that was the middle bit of the clip, starts on the edge of the mat with a triangle (didnt get the 1st bit) and ends with me spun off and then clinching in again.
Printable View
Striker:
You looked absolutely great for that only being your second tourney. Killer guard work... lots of mobility and hunting for the submissions.
I'd say at this point in your game you've got two ways to go:
- If you want to be well rounded and use your grappling for realistic fighting or MMA, start to concentrate a little more on your takedowns and top game.
- Looks like you are a natural guard player. If your main goal is winning submssion grappling competitions, keep working on your guard and don't worry too much about your takedowns and top game. Focus on developing a sick guard and jump guard as soon as you can when you compete.
thanks dale :) i was expecting to get heckled a bit more hahaha. not to mention good to hear from a certified bjj black belt...
the answer's #1 all the way. to be fair i noticed how 1-dimensional my game is a little while ago, and have tried to remedy that a bit, but it didnt come out on the day. one problem is nearly all the guys i roll with are heavier than me so i tend to get put on my back pretty quickly...also the broken toe meant no shooting in training recently...
If you have the time, you might think about supplementing your submission work with some straight wrestling. I don't know how it works in the UK, but over here you can jump in and train with a lot of high school or college wrestling programs.
BTW, with whom do you do your ground training?
MMA
warm up
basic techniques: taught technique, drilled little/no resistance :
the pummell, double underhooks, 2 escapes
standing clinch back escape (2.5 variations)
mount escape
guard pass
including basics of positioins like mount, guard, posture in guard etc
then wrestling ciruits
1 round standing clinch, 1 round ground, 1 round standing clinch
ground : 1 min each of mount escape, guard pass, sprawls, mount hold, guard hold
standing : 1 min each of wrestle for position, back escape, push pummell, wrestle, back hold
then got 2 rounds rolling in. got 2 triangles. this is getting silly!
stretching
ROTFLMAO dude, there is no such thing as high school or collegiate wrestling in the UK. It doesnt exist. I think you can actually count on one hand the number of clubs in the whole country that teach genuine (non-submission) wrestling. I can only think of 2.
I do all my ground training with my MMA club. We've got a few coaches with a mixture of submission wrestling, judo, a little bjj and some csw, oh and one of the coaches trained for years at one of the 2 wrestling places.
This is one of my biggest gripes. The way wrestling has been done down in this country (compared to the USA for example). The book 'the last wrestlers' by Marcus Trower talks about this.
Your only real chance for good wrestling in London for example is from guys who are basically not English: Mainly Polish and Iranian guys who are living and working here and who wrestled back home.
It's not easy for post high school americans. I personally don't know many programs for wrestling that are not school related. A few submission grapplers will help with wreslting in practice sessions, but beyond that....
I'm hoping that my graduate school will have a wrestling 'club', the school has a D1 wrestling team, but walk ons who never wrestled in high school are highly unlikely to make it.
MMA
warm up
1 round shadow boxing, 1 round pummelling, 1 round drill basics (arm drag, duckunder etc) off pummell
partner circuit A :
one person has thai pads/focus mitts, other MMA gloves
1 min boxing combo into shoot and pick up, then pads/mitts off into
1 min wrestling for position
1 min sprawls. then pads/mitts back on into
1 min boxing combo into shoot and pick up, pads/mitts off into
1 min wrestling for position
B :
1 min each of mount escape, pass guard, sprawls, mount hold, guard hold
4x5 min rounds alternating A, B, 1 min rest between circuits
then drilled double-leg takedown off jab
groundwork,
everyone pretty nackered so we went easy and just went over a few techniques :
eddie bravo escape from side control to butterfly guard
various ways of finishing off a triangle you cant get on properly (eg crawl backwards using shoulder blades to flatten them out)
stretching and **** talking to finish off
MMA (Judo)
warm up
kuzushi
went over leg trips
kuzushi + leg trips
went over standing chokes and arm locks
kuzushi + standing chokes and arm locks (mainly with gi)
groundwork.
rounds rolling.
went over some techniques, defended armbar finishes like bicep crush, switch to triangle, break grip open etc
Then home and :
Sumo Deadlift
5x 50kg+bar
5x 70kg+bar
5x 80kg+bar
5x 90kg+bar
5x 95kg+bar
3x 95kg+bar
2x3 min rounds of hands on the heavy bag.
Systema seminar with Mikhail Ryabko
6 hours. got punched to the body a lot, rolled around on a hard gym floor a fair bit, and did a lot of super slow knucle pushups, squats and leg raises. main topic was striking, with lots of emphasis on correct alignment, and structure/pressure points on the body to nullify force.
MMA
Coach was away and no one else about so a few fighters did their own thing padwork and mma sparring/drills in the corner while coach had asked me and another fighter to take the main beginners class :eek:
warm up
1 round shadow boxing
1 round pummelling
taught clinch/wrestling basics :
arm drag
duckunder
drilled each from pummell
then 2x 5 min circuits:
1 min pummelling 1st time round, wrestling for position 2nd time round
1 min back escape
1 min sprawls
1 min pummelling 1st time round, wrestling for position 2nd time round
1 min back escape (other way round)
1 min rest, repeat...
groundwork
guard position
guillotine from guard
switching from guillotine to kimura, setting up and feinting for it. (one of my faves)
wrapping up top mans arms, breaking their posture down (thinking about striking)
top man breaks arms out of wrap up (various tricks) and postures up (as if to strike)
basic mount escape
then 2x5 min circuits :
1 min mount escape
1 min guard person wraps up and breaks down top person, who postures up
1 min sprawls
1 min mount escape (other way round)
1 min guard wrap up/break down (other way round)
1 min rest and repeat...
wheelbarrow walk with partner 2x up and down the hall, then swap and other person does 2x
stretching
went surprisingly well seeing as we made the lesson up on the spot...
then got home and did weights :
Sumo DL
10x 50kg+bar
5x 70kg+bar
5x 90kg+bar
3x100kg+bar
2x105kg+bar
2x105kg+bar
2x105kg+bar
1x105kg+bar
Did some slow grinding halo's with 16kg kbell.
2 sets of 20 lunges, 10kg dbells overhead.
sets of thai kicks on the bag between everything
Back from holiday. Lots of walking and stretching/bodyflow/yoga bits, but nothing hard...
MMA
warm up
1 round shadow boxing
1 round pummelling + coach calling out armdrags, duckunders, dropping to single-leg etc
2x 5min rounds of : wrestle for position, back control, push pummell, wrestle, back control
2nd round push pummell was sprawls
then just did ground technique the rest of the session :
basic triangle setups
answer to my comp triangle failure (hand still in so their elbows pointing out) : feed one hand through their arm, arm triangle, push off their hip with foot, that pulls their arm out, re-apply triangle
answer to other triangle defense (reach round) : forearm in neck
north-south to armbar
north-south, bottom person tries to get guard back, to knee-bar
mount to reverse guillotine
guard pass (rocking back to stand up correctly)
then did some conditioning stuff to finish, press ups, crunches etc
also, i'm in the process of sorting out my upcoming training for the next few months now theres no mondays and fridays any more...