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IN EXTREMIS COMMUNICATION, PART 4   

22 Friday Jan 2016

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Excellent article series on a rarely-discussed problem – most bad guys give up when you point a gun at them! Now what?

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Why would we ever make the decision to hold onto, or pin, a potentially violent criminal? As a civilian, we have no responsibility to arrest or detain a criminal. To the contrary, as exposure increases, risk and danger increases.

To catch up, please read the first three parts of this series:

In Extremis Communication, Part 1

In Extremis Communication, Part 2

In Extremis Communication, Part 3

Exposure increases risk for the criminal and it increase risk for the armed citizen.

For the criminal, the less exposure, the less transfer of evidence, the less chance witnesses can observe the crime, and the faster they could get away.  More exposure equals more chance of getting caught. A criminal wants to get in and out as fast as they can. They want to get “paid” and get out. The more exposure (time) the greater chance something could go wrong.

The same is true…

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Jits Notes 1/14/2016 – No Joy in Mudville

16 Saturday Jan 2016

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I was informed that there will be no more takedown class.  I am a sad, sad panda.

Takedown Class – Coach drilled us at a quicker pace than usual.  Started with burpees, then sprawls on his count from a low stance while moving in stance.

Partnered up with the Chiropractor – a nickname I gave to a classmate who’s built like a barrel.  Whenever I work with him, I get at least 1 good pop out of my back when he takes me down and winds up atop me.  I got about 6  the last time when we worked single leg counters (IIRC it was a kimura to roll, follow up by rolling into mount.  Could have been a front headlock to a mounted guillotine, though).

We worked armdrags for a minute, then duckunders for a minute.  I kept fumbling the armdrags but the stars must have aligned because I kept hitting duckunders pretty smoothly.  Toward the end I wasn’t blocking the incoming arm and got wrapped up by my partner.

Takedown-a-palooza – 3 minutes to hit whatever takedown you wanted, then switch to be the thrown.  I worked:

Snapdown to double leg with trip (Double leg is called Morote Gari in judo)

Armdrag to Russian tie to Fireman’s Carry (here’s Jimmy Pedro on the Fireman’s aka kata guruma, cuz he’s awesome)

Single leg.  Tried to footsweep and couldn’t get it, so I just grabbed the far ankle and pushed.

Osoto Gari – Gotta admit, this is a favorite.  Seems to work well for me.

Uchi mata – still needs a lot of work, so I hit it a few times.

Body lock takedown into mount

Tani otoshi

My partner, the Chiropractor, hit me with the double leg trip and a fireman’s, as well as some I didn’t work:

Russian tie to inside trip

Hiza Garuma – he really nailed this one.  Very clean throw.

Hip throw aka O Goshi – he botched this a couple of times.  When he finally got it right it was quite a ride!

I’ll drop these here, too:  Jimmy Pedro Secret of Throws, University of Judo – Analysis of Competition Judo

Ground class – warmups.  Still gassing way too quick on these, particularly the reverse shrimp.  Unfamiliar movement, fat ass, and weak core are probably the cause.

Warmup/drilling – 10 leg drag passes, 10 passes to knee on belly, 10 kimuras, 10 triangles, 10 armbars

Technique – Bottom man starts in Carlson 3 position – foot on top man’s upper thigh, knee on his collarbone/neck, same side hand has cross lapel grip.  Other foot on hip, that side’s hand has sleeve grip.

Top man attempts to pass by threading his arm between legs and going for a grip on the bottom thigh in order to smash the leg on his chest and pass.

Bottom man counters by releasing lapel and grabbing sleeve of reaching arm, then squaring back up to top, keeping outward pressure on the arm that had been reaching – its now lassoed.  Kick that lassoing leg up and insert the far leg so its across the waist and hooked on the Top’s opposite hip, swivel to grab under to the far leg if possible.  If not, grab the near leg.  Kick sweep.  If opponent doesn’t fall, mess with his balance by pushing and pulling with the legs, and pushing up and over with the arm grasping the leg.

If the top posts by bringing the sweeping side knee off the ground, bottom slips the same side leg through and hooks the thigh.  Drive up and through to sweep the opponent.

The last item worked was the omoplata from closed guard.

3 rolls, rested 1 round in between each, and done.

THE GRIND

15 Friday Jan 2016

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Great thoughts from my coach and friend. Since I can usually only get to jits 2x wk without it impacting my work and home life, I need to start drilling. That’s going to be a little tough without partners but there are a lot of drills I can and should be doing, including basic shrimping and bridging.

