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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Break Their Strangle... Then Their Back!

There are so many ways to break strangles. I think I could run an entire class on that topic alone.
Why do we have so many techniques to defeat one type of attack? Options! We like and need options.

Not all attackers are the same size or will react to the same techniques. Our different options also all typically lead to different follow-up techniques.

Here is another option for breaking the rear strangle. This technique allow you to break their strangle, break their balance, and end up in an ideal position to lock them out or throw them.

One word of caution, the spine lock shown in the video doesn't look very powerful but trust me, go SLOW! With your partner bent over like that it takes very little power to apply the lock.

==>Breaking Rear Strangle to throw or lock<==

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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

www.tigersdenjiu-jitsu.com

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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Osotogari Throw stopped cold... then go to?

Today lets look at a few options from failed osotogari throw.

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As you know by now, I a big believer in options. You have to know where you can go from where you are and the only way for that to happen is to play with chaining techniques together. It really doesn't matter what style of jiu-jitsu or martial art you do, there is only so much that they can teach you.

At some point you need to start taking what you have been taught and play with it outside the box. Try different positions or a a follow up to a failed technique. We need to do this on the mat because sometimes things seem good on paper but don't work in the application. So get out there play with what you know, open your mind and expand your knowledge.

So... where can we go if our osotogari (major outer reaping) throw doesn't work. I mean you step in to kick their leg out and.... thud their leg don't move. Well S@*t! Where do you go from there?

The videos below will give you a few options but remember these are only a small amount of the possible responses. Have a look what would YOU do as a follow up?

==>Osotogari Thow Follow-up Part 1<==

==>Osotogari Thow Follow-up Part 2<==

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

www.tigersdenjiu-jitsu.com

www.learn-jiu-jitsu-online.com

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Step Over Arm Lock from Scarfhold

Here is another sport grappling technique and I promise to be back to a more self-defence article next week!

Well the scarf hold position or Kesa gatame position has been around for a long time and a key position in grappling, as well as one of my favourites. But with Ronda Rousey flying to the top of the UFC, the position has become even more popular.

Below a show a wonderful arm lock submission. The best thing about it is once you have scarf hold locked on it takes only one simple movement to get the tap! Even if they manage to hold on and not tap from the first technique it put you in a great position to finish them with an armbar.

Here it is, let me know what you think.

==>Step over arm lock from Scarf hold<==

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

www.tigersdenjiu-jitsu.com

www.learn-jiu-jitsu-online.com

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Turn them and tap them!

This week I want to look at a purely sport grappling technique. This technique is from a position that I typically do not teach and do not believe in for sport or self-defence. I do understand that this does happen in sport grappling so I do show my students a few ways of breaking is down. What position am I talking about, we it's the turtle position.

I'm a big believer that you should never be face down with your opponent behind you. Yes I know in sport you don't have to worry about somebody punching you in the back of the head but it simply feels wrong to me for either sport of self-defence.

But having disclosed my dislike of the position I know other will use it and here is a nice way to break down the turtle position and immediately get into a dominate controlling position as well as in position to tap them.

==> Turtle Defence Counter - Roll them<==

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

www.tigersdenjiu-jitsu.com

www.learn-jiu-jitsu-online.com

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Wrist Throw from Hand shake

This week’s technique is what I like to call subtle jiu-jitsu. I love simple direct and sneaky jiu-jitsu techniques that work. Here is a nice subtle was to stop that huge hulking monster from crushing your hand or not letting go of a handshake.

==>Wrist throw from a handshake<==

Yes I could just punch of kick him and that would likely make him release his grip, but not all jiu-jitsu techniques need to be that aggressive. There may be times where you just want to get out of where you are without getting into a fight or even appearing aggressive.

This technique is wonderful is this regard. As I turn and wrist throw the guy crushing my hand it looks more like he just fell over than anything I did to him. He may well get up and try to start a fight but now you have warning and distance.

