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Re: Completely lock-up
quote bruce:Hey Guys/GirlsI don’t think it’s because I am a wimp of anything, I just cant control my body when it goes into this fearful/anxiety mode.
How would I go about over coming this?
Take Krav classes.
It’s just retraining your body how to react when threatened. It’s not that you won’t feel fear, on the contrary you need fear to survive, but instead you can overcome freeze ups and react in a way that gets you out safe, whether that’s de-escalating, attacking, or just escaping.
No need to prep for Krav classes because of freeze ups etc, just go and have fun.
Re: Fear of hurting someone
This is pretty common I think – people are a little timid at first or way too aggressive at first, either way is not good (one results in bad training habits and the other results in injuries).
Basically if you are sparring, know that if you are not extending and making accurate contact, then you are screwing up your training and theirs. You won’t understand the critical distance, they won’t get good attacks to defend and work against.
It’s more important to understand the techniques than it is to be fast and aggressive (at first); get to know the skills before you try to go all out.
This pretty much goes across the board, so slow it down so you can make good contact or make good techniques. Once you get it down and realize you won’t murder anyone, speed it up.
And if you’re going too hard or your partner is, you guys each should be communicating and telling the other person to take it down a notch.
Re: Sparring Help
quote KMyoshi:If someone throws a right round house kick and you see it coming, you can either step back and have him show his dead side to youThis.
Most of the time right round kicks will be slow enough (if you’re not going full speed and power etc) to see early and get out of the way. Step back, wait for the kick to pass and then burst in, combo and get out.
Other times you can check the kick (if you’re wearing shin guards – sucks in real life), and then step in with right straight and get offline.
Just have a friend work with you and pick one thing to try in a round (ie: this round i’m gonna concentrate on only seeing right round kicks early and getting out of the way), and experiment with it and see what works with you.
Re: Sparring Help
A lot of getting comfortable on the offensive is just getting used to movement and interpreting attacks coming in.
3 generic things that help
1. Practice fight stance movement – walk around in fight stance, chin tucked, guard up. Pivot, forward, backward, sideways, cut angles. Also practice head movement.
2. Practice fight stance movement and add combos – same thing just add some combos and if you can get a friend to hold mits / gloves for you and call out combos, huge help.
3. Impact training – get used to getting punched in the face / body. Have a friend punch you lightly (or heavier as you can take it) while you stay in one position, chin tucked. Follow them with your eyes and get your psyche used to punches coming in to your computer.
Like Don says, without seeing a video, it’s hard to comment on how to improve. But those 3 things will help out anyone who’s new to sparring.
Re: Level 2 gear and DO NOT BUY/BEST CHOICES
Mouthpiece – shock doctor is cheap and good (don’t bother trying to collect on that insurance though, just basically a marketing ploy)
Groin protection – shock doctor or nutty buddy
Headgear – revgear is good unless you have a big nose like me. my nose sticks out of every headgear there is and gets cracked constantly so i go with this: http://www.proboxingequip.com/pro_protector_training_headgear-p-81.html?pcat_id=95 which means i take a lot of liver kicks because you can’t see anything
16oz gloves – revgear (but buy glove dogs immediately first day you use the gloves – will make them last longer and stink a lot less)
shin guards – pro boxing – more protection than revgear ones but the velcro will ruin your partner’s arms during some kick defensesor just buy whatever and change it out if it’s terrible. above is what works for me YMMV
Re: Ground Survival Article!!!
Good post psyops. There’s a reason Krav doesn’t teach a ton of ground – basically we learn how to disengage and get the hell up. It’s a bad place to be.
BJJ is fun and I have a blast rolling, but doubt I would be interested in taking any fight to the ground. Multiple attackers, ground hazards, cement … that is all stuff no one talks about in BJJ.
Re: Are gloves ok??
Yeah like Kirsten said, just check with your instructor to make sure the gloves are cool for class.
I’ve got a busted up right wrist too, so depending on how it feels, I’ll throw some athletic tape on it just to keep it safe and give some extra protection. Wrist wraps are also great for giving that wrist some support, and you can wear those under your gloves.
The tape is also good because it gives your partner a visual indication / reminder to take it easy on any defenses that might affect your wrist.
Re: How can I Improve?
quote smokelaw1:A good friend and training partner recommended the Bas CD’s to me just last night, as my schedule has made me a twice a weeker down from 3-4. Anyway, anybody have a recommendation on the best place to get them? A link to exactly what I am looking for perhaps?Many thanks.
Bas sells his CDs on his site. They’re worth the money, or find one of your friends who will make a copy for you.
http://www.basrutten.com/hex/dvds/mma-workout-cd-and-dvd.html
I’ll echo what everyone else said – the Bas workouts are a huge boost for your game. Lots of us use em. I still haven’t checked out the new workouts though.
Re: Shoes, No Shoes… Too Much Traction
You could be a dork and do some round kicks in the shoe store and see how they pivot on the carpet (let’s pretend that I didn’t do that). Or, you could go for some indoor soccer shoes – traction where you need it but they pivot easy enough.
As far as the training realistically goes, I agree up to a point, but I also think safety in training. If you’re going to throw a hundred kicks in a night, you don’t want to be fighting it the whole time. I’ve worn my chucks to the gym and sparred with ’em and I don’t like it. Fine when I’m in a forced altercation, but not so much for training.
Re: Other Martial Arts with Krav Maga
I totally agree with Kirsten here – maybe hold off on picking up another martial art until you have a strong base in Krav. Things have to become second nature so you don’t start confusing defenses / stances / etc. Just depends on how you are, but it would probably be at least 1-2 years before stuff starts locking in.
And as a pairing to Krav, like was said before, it really just depends on what you’re interested in. Lots of guys do BJJ so they improve groundwork. BJJ and Muay Thai if you’re into MMA stuff. If you want to learn some fancy kicks then you can pick almost any TMA … Tae Kwon Do is pretty good for that.
Re: new to krav, a few questions
quote Dgm89:hey thanks for the responses everyone. Just curious, how intense and how long are the cardio warmups usually? Right now i have been training for about 6 weeks with the bas rutten mma workouts (great recommendation from this site), and would like to know on days i have krav class if the class warm up will sufficiently replace the bas workout for that day. I have pretty strong endurance and don’t want to slack on workouts.Warmups are usually just enough to get your blood pumping and your muscles … uhhh warmed up. I’d say usually around 15-20 minutes at our school, then we get into combatatives / striking exercises and drills.
The warmup and drills will be as hard as you make them. What you put into it is what you’ll get out of it, just like the Bas CDs. Since you’ve done some training, you should be good to push yourself after a couple classes.
Re: Krav Maga/ Heavy Bag
Use a heavy bag and go through the punch combos and kicks. The nice thing about bags is you can go nice and hard because you don’t have to worry about injuring your partner.
I also have the B.O.B. standing dummy bag and I will go through defenses on it and use it for targeting and hitting at full speed / power.
The other thing to do like MagaMike mentioned, is to get the Bas Rutten workout cd’s. Those are great for working on your combos and kicks. You can pretty much change the workout however you want to include elbows, knees, etc.
Just even shadow boxing and practicing defenses over and over without a partner will help build your muscle memory.
Re: Fight Music/Workout Music
quote La Revancha:Nothing better than sparring to some Conan!
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