Student-Led Learning (diary entry)

General Lesson

After a student-led warm-up of mobility and muscle activation exercises, we covered some progressive proactive pad-work. This began with freestyle boxing and was followed by the progressive exercises, separating attack and defence and then combining them. We then brought in covering, knee strikes, sprawls, sit-throughs and different ranges.

I noticed there were problems associated with the sit-through, so we addressed its application and then trained it under progressive amounts of resistance.

Private Lesson

We began with some speed training, but I soon became aware that there was a good amount of overlap work we needed to cover. MMA is too often trained within its three ranges – stand-up (kickboxing), clinch (wrestling) and ground (submission grappling). Although it is valid to teach cross-training and this way of dividing up a fight serves as a good guide, striking with grappling at all phases is also very important (as it training against the cage). So, we covered specific sparring at stand-up clinch and ground before freestyle sparring.

I noticed a few submission set-ups were repeatedly missed, so we examined the oma plata (shoulder lock using the legs) as a submission and a sweep.

Today’s two classes were good examples of how strictly planned lessons do not always produce the best results. I find a teacher can make precise improvements to a student’s training by setting up free training environments that will raise areas that require attention.

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