Sometimes its very difficult to break your opponents posture and successfully apply a choke from closed guard. Here a two variations that will make it a higher percentage move for you to try in training. Both variations provide you with more control of your opponent.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Monday, August 6, 2007
Xande Ribiero
This is a hard fought match from last years Mundials and is an example of solid guard passing. The first pass he scores comes after some constant top pressure, after which there is a period where he pins his opponent in side hold. Estima eventually re-guards Xande and almost sweeps him for an advantage but Xande passes again and in the struggle afterward gets mount where he eventually catches his opponent with a Sleeve Choke (Ezequiel). Xande was in Australia last year for the Pan Pacs as a guest of the AFBJJ and won the absolute division last year at the Mundials.
UFC 74
Fight Card
>205 lbs Randy Couture (15-8) vs. Gabriel Gonzaga (8-1)
170 lbs.: Georges St. Pierre (13-2) vs. Josh Koscheck (9-1)
155 lbs.: Joe Stevenson (27-7) vs. Kurt Pellegrino (10-2)
205 lbs.: Renato “Babalu” Sobral (27-7) vs. David Heath (7-1)
155 lbs.: Marcus Aurelio (14-4) vs. Clay Guida (21-8)
155 lbs.: Roger Huerta (18-1-1) vs. Alberto Crane (8-0)
185 lbs.: Thales Leites (11-1) vs. Ryan Jensen (11-1)
185 lbs.: Kendall Grove (8-3) vs. Patrick Cote (10-4)
There will be a UFC Party on Sunday 26th August from 11.30am so that we can sit down and watch Randy defend his title against Gonzaga on Foxtel MainEvent Live. If you havent recieved your invite please let me know.
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Fighting is different to Self Defence.
There has been a lot of talk about the superiority of BJJ/MMA when compared to other systems and when tested in challenge matches for the most part that seems to be the case. But challenge matches are not real life, regardless of whether its no rules fighting or not. For the record I love MMA and BJJ but its not real fighting nor self-defence. Does it provide you with real-life skills? Absolutely. Is it 100 times better than most other systems? For sure. But if your learning this stuff for street applications or to protect yourself or your family should the need arise then you must cast a wider net and explore some broader ideas than those presented in most BJJ/MMA classes. And its not about what type or how many techniques you know or how well you can apply them.
These four authors cover most of the ground that I feel is necessary knowledge in this area, I have read their books, watched and listened to their tapes, googled them and navigated through their websites. I have discussed their ideas and theories with my friends in law enforcement and the military who design and run defensive skills programs and I have tried and applied their work in training. I am the first to admit that I don’t have much “live” experience in these areas as many others do have. Street fighting has never been my thing but if you need to learn what works I’m sure getting amongst it is great. In some respects you can’t beat experiential learning.
Anyway here are the four authors…
Dave Grossman http://www.killology.com/
Marc Mac Young http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/
Tony Blauer http://tonyblauer.com/
Geoff Thompson http://www.geoffthompson.com
Much of their work is aimed at people who must deal with violence as part of their work including police, military and security applications but there is a strong cross over with civilian self-protection strategies. Concepts of awareness, avoidance, fear psychology, action triggers, criminal psychology, pre-fight and post fight management, legal issues, multiple and armed attackers, pre-emptive strikes and scenario based training are important areas that must be studied and practiced in depth. Each author has their own presentation style and come from various backgrounds but they all come to remarkably similar conclusions.
Here's a clip from a Tony Blauer Seminar
These four authors cover most of the ground that I feel is necessary knowledge in this area, I have read their books, watched and listened to their tapes, googled them and navigated through their websites. I have discussed their ideas and theories with my friends in law enforcement and the military who design and run defensive skills programs and I have tried and applied their work in training. I am the first to admit that I don’t have much “live” experience in these areas as many others do have. Street fighting has never been my thing but if you need to learn what works I’m sure getting amongst it is great. In some respects you can’t beat experiential learning.
Anyway here are the four authors…
Dave Grossman http://www.killology.com/
Marc Mac Young http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/
Tony Blauer http://tonyblauer.com/
Geoff Thompson http://www.geoffthompson.com
Much of their work is aimed at people who must deal with violence as part of their work including police, military and security applications but there is a strong cross over with civilian self-protection strategies. Concepts of awareness, avoidance, fear psychology, action triggers, criminal psychology, pre-fight and post fight management, legal issues, multiple and armed attackers, pre-emptive strikes and scenario based training are important areas that must be studied and practiced in depth. Each author has their own presentation style and come from various backgrounds but they all come to remarkably similar conclusions.
Here's a clip from a Tony Blauer Seminar
Friday, August 3, 2007
Jacare HL Clip
Jacare is also a brilliant competitor in both gi and no-gi tournaments. He is renowned for his athleticism and explosiveness like jumping straight into triangles from standing and great takedowns, including shoulder throws, inside leg trips and ankle picks. He has won the worlds via a 2 point takedown and so these form an important part of his game. Jacare often does the crocodile impersonations after a win. Hope you enjoy the clip. During the clip you even get a voice over quoting the Hagakure (Book of Hidden Leaves) an old samurai guide to life manuscript. In that match at the Mundials 2004 Jacare is ahead on points and stalls out the victory even after Roger breaks his arm with the arm bar from closed guard!!
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Competition Training @ Chadstone HQ
From Friday 10th August there will be weekly competition training at our Chadstone HQ for those students wishing to compete in upcoming tournamants. Regular training will be at 6pm followed by Compettion training at 7pm. The next major tournament is the Champions Cup to be held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre on Saturday 22nd September. That is 7 weeks away this Saturday. There will be Gi and No-Gi divisions this year for the first time. Six months training is probably the minimum time to consider entering. Qualification criteria do apply for the gi events but this years No-gi will be open to all competitiors. Visit afbjj.com for more information. Each Friday we carpool from my house and make the trip to HQ for training so if your interested in joining us please let me know.
Roger Gracie HL Clip's
Jacare, Marcelo Garcia and Roger Gracie are three of the biggest names in BJJ/Submission Grappling at the moment. I have posted a Marcelo Garcia HL Clip here previously and he plays a great agile small guy game focused on seated guard, taking the back, arm drags, omoplata and x-guard.
In contrast, Roger Gracie is a big guy and therefore plays a more top heavy game but is renowned for doing the basics well, he has defeated both Garcia and Jacare in competition. Roger had an amazing run at the 2005 Abu Dhabi submitting all of his opponents in his weight division and the Absolute. This is two HL Clips of some of his memorable Gi matches. His armbar attempt of Jacare is really cool, Jacare throws the kitchen sink at him to escape. There is some overlap between the footage but its worth watching both. Make sure you watch his no-gi finals match with Jacare at Abu Dhabi 2005 at some stage as well which ends with Roger on Jacare's back whilst standing and choking him to finish.
In contrast, Roger Gracie is a big guy and therefore plays a more top heavy game but is renowned for doing the basics well, he has defeated both Garcia and Jacare in competition. Roger had an amazing run at the 2005 Abu Dhabi submitting all of his opponents in his weight division and the Absolute. This is two HL Clips of some of his memorable Gi matches. His armbar attempt of Jacare is really cool, Jacare throws the kitchen sink at him to escape. There is some overlap between the footage but its worth watching both. Make sure you watch his no-gi finals match with Jacare at Abu Dhabi 2005 at some stage as well which ends with Roger on Jacare's back whilst standing and choking him to finish.
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