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I want to talk about a subject most people don’t understand. It is the key to success, in any endeavor. It takes no talent, minimal IQ or EQ, all it takes is relentlessness.

I have been teaching martial arts since 1982. My typical student, about 90% of students, would show up for class twice a week and do nothing in between. This necessitated going over material for review and slow progress.

The students who progressed the fastest were not the natural athletes or even the brilliant thinkers. They were the ones who worked on the material on “their time”.  They worked the basics more than the average student.

The real high achievers obsessed with grinding out a movement. They performed rep after rep until it was grooved into their nervous system. THIS is the secret to elite performance. Find ways to get reps in. Most…

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Practicing for your real world

13 Wednesday Jan 2016

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The Tactical Professor is always worth listening to!

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Jits Notes 1/12/2016 – I’m back!

13 Wednesday Jan 2016

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Sorry for my long absence, dear readers!  Holidays, work schedule, the inevitable soft tissue injuries made for large gaps in the jits class attendance, which my coach and friend pointed out to me in his usual subtle manner!

Takedown class – new guy in class, so was pretty mellow.  Backfalls and sprawls started things out.  We then moved to snatch doubles, snatch singles, and a snapdown series.  We worked arm drags and duckunders to take the back.  For the technique drill, we stuck to the snatch double with the rear leg coming around for a trip.

Ground class – usual warmups, drilled snatch guard pass, pass to knee on belly, stuff one arm to diamond guard, then closed guard to arm bar.  As usual, drills went too fast to pick up fine points, but I did get some good stuff on the arm bar:  thread hand between arms to grab the sleeve of the arm you want to bar, other hand on opposite lapel.  Release guard and place foot on the same side of the soon-to-be-barred arm, push off and drag the seized arm across the chest, then swing that leg up and around the head.  Now release the lapel, and complete the arm bar.

Technique – Being in closed guard.  Move to Carlson 3 (crossgrip lapel, other hand on same-side sleeve pulling with elbow high, leg on same side that grips lapel has foot on same side thigh and knee in chest/throat, leg on the side that grips the sleeve is on the hip and pushing.  The push-pull generated drives the knee into the throat.  Opponent attempts to thread free arm under top leg and grips the bottom leg to smash the top leg down and pass.  Bottom blocks attempt by removing lapel grip and grabbing sleeve of threading arm.  Square up to top man, then release the other sleeve, swivel closer and grab a pant leg – reach under if possible, or grab the outside leg.  Swing former top knee toward the mat and lift with the pant-grabbing hand at the same time, forcing a sweep.  You can break posture/balance if necessary by kicking one leg then sweeping the opposite way.  Roll forward onto opponent and take side control, being careful of the incidental bicep slicer that occurs due to the threading arm being stuck under the top leg.  Here’s a good video featuring Kron Gracie showing some of the dynamics of this kind of cross grip guard – I see my coaches doing it to people, including me, fairly often.

Rolls – Rolled with a purple belt who snatched my lapels again.  The purple belt guys seem to love that worm guard!  I applied a cross face a couple of times but never really got past his guard.  Go figure, since he was larger, stronger, and a lot more skilled than I was!

Rested for 1 round, then rolled with a blue – got arm dragged to a rear naked choke right off the bat – I saw it coming but didn’t move fast enough to counter it.  Also got caught under the kesa getame/side control deal again and eventually tapped to a kimura.  I was able to recover guard several times, though, so that’s an improvement!

Here’s a list of resources that looked relevant to today’s Jits Notes:

Stephan Kesting – cross grip counters

Kron Gracie’s 3 pronged cross grip approach
Demian Maia – Defending the Guard Pass – since people are rolling right through mine…

Leandro Lo Guard breakdown by Espen Mathiesen

Another Leandro Guard breakdown, by BJJ scout.  This is typical of what I see one coach in particular doing at my gym.

Jimmy Pedro – Basic Grip Break – since I keep having issues with grips…
Jimmy Pedro – Takedowns against “tight” opponents – Just something for me to play with later.  It also fascinates me as I see this all over in the ba gua forms I learned and had no real idea of how to use it at the time.

Collar drag from sitting guard – I might be able to use this one!

Defenses against the Evil that is Worm Guard:

Stephan Kesting – Worm Guard Passing

BJJ immersion – 3 Worm Guard Counters

Stephan Kesting’s Open Guard vs. Standing Opponents Roadmap

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