Surviving the Knee on Belt Ground and Pound!

Last time I indicated that today we would be looking at a couple of follow up to failed half wrist lock but I haven't quite got that video puller together yet.

So we are going to look at a ground self-defence / survival technique.

I talked before about the difference between sport and self-defence and how critical it is to know the difference between the two. In short there are many techniques that if you do them in a fight the way you would grappling in class they won't work for you. Worse these same techniques will get you hurt.

==>Surviving the knee on belt<==

Let look at the knee on belt position. This is one of the best positions for striking as it allow you to put all your weight on their stomach / diaphragm and leaves one or both hands free to strike. Good for the attacker on top but not so good if you find yourself on the bottom.

Lets look at a possible scenario:
Your attacker surprises you and trips you to the ground. He then kneels down on your chest with one of his knees, pinning you to the ground and starts to punch the crap out of you. What would you do?

This is definitely one of the scenarios that if you react as you would in grappling you are going to get hurt.

==>Surviving the knee on belt<==

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Standing Behind You and Angry...

So last week we started our discussion on failed techniques. This is a topic that is too often neglected. Many many people plod along learning their syllabus and never think about what may actually happen in a real fight. After all, we do this in class it must it must work in the street right?

In a real fight your attacker is unlikely to be in exactly the same position, punch, or step the way you practice. All this combined with the stress of a real fight may well add up to your first technique not working the way you want it to. So how do we improve the odds a bit?

We start think about combining techniques. Figuring out what technique flows into the next. This is hard to do at lower belt levels but by green belt you should have enough techniques to start making a few connections. Think about this now, practice this now and it may well save you later.

Today I want to specifically look at a defence from a rear hair grab. Many styles of jiu-jitsu have something similar. If you’re not sure what this is or want something more instructional on how to DO the techniques shown here check out our on-line jiu-jitsu program and videos at www.learn-jiu-jitsu-online.com.

The video below talks more about this and shows some possible follow-up techniques from a failed breaking rear hair grab.

==>Breaking Rear Hair Grab Follow-ups<==

The fail point is the breaking rear hair grab, figure lock is both good and bad. Lets look at it. So your attacker grabs you by the hair from behind. You reach up to smash your knuckles down on the hand to release their grip and then do a figure lock BUT as your reach up they pull their hand away. So the good part is that they no longer have a hair grab, the bad well they are now standing directly behind you and you have no control over them. So check out the video for a couple of possible options.

==>Breaking Rear Hair Grab Follow-ups<==

Next time we will look at the breaking lapel grab to a failed half wrist lock.

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Well that didn't work...now what do I do?

Someone comes at you angry and quickly grabs you by the hair. You should have stopped them before the grab but it’s ok you know what to do from here. After all you have been practicing it since yellow belt. You reach up to grab their wrist and kick them in the knee, then finish them with a shoulder lock but...  They pull their hand away just as you grab it!

Now what do you do?

Or how about this. You manage to get in the shoulder lock position but they recover and muscle their arm free, now they are standing behind you! WOW doesn’t get too much worse than that... What would you do? Have you thought about it? If you haven’t thought about it I’ll tell you what you are likely to do... NOTHING! You will freeze.

You do what your training teaches you. If you haven’t trained for a failed technique you will not be ready for it and the middle of a fight is not the time to try and figure it out!

Over the next little while I want to look at a few techniques from the Jukoshin Ryu Jiu-jitsu syllabus. Specifically where they are likely to fail and what you can do to follow up. Today I want to specifically look at the shoulder lock from the front hair grab. Many styles of jiu-jitsu have something similar. If you’re not sure what this is or want something more instructional on how to DO the shoulder lock check out our on-line jiu-jitsu program and videos at www.learn-jiu-jitsu-online.com.

The video below talks more about this and shows some possible follow-up techniques from the two major fail points of the shoulder lock.

