Thursday, February 26, 2015

Joint Combatives Class - 25/02/2015




Theme


-        Functional applications of standup grappling in urban settings


Objectives


-        Learn to weaponise standup grappling concepts from earlier class


o   In the presence of obstacles, eg. walls, cars


o   Hazardous terrain


o   Against weapons


o   Integrated with striking


o   Ambush scenarios




Revision of Basic Concepts


-        Stance integrity
 
-        Force couples for takedowns
 
-        Joint Hyperfunction
 
-        Structural manipulations



Freeform soft takedown drills to revise ~3mins


-        Wedge entries vs attacks for takedowns


Freeform wedge entry vs attack drills – stop at loaded position for takedown ~3mins



Environment drills


Upright obstacles


-        Wall strike evasion
 
-        Wall grab escapes and counters to takedown
 
-        Car variants (if available)
 
-        Scenario-specific, eg. blindsided coming through doorway, out of lift, etc.
 
-        Ambush variants – include criminal interview
 
-        Striking as accessory to facilitate takedown
 
-        Armed attacker variations




Hazardous Terrain


-        Level change and ground engagement on and around speed hump (touch on Gear concepts for ground engagement)
 
-        Three levels of evasion vs attack over terrain hazards – 1-step and multi-step attacks
 

o   Evasion while maintaining footing


o   Evasion while getting knocked down/proactively falling


o   Evasion while countering to takedown – standing and grounded variants


-        Ambush variants – include criminal interview
 
-        Striking as accessory to facilitate takedown
 
-        Armed attacker variations