Submissions & MMA Combinations (diary entry)

02.10.19 Wednesday’s second lesson was my regular junior/senior double private class. The junior lesson began my client’s course on submission grappling/ground-training and my senior lesson focused on MMA combination work. I introduced my junior client to ground-fighting with a series of basic specific callisthenics – bear crawls, lizard crawls, seal crawls, monkey crawls and snaking. We then looked at side-control and scarf-hold along with transitioning from these two pins. I also introduced north-south. After a warm-up of focus mitts/belly pad and Thai pads/belly pad, we moved onto the following three combinations: Sprawl/Guillotine/Double-Leg Takedown Round Kick/Catch Kick/Overhand Punch/Double-Leg Takedown 2 x Switch-Kick/Shuffle/Knee Pick We finished with a five minute round of MMA sparring. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tbWkTsJps0