I had cause to take a fellow Jiu Jitsu student, Iain, to the hospital last weekend. He tore his Achilles tendon while we were training. Just a freak accident – we weren’t rolling, just drilling toreandor passes. Another student, March, joined us at the hospital. I’ve taken similar trips, including one ambulance ride, before, with…
Category: Coaching
The Transmission and Evolution Models of Martial Arts Instruction
The big problem here is that too many people believe, because they have been so told, that martial arts skill development only comes from a teacher (Sifu/Sensei/Guro/Guru/Kru etc.) transmitting the information to the student. The passage of real info only occurs once per generation, and only one real successor is chosen. The transmission of the…
Handedness
I first learned the Peruvian Necktie (a type of choke applied to a turtled opponent) a couple of years ago. I understood it during the lesson, but found it a bit awkward to apply and never pursued it. Fast forward to last week. We practised a few attacks to a turtled opponent, including the anaconda…
Poor Judgement
A recent training session found me as part of a class practising some intermediate level setups for double leg takedowns, and for the fireman’s carry. The fireman’s carry is a throw where- one way – you overhook the guy’s arm, wizzer to make him step with his outside leg, dive underneath him, and roll him…