Quote Originally Posted by Ray Pina View Post
I didn't like this oen drill where someone grabs your waist from behind.

First to step to the side and hook their leg. Yes, once you hook the leg they can't lift you, but even in a cooperative drill it wasn't easy to find that leg and hook it.... I'm sure I'll get better in time.
sounds like their self defense stuff. We do a different variation of that one where instead of hooking the leg, you step the leg behind them and take them down with something that looks like judo's sukui nage or silat's kinjit kepala. Good stuff.

The other was the shoot, but everyone knows my feelings about that. But again, I'm emptying the cup.
once you've actually gotten hang of the shoot, I think you'll like it. We'll see. And hell, it's perfect for what you like to do anyway - get inside.

The break falls, where you slam your hands on the mat... I don't see that as a viable option on the cement. I have a different method I'm comfortable doing on cement, even train it by letting students capture a round house kick and sweep the support leg.
I've done it several times. I've done it in altercations and also in class - In judo I used to demo the breakfalls on a concrete floor to show them that the breakfalls can work on such a surface. On the same token, I've seen a nasty vid of a guy's arm shattering from slapping it on the cement. If I remember correctly though, he landed funny anyway, and once his hand slapped, you just see his arm snap.