Here is
something that I see my students do in class ALL the time, heck I’ve even been
known to get caught doing this as well. This bad habit if not corrected could
spell disaster in a real self-defence situation.
What bad
habit could I be talking about?
When
practicing techniques you stop and restart the technique if either you or your
partner are out of position.
Have you
ever done this? I think we all have at some time or another.
This is a
really bad habit, one we all need to break out of. In a real self-defence
situation you or your attacker WILL be out of position. Things WILL NOT go
exactly as you have trained them, if they do then you are very lucky. What can
we do to stop this workable habit, keep going, don’t stop, don’t reset.
Let me
illustrate.
Your
practice partner throws a straight punch instead of the hook punch needed for
your hip throw (ogoshi), so you both STOP, reset and start again.
Now let’s
look at what you should do.
Your
practice partner throws a straight punch instead of the hook punch needed for
your hip throw (ogoshi), so you outside palm block, kick to the floating ribs,
shin kick to the thigh, stop to finish.
OR
Your
practice partner throws a straight punch instead of the hook punch needed for
your hip throw (ogoshi), so you outside palm block, palm heel strike to the
chin, step in front with a reverse elbow to the diaphragm or floating ribs and
THEN execute your hip throw.
If you train
yourself to stop when you are out of position, then that’s what you will do in
a real self-defence situation. Even if you do not stop you will pause and that
maybe all that is needed for your attacker to get the upper hand.
But, if you
train yourself to immediately switch gears into another technique, to react to
your body position and to what you have been given by your attacker, then you
have a good chance of keeping your attacker off balance until you can finally
execute the finishing technique. This is where real self-defence lays.
Start
practicing this way at your next class, if you’re an instructor talk to your
students about this concept, sometime in the future you may be glad you did…
… or you can
keep doing what you have always been doing and hope your attackers will be nice
enough to do what you want, when you want and how you what so your techniques
will work the first time every time!
As always is
you are looking for more great videos or to learn the wonderful art of
jiu-jitsu please check out our web site at www.learn-jiu-jitsu-online.com.
Cheers,
Jamie Rickard (Sensei)
Head Instructor
Koketsu Kai - Tiger's Den Jiu-jitsu and Grappling
Located at:
The Academy of Martial Arts
851 Princess Street
Kingston, Ontario
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