My opponent came out swinging. Not wild stuff, but swinging. I slipped, he missed, and I shot in for a clean double. He put me in his guard, and started heel kicking me to the kidneys right away.
I had landed RIGHT in the middle of a guard pass series I am no good at, so I actually let him get back to closed guard. I proceeded to break his guard open with what I call the “violator.” The knee goes right up the middle, and you sit back, breaking his guard. I started to control for passing, but he tried to kick me in the face a couple of times. Because of the position I was in at that moment, I elected to stand up. I was about to pull a Sakuraba vs Royce (Sak kicks the crap out of Royce’s legs), but remembered that I couldn’t kick him while he was down. Oh well. I controlled his right leg, thought, “I could pass, but why bother,” and nailed him with a straight ankle lock. Most of the time, a straight ankle lock just hurts, but Lloyd teaches a peculiar grip he gleaned in Sambo that does a pretty good number on the ankle joint itself. He tried to roll out for a second, but I managed to get belly down and it was over.
He came to fight, so good for him.
On the other hand, he was a Marine and lost to a Coastie, so I’m sure he’s getting crap for that as I type this.
It was such a funny (the day) and fun experience. I can’t wait to do this sort of thing again… a little more MMA type training though, would do me good.
So, that was it. It lasted about a minute, maybe a little more or a little less.
I did manage to lose my favorite mouthpiece, but the karmic balance was restored when the state trooper let me off for speeding as I was driving back home
So, that was it. It lasted about a minute, maybe a little more or a little less.
about three times the lentgh before i lost interest in this thread:cool:
you seem pretty confident in your skills:rolleyes:
Seriously tho im just getting interested in groundfighting, what is your intent when tackling someone, in jujitsu, where are you trying to grab, and what do you have to look out for, no any links, so i can read technical articles?.
about three times the lentgh before i lost interest in this thread
you seem pretty confident in your skills :rolleyes:
Ah, the old backhanded compliment.
The answer is–it depends. Generally speaking you’re trying to get in deep and disrupt balance as quickly as possible so they can’t counter attack, for the simple reason that if it fails, you’re going to eat headshots
And “tackle,” is a bad word in grappling. Tackling is what happens in drunken bar fights. “Shooting,” is what takes place in grappling matches
There are a TON of links out there for this stuff. I’ll look to post some.
Nice work, Merry! Though I was hoping for more ground and pound from you!! (just kidding, that leg lock sure did the trick, great going.)
Are you going to make this a career or just a one or two times thing?
even been at a rumble when i was 12 and someone got shot, play possum chump…
Merryprankster and you less tight asses, please post the better links on the ground aspects, i have know idea where to start searching, so if you can post the more professional writings.
The best source of mat work that I can find is www.onthemat.com.
Click on multimedia–all sorts of stuff.
Also, for FIGHT clips, check www.sherdog.com, click on videos. It should take you to some highlight flicks.
This will SHOW you what you’re after. Once you’ve done that, surf around on the underground at www.mma.tv to get a technical idea. The Bolo, Roy, and Joe Moreira forum has level-headed moderators that respectfully answer technique questions.
i dont think i have ever chatte dwith you since we signed up after woodstock, maybe i did something to you in the 80s, well im sorry i am running a blankspot, like what you call your hiarcut:rolleyes:
and besides all those posts are finito, so get over it, and as you could have seen if you werent so choked about balding, you would have seen merry knew i was joshing, as with him i have chatted briefly.
uno peace:cool: just where a hat or something…:eek:
Thanks Merry and good luck in your future matches!
do or dont BREAK A LEG:D , depends on how you look at it, just stay focused, dont forget to breathe, and bring your thermos:confused:
I have a few of the first ufcs on tape, but i havent watched these comps since 96?, recently back in the mood to watch these, just have to figure out what the hell thier doing, cuz back then you’d get bored waiting for someone to get knocked out, and they just laying thier, letting the clock die, now im curious about the chess match behind grappling, also my buddy is into mma’s hes had a few amateur fights, one thing i found funny, he said he doesnt lift wieghts, but everyone hes matched up with in his class does, and he hasnt been beaten, he said he justs jogs, and does pushups and such, he all i’d rather use the time for wieghts on sparring and such, but he always been fit and training since we was kids. Yah i thought that was kind of odd just the way he said it:cool: . hopefully i can start hanging with him agian, Matchup.
Good Luck
Wieghts are extraneous for most of us MA types…let me say that again, EXTRANEOUS.
Will the strength help? Sure. They won’t make you tight like some people think, either.
The problem is one of diminishing returns. At the highest levels, weight training is more important because you have to improve the instrument through which you express your art. The reason for this is that EVERYBODY at the highest levels has a VERY high level of skill–so, you’re looking for an edge by improving your strength.
At my level, and at your friend’s level, and most of the people on this forum, we’re better off investing our time in getting better, rather than stronger.
