tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post4836596029485016911..comments2024-03-15T01:34:45.154-07:00Comments on Chiron: Is That a Problem?Roryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-2437248816298783502009-11-19T11:28:30.759-08:002009-11-19T11:28:30.759-08:00Transitions are definitely the crises of grappling...Transitions are definitely the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_word_for_%22crisis%22" rel="nofollow">crises</a> of grappling, presenting both danger and opportunity.<br /><br />High-level BJJ grapplers tend to emphasize this in their personal styles, but BJJ pedagogy, not without reason, emphasizes clearly defined positions (mount, side-control, etc.), with submissions coming <em>after</em> position (both literally and figuratively).Isegoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17023207677410289224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-72789731538693769162009-11-19T11:10:54.024-08:002009-11-19T11:10:54.024-08:00" The vulnerabilities, like the dangers are o..." The vulnerabilities, like the dangers are often in the transitions"<br /><br />Thats a great summation. I read an interview with an elite level bjj guy who's strategy for beating people is sumarrised in that sentence.<br /><br />On a similar theme, I used to find that some people would panic and spaz out when they're being pinned from top control, saw it in the dojo with beginners and in real life too. Any idead what that's about? Some instinct?ushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15994880290682529074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-91745187284376092162009-11-16T15:06:16.136-08:002009-11-16T15:06:16.136-08:00Ferran- It works both ways. One of the things I wa...Ferran- It works both ways. One of the things I want to play with at the next couple of seminars is 'manhandling' not just gripping and moving bodies but making your techniques work when you are being moved.<br /><br />Ush- I keep my hips flat in kami; in order to knee, I'd have to create space by raising the hips, which is exactly the transition the guy on the bottom should be waiting for. The vulnerabilities, like the dangers are often in the transitions.<br /><br />Isegoria-<br />I like judo because it has relatively few bad habits. But in anything, if you train to the rules, it changes what you do. Interesting thoughts.Roryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-87056856410499293812009-11-16T08:51:49.933-08:002009-11-16T08:51:49.933-08:00I've long thought that competitive judo could ...I've long thought that competitive judo could improve its applicability off the mat without losing anything on the sporting side by modifying the rules for pins, so that (a) taking the back would count as a pin, (b) a pin would only ever be worth a half-point, so there would still be an incentive to look for submissions, and (c) a pin wouldn't count unless the attacker had a hand free, almost rodeo style, to represent the ability to strike.Isegoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17023207677410289224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-25342765519106822822009-11-15T14:38:34.547-08:002009-11-15T14:38:34.547-08:00howzabout knees to the head from kami shiho?howzabout knees to the head from kami shiho?ushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15994880290682529074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-8285872501382338172009-11-15T10:58:19.966-08:002009-11-15T10:58:19.966-08:00Just came from a seminar teaching precisely that. ...Just came from a seminar teaching precisely that. Among other things. Only thing is that we don't use grabs by themselves, but always with a push or pull force that implies a later attack (grab, pull and head butt, for example). Sometimes we include the attack, sometimes we don't. Sometimes we use softer counters (a push might _get_ dangerous, but it _isn't_, for example, so blasting his knee might be a tad overblown).<br /><br />My current fear regarding knives is grab-pull and stab-repeat. The likelihood of me finding those is rather low, though.<br /><br />Take care.shugyoshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437800091500543886noreply@blogger.com