==>Shoulder LockFollow-ups<==

The shoulder lock has two main fail points:

-          They pull their hand away when you go to grab it. (bad)

-          They pull their arm away before you can apply the full lock and are behind you. (Very bad)

The first one it’s too bad as you have many possible options of how to respond. The main point IS to respond or move to another technique. When a technique goes south on you, you don’t have time to stand around thinking about what to do next. Now is the time to do that thinking!

==>Shoulder LockFollow-ups<==

Next time we will talk a bit more about this and look at the rear hair grab to figure lock.

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What, who me!?

This is a little tip for all the instructors out there or those that are to soon be instructors.

Many times while teaching we call on students to step forward and show us what they know.

“Dave please show me ______.”

So Dave comes forward and does as asked as the rest of the students stand there watching him. There is nothing wrong with this approach. We get to see what the student knows and how well he does it with a little pressure.

But what about the other students watching?

Well all the other students are just glad that they were not the ones called and may or may not be paying attention or thinking about the technique that is being shown. So how do we engage the whole class, make their minds work and think about what is about to be shown?

It’s fairly simple really. We simply change the order of HOW we ask for the technique, kata, whatever.

“Let me see _______, (pause and look at students) Dave, please.”

Because you have called the technique, kata, whatever first, EVERY students is now thinking about it because they don’t want to get caught flat footed if you choose them!

Sneaky but effective. If you really want to up the ante pick the same student a couple of times. This will keep everybody on their toes even IF they have already shown a technique.

Next week I’ll have another nice video for you chaining several joint locks together.

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WEBBS and Jukoshin Master Shihan Micha Vogt

If you think that martial artists need to be tall hulking beasts to be effective or that the big strong guy will always beat the small guy then you need to meet Shihan Micha!

He may not be big in stature but on the mat he’s a giant. The speed and precision with which he executes techniques is impressive indeed. If you’re going to be anywhere near his dojo in Pfäffikon Switzerland or near where he is doing a seminar, do you’re self a favour and check it out, it will be well worth your time and money!

I have had the pleasure of being to a couple of his seminars, used him as my uki at one on my seminars and am honoured to call him a friend.

==>Video 1<==

==>Video 2<==

==>Video 3<==

==>Video 4<==

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Bear Hug Over the Arms Escape

This defence is Similar to our last defence while grabbed from behind, except that instead of under the arms they come over your arms. We have a number of ways of dealing with this but many involve manipulating your attackers arms or hand to make them let go or to throw them. If they are a lot stronger than you, you may have a hard time making them let go.

This throw just gives you another possible option. Whatever situation you are in will likely dictate which of the techniques to use. In the video below the attacker wraps your arms up in the bear hug and to escape we do an inner winding throw or Uchi-makikomi.

==>Rear bear hug to inner winding throw<==

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WEBBS congress Barcelona 2014

The WEBBS World Congress is a martial arts congress held each year in October and is open to all forms of martial arts.

At this year’s event 16 countries were represented, Canada, Spain, UK, Portugal, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Cyprus, Moldova, Mexico, Brazil, Lithuania, and I’m still missing a few. Two to three hundred people from all over the world brought together by their love of martial arts and their desire to learn and pass on what they know to others.

The event takes place over 4 days.

Thursday – Wine and cheese opening ceremony.

Friday – 6 one hour training sessions.

Saturday – 6 one hour training sessions and the banquet.

Sunday – 3 one hour training sessions.

That’s 15 hours of training with over 30 instructors spread out over 6 mats!

Here is a small selection of some of the seminars that I attended.

==>Hanshi Eduardo Sanchez (8^th Dan Jiu-jitsu)<==

==>Kyoshi Anthony Robson (7^th Dan Jiu-jitsu)<==

==>Shihan Per Lindmark (7^th Dan Jiu-jitsu <==

==>Renshi Ian Mears (4^th Dan jiu-jitsu)<==

==>Renshi Roman Babii (4^th Dan Jiu-jitsu)<==

==>Renshi Munoz (4^th Dan Jiu-jitsu)<==

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