More on 8/27/05 training

Sam- work on not getting out of position. If you remember the defense drill we did when I was jabbing at you, you were trying to clear and move laterally. When doing so, your feet got out of position.

Suggestion: make a goal for one of your next sparring rounds to stay in your position and not get angled (let someone get behind/beside you). See what happens...

Mr. Sam reaches for new heights!

Training notes: Saturday, 8/27

Attendees: Nathan & Sam. Mike out (slacker, we missed you)
Per last training, we taped Dae Ryun Hyung, Kicho, Tae Geuk Sa Jang, Tae Geuk Oh Jang, and Palgue Yuk Jang. No, Sam taped me.

We then worked on DePasquale Combat Jujitsu techniques 1-5. 1-4 were review from last week, then we worked on 5. Needs some work.

We did some shield work on kicks, then on the paddle.
Then a couple of rounds of burnout sparring with body punching and kicking only.
3 or 4 minutes of stretching rounded it out.

Sam said he's gonna work the five forms we covered hard and have them down by next training. He will be back on Saturday, 9/10. I recommended a lot of kicks and endurance work. We were both pretty beat at the end of the burnouts, but he said he was getting ready to hurl, and had never had that happen before, and thought it was because of the kicks. I also explained that our rounds were only 90 seconds!

Training notes: Saturday, 8/20

Attendees: Nathan & Sam. Mike out (slacker!)

Sam and I agreed on several points:

1. Relating to his sparring style, we agreed to work on changing it to more of a kickboxing style from a point-fighter style. This means he should utilize more of a squared stance. Point the front toe and knee at the opponent, rather than a side ways, Bill Wallace-style stance. Use the boxing and Karate hands with the rear-leg round kick and lots of front kicks. The axe kick and turning back kick would be nice supplements. Be fast and aggressive. Remember the covering fire of a safe lead(s).
2. Over the next four or five training sessions, we need to knock out all the under-belt forms. That means we focus on them almost exclusively. We plan to videotape the forms on 8/27, toward that end.
3. He needs to get in shape and improve the kicking. That means lots of rope, reps, stretching, and eating better (who am I to talk? I'm the instructor!!!). Specifically, I asked whether he felt he could do 15 minutes a day, no matter what, Sam agreed that was realistic. Five minutes of forms, kicking, and stretching, respectively, will do it. In five minutes, you should be able to do 5-10 forms, depending on what shape you're in and how fast you do them. Pound the forms!!!

We drilled the new sparring style in the sweat-producing garage, careful to stay away from the police motorcycles. What I can remember of our drills:
We worked on the rear-leg kicking in the air, on the shield.
Drilled chasing down a retreating opponent by using the rear leg front kick.
Worked the switch-step front kick with a jab as cover.
Worked on closing the gap with the jab- go high, use the lead shoulder, keep the elbow up for cover, and use the rear hand as a guard while moving in.

Creating Combinations

Here's how you do it: Inside/Outside, High/Low. Remember that.

What does it mean?

Here is an example: I jab, jab, jab (closing the gap), then throw an overhand right. Why did it work? The jabs closed up the guard of the counter-fighter to defend the inside high area. After it closed, I went to the high outside. Make sense?

There are innumerable combinations of this that can be used. Think of some and post them...