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Re: Ways to improve Situational awareness

Have you read or watched anything from Geoff Thompson? His approach to the spectrum of violence includes an escalating set of conditions kind of like:

Being Switched On
Avoid – Survival tip #1
Escape
De-Escalate
Loophole – give them a way out
Posture – put up a fence
Don’t be Physical
If you have to be Physical – Be First and Be Ferocious

Here’s a few links for you
http://www.bullshido.net/forums/showthread.php?t=9365 (a review of Geoff’s Fence tape from 2003)
http://youtu.be/T6OJnZG3joA – 10 minute youtube clip of Geoff talking about The Fence

Let me know what you think, I’m curious on your feedback.

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Re: Tom Gavrilos or Victor Marx?

What do you think the chances of a pistol with a SAO trigger going off in either of those? To me – I think its pretty high. They do look slick though.

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Re: 18oz or 20oz gloves

You have to wrap your hands if you are hitting the heavy bag. If you don’t already, learn how to wrap your hands well and that will provide protection for the bones in your hands and your wrists.

The Rival gloves I use for pad/bag works offer incredible protection.

The last suggestion I would make is to use an app like Fight Trainer (https://www.facebook.com/FightTrainer?ref=br_tf), the Bas Rutten 3 minute rounds MP3s, or some other app that calls out combinations for you. If you keep practicing with these (and maintain proper form) you will not believe how your punching volume and power will increase.

I use the Bas Rutten mp3’s for just plain blasting the bag and conditioning. The Fight Trainer app lets me increase or decrease the frequency of certain strikes as well as the cadence. So, Bas just calls out combos in FAST cadence and I try and keep up. Fight Trainer let’s me tailor a workout to something specific.

Whatever you do – don’t just hit the heavy bag without a purpose.

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Re: Interesting Gun Disarms

quote KMyoshi:

I was also under the impression that Victor Marx is a legit martial artist. Is he just an actor?

I think their referring to Master Ken as the actor, not Victor Marx.

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Re: Hello, have questions about my situation

So where do you live now?

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Re: 18oz or 20oz gloves

Here’s my understanding.

Not only do the 18 and 20 oz gloves provide greater protection for your sparring Partners face, but they are bigger and therefore increase the surface area of your guard – meaning that you get false sense of security of your defensive guard. Unless you are a super heavy weight that can’t control your power 16oz might be the way to go.

As far as conditioning – I did a ton of research on this a few years ago. The consensus of boxers and MT guys were that shadow boxing with weights would help condition the shoulders/lats but hitting the heavy bad with heavier gloves might actually make you slower.

I use 160z gloves for sparring (Ring2Cage IMF Gloves) and 10oz Bag Gloves for hitting pads and bags (Rival D30).

The other issue with using your sparring gloves to do heavy pad or bag work is it will make the padding harder as you hit the hard pads/bag – thus decreasing the protection for your training partner. If you do a lot of pad/bag work please invest in a dedicated pair of bag gloves.

On a side note – I can’t stand to spar with people that use Everlast gloves from the sporting goods store – they offer almost no protection for sparring. I’ve seen some MT and MMA gyms ban them.

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Re: Tips for sparring

Thank you very much. Its all just my opinions on things that could be helpful. Don’t be shy about providing feedback thru the comments section of the blog.

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Re: Tips for sparring

quote CJs Dad:

Did Bas “I go you go” with CJ this morning. (he holds for me/I hold for him) it really helps him learn to hold properly. We also do it both geared up my turn to hit you, you defend, then next combo Bas calls we switch he hits me I defend. Its a great drill I do with my classes.

You’ve got my interest up now. I have Bas’
MMA 2 min rounds w/sprawls
All around 3 min rounds workout
All around workout routine 28 min
Boxing 2 min and 3 min rounds
MT 2 min and 3 min rounds

What’s the “I go you go” one? Do you have a link or anything I can find it from. If you like Mitt work I’ll send you some info on a workshop I did for the KM school where I train. Would appreciate your feedback.

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Re: Tips for sparring

quote CJs Dad:

Good tips, thx for the post. – keep them coming~

I’d add shadowboxing, mirror work and copious amounts of Bas

Love me some Bas 3 minute rounds. I even have a Bas Rutten soundboard on my phone and ipad. “I’m sorry sir….Baung, no I’m not!”

Enjoy
http://www.realmofdarkness.net/pc/sb/sports/br/1

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Re: Tips for sparring

Here’s a short blog post I wrote on the subject http://wp.me/p3DRhq-2n a few weeks ago. Let me know your thoughts on it.

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Re: Krav noob in need of advice

6 weeks of training and an instructor nails you with a bare elbow to the sternum? That’s way out of line.

I like to train hard – with good training partners with whom we can calibrate the intensity level. That being said I’ve broken my nose and ribs, gotten black eyes, and even tore muscles. But not from getting sucker punched in class from an instructor. And I would never overly exert force on a weaker / lesser skilled student. Maybe put them in a hold, or do some dynamic grappling with energy – but not anything that inflicts pain.

What was the point of that demo? Sucker punching someone with an elbow strike can hurt? No Chit.

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Re: Thoughts on a RNC defense

I think this is the same type of thread:
https://kravmaga.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5715

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Re: Had my first KM class this week – how do I recognize a good school?

Another reason to stop taking Ambien 🙂
I swear I replied to this thread.

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Re: Had my first KM class this week – how do I recognize a good school?

Did my post get deleted? I thought I responded to this?

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Re: Krav Maga defense against the RNC?

The infamous BJJ teacher Kurt Osiander might say something like this to defending against a fully sunk in RNC “Bro, you ****ed up a long time ago and now you’re gonna have to work real hard to get out of this – and you might not”

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