16/10/2010 – Fundamentals of Locks and Holds: Locks, Holds, Escapes and Counters, Part 2: Plural Engagements and Use of Clothing

I know I have been remiss in logging the past week and I do apologise - things have been crazy.  The last session saw a large number of newbies - complete novices in martial arts - come in, so I didn't have a chance to do a lot of what I wanted to during the session as I had to spend a lot of hands-on time with the new guys.  This week's session was a continuation and revision of last week's work.

Homework for this week follows the standard pattern:

1.) Joint mobility

2.) TFC mission 2conditioning exercises

3.)  Rolling and falling - VERY, VERY IMPORTANT

This and last week's work were all very partner-based, so there's not much else you can do to practice on your own, but if you have access to a partner, definitely run through all the drills again.


Objectives

- Understanding the use of locks and holds in a standup fight and how structure is affected by such

- Understanding the use of structure to effect, escape and counter locks and holds

- Learning to use structural perturbation from multiple sources to cancel one another out and effect escapes and counters

- Learning the role of clothing as a weapon and an obstacle in grappling

- Grappling and being grappled by multiple opponents



Warmup

- IntuFlow basic routine

Conditioning


TacFit Commando Mission 2 – Recruit


1.) Lunge Twist – 20/10 x 8

1min rest

2.) Revolving Table – 20/10 x 8

1min rest

3.) Scorpion Crucifix – 20/10 x 8

1min rest

4.) Bear Squat – 20/10 x 8

1min rest

5.) Rocca Forearm – 20/10 x 8

1min rest

6.) Bridge Clap – 20/10 x 8


Skill-Specific Drills

- Rolling and falling

- Dogpile-lock anti-tension striking drill

- Headlock escape drill

- Pinned limb ground movement drill




Technique Drills

- Wrist locks – inside-to-outside, outside-to-inside (main examples: omote/ura gyaku)

- Elbow hyperextensions – weight-down, weight-up armbars (main examples: elbow/armpit pressure armbar, arm-wrap figure-4 armbar)

- Shoulder locks – figure-4 locks (main examples: onikudaki/mushadori family, hammerlock)



Plural Source Tensional Manipulation (a.k.a. the octopus drill)

- Tori is grappled by two uke who constantly attempt to lock and twist him, and must make use of the two separate sources of force to cancel each other out – drill is allowed to creep naturally from simple survival to escape, takedown and counter