opposed to an actual technique. It came off a kickboxing combination, placing the main emphasis on kicking – jab/triple round kick (alternate sides). It is important for the coach to move backwards when he is being kicked to encourage the reality of the situation and for the kicker to move forward with his attack – effectively kicking and walking.
The lesson finished with a couple of rounds of MMA sparring and then a stretch. We discussed future after-class workshops.
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