If you hit him while he’s crushing your hand YOU look like the one who started the fight and not him. There are other ways to strip his grip but they will look aggressive, they will cause pain and they will likely lead into a fight.

This would be great in a crowded room at a party… what do you think?

==>Wrist throw from a handshake<==

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

www.tigersdenjiu-jitsu.com

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Cross body arm locks

Today let’s look at a few details of a couple of arm locks. I’m sure you have likely seen these arm locks (paint brush, snap arm bar, kimura) at some time during your training. The video below has some nice details about how to make the locks tighter and more efficient, how too properly transition from one lock to another and it also shows the difference between a sport lock and a self-defence lock.

==> Cross body armlocks<==

But wait you say won’t the same lock I do rolling in class work on the street? Well… yes it will BUT it’s not the most effective most powerful of preforming the lock. In the above video we focus on the paintbrush lock but this is true for many other locks as well.

Let’s have a closer look at this and where it came from. We do the motions we do in sport grappling to get the submission AND to protect our partner. In self-defence I DON’T have a partner only an attacker and I WANT to hurt them.

Sport paintbrush lock

Key lock arm
Pull arm down to their side as tight as possible
Turn hand out for tightest lock
Lift up on the elbow to get the tap.

Everything is done in a controlled way to ensure you don’t actually injure your partner. Will this work on the street yes, but it’s not the most efficient use of time, leverage or strength. This about when you try the paintbrush lock in class against someone much larger than you, what happens… they power out of it.

Let’s looks at the self-defence version

Self-defence paintbrush lock

Key lock arm
Turn hand out
Lift elbow and pull arm down to side as hard as possible, rotate your body to add extra power.

There are fewer steps, it comes on quicker, you’re using your whole body and it’s far more likely to work on somebody that is twice your size.

==> Cross body armlocks<==

Try both but be nice to your partner and be very careful once you turn their palm out with the paintbrush lock as it will be super tight and very little pressure is needed.

Happy training.

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

www.tigersdenjiu-jitsu.com

www.learn-jiu-jitsu-online.com

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Choke Them With The Wall!

Many times in these type of blogs we look at how to get out from having your back to the wall in a fight. Today let’s look at how we might use the wall to OUR advantage if our opponent has THEIR back to it.

==>Choke Using the Wall<==

It may not look like much on the video but this is a very powerful choke. When you apply the choke make sure you are pushing in and up as if trying to smear them up the wall. This will up a ton of pressure on their neck and head and bring them up on their toes taking their balance and strength from them. Remember to sink low to leverage your whole body, not just your arms, with this technique.

Next time you’re out and about here is a little mental game you can play. Look at the people around you and imagine what you might do if they suddenly attacked you. Look for what you could use to defend yourself, or what you could use as blocking terrain. Think how you might use your environment help you or distract your attackers. Think about where the exits are and how you might get there without getting caught up in a brawl. Think about what martial art techniques you know that would help and what techniques you would need to avoid.

==>Choke Using the Wall<==

This like this may seem like just fun and games but it has been proven that visualization is almost as good, if not AS good, as live practice. By playing this game with yourself you are in fact “practicing” or studying this type of scenario and your mind will fill away all the information. So why not play a little game and get the benefit now rather than wait until your need it at which time it will be too late.

Besides you can talk about locations / multiple attackers in the dojo but it’s nothing like actually being in the environment and visualizing whit might happen and what you would do.

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

www.tigersdenjiu-jitsu.com

www.learn-jiu-jitsu-online.com

learn-jiu-jitsu-online.com

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Break Their Strangle... Then Their Back!

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Osotogari Throw stopped cold... then go to?

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Step Over Arm Lock from Scarfhold

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Turn them and tap them!

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Wrist Throw from Hand shake

==>Wrist throw from a handshake<==

==>Wrist throw from a handshake<==

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Cross body arm locks

==> Cross body armlocks<==

==> Cross body armlocks<==

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Choke Them With The Wall!

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