Triple Partner Training

23/06/14

General Lesson

Following on from a student-led warm-up, the class were divided up into three person groups. The rest of the lesson exclusively used this dynamic with the following activities:

1. Interview stage close protection drill. The bodyguard clears the principle and intercepts an oncoming threat

2. Active angulation and footwork exercise. One fighter tries to access a target. Another fighter protects the target. Boxing only

3. Same as above with wrestling only.

4. Two-on-one ground fighting. A game designed to promote tenacity in fighting from a compromised position to standing.

5. Chaos drill. Two-on-one focus mitt training from all ranges. The lesson finished with stretching.

6. Running body guard drill. Student designated as a bodyguard holds onto their principal and fights off multiple attackers to an exit point.

As you can see from the above examples, having an uneven number of training partners can create some unique activities. We can roughly divide them into multiple attack training or coaching and obstical training. It encourages better angulation and consistant movement for both self-defence and sports. It can also emphasise the importance of survival and escape over domination for self-defence. Students get the opportunity to explore protecting targets outside of themselves in a self-defence context.