@neilm
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Re: Zombie Blasters
I believe the Zombie Survival Guide recommends a shaolin spade:
Although I’m a fan of any sort of bladed polearm for the task in general – halberd, glaive, bill hook. Out of biting range but can really mess around up there.
Remember boys and girls – “…removing the head, or destroying the brain.”
Re: Anyone recommend good punching equipment?
I’m getting something along these lines in the next month or so – being about 1/5th the cost of a BOB. I’ll let you know if it works out! Looks like the ball is a good height to practice knees and lower kicks on which is tricky with a BOB, but BOB would help more with accuracy to the head area.
Re: Looking for direction
I’m a little jealous – I don’t have an out-of-class sparring and training partner! If I did however, and to answer your question, I would probably try and train according to situations rather than techniques. Ie: imagine a random scenario where you would have to defend yourself and act it out (making sure you and your partner are safe, of course.) That way you can start to build experience and learn how the building blocks between different techniques all come together. The worst thing to happen on the street would be if someone attacks you and having not trained a particular technique for the situation you panic or freeze. Understanding the system as a whole will let you figure something (always better than nothing) out and react.
Re: Best way to kick the knee??
What are you punching against? We train bare knuckles onto focus mitts, and only the beginner students get cuts – it’s down to technique, and hopefully your instructor will help you iron it out over a few months. Attend those classes 🙂
Re: Pain While Swallowing After Sleeper Hold, Normal?
A good first post! You’re right about the sleeper thing – I didn’t noticed that in the OP. There are carotid chokes and tracheal arm bars that are very similar but not identical both in application and in escape, but different enough that you need to be able to identify which before you perform the technique. In general if their elbow is in line with your throat it’s a sleeper hold and squeezes your bloodflow, if their forearm is in line with your throat it’s an arm bar/tracheal choke and seeks to crush your windpipe. The latter are the painful ones!
Re: Why so much strange kicks in higher levels.
quote lions2011:So your up in Birmingham UK and not Birmingham Alabama….. Surprise they have Krav up there. Glad they do.We certainly do. I suppose geographically, it’s not so far to Israel!
Re: Why so much strange kicks in higher levels.
Fairly simple answer to me on those. If an assailant is to your side or rear and is at kicking range. I’m sure your instructor can tell you more about ranging – long, medium or short. Kicking distance, punching distance, elbowing/kneeing distance. If you’re asking about fancier things like high roundhouses, spinning kicks etc, I have heard two reasons given: 1) You train in them, so that your partner (and in turn yourself) can practice the defences. 2) You never know when things come up. As part of the fundamentals of Krav, we’re looking at chaotic real world situations. It’s always possible that a striking opportunity will come up at an unusual angle etc. Maybe there’s some furniture in the way, or your assailant is significantly taller/shorter than you, on uneven ground, someone who drops their guard and leaves an obvious opening in a particular location… allsorts. P.S. My personal incentive is rather different: I love kicking stuff!
Re: knuckle protection opinions
When I first started training, used to get cut and “burnt hitting pads. Like phlegmon says, it’s largely a technique thing. I’ve not seen anyone at my club wearing anything over their knuckles, and after a while of improving I don’t get the issue anymore. If your knuckles are sliding against the pad on impact, it’s wasting energy and and not hitting/recoiling as well as you could. I still get them doing the outward horizontal elbow “jabs”! Of course, if you mean you’re hitting actual hard targets – heavy bag etc, and you’re talking about protecting from boxer’s fracture, that’s different and ignore my advice! I’m talking about focus mitts, kick shields etc.
Re: Pain While Swallowing After Sleeper Hold, Normal?
I had a similar thing a little while ago after training arm bars. My partner was a little gentle putting it on at first, but I prefer to train against someone who’s really trying to I asked him too. Hurt for a couple of weeks afterwards – felt a bit like when your glands/tonsils swell up with flu or a throat infection. To be honest, I really wasn’t fussed – I’m used to finishing training covered in bruises on every part of my body, and this didn’t seem too different. Funny thing is, because it felt so much like being ill, my mind seemed to sympathise and I got a runny nose 😀 I’d say just take it on the chin – training hurts a little, and one day when it happens for real with a built guy who’s really trying, you’ll have experienced a strong choke before and not panic.
Re: TV Show-Being Human..& Krav
At first I was like “wuh… don’t remember that part” but then I see there’s a seperate US and UK version of it 🙂 I agree a dumb idea, but the UK version is actually pretty good. Funny what some good actors and quirky dialogue can do to a silly theme. No Krav in it here though 🙁
