The seminar was held at Rick Spain’s Red Boat Wing Chun Academy in Redfern. The crucifix is a variant of back control, with one arm trapped by your legs. The essence of back control is to keep your chest glued to your training partner’s back, and it applies equally here. This seminar assumed a basic…
Category: Jiu Jitsu
Dave Camarillo 21 Sep 2018
The seminar was held at Higher Jiu Jitsu, in the City of Sydney PCYC, hosted by head instructor John Smallios. The seminar was no gi. The techniques are equally applicable to gi, MMA, and possibly self defense or law enforcement arrest techniques. Warm up Games and Drills Start from a wrestling crouch. Attempt to touch…
IBJJF Rules and Knee Reaping – Gordon Ryan, Texas Cloverleaf
Gordon Ryan is a successful Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor at elite levels. Much of his earlier success came in competitions with rulesets allowing use of a range of leglock techniques which are banned by the most popular sport Jiu Jitsu body, the International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation (IBJJF). Gordon Ryan trains under John Danaher, a…
Carlos Machado Seminar 7 May 2018 – Straitjacket, Elbow Dig, Pliers
The seminar was held at Lange’s MMA, North Manly. Thanks to Anthony, Nikki, and Prof. Carlos. Oh, and Nick, my training partner for the evening. Closed Guard – Getting the arm drag position, flower flip You have him in your closed guard. He has some type of grip on your collar(s) on your chest. Assume…
John Will Seminar 7 April 2018 – Butterfly Guard
The seminar was held at George Adams’ gym at West Pennant Hills. Butterfly is a better option for self defence than closed guard due to your ability to control distance and turn them over. Warm Up – Rocking Chair Our partner is on his knees. We have two hooks in facing him, lying on our…
IBJJF Referees rules meeting/course 2 April 2016 – 25 March 2017 – updated 17 Mar 2018
Updates made at the rules meeting on 17th March 2018 are in bold. The notes here are not designed to replace the rule book. I only note issues which I feel were discussed or explained at a level of detail not available from the rule book. The leader for the meeting in 2016/2017 was named…
John Will Seminar 4 March 2018 – Turtle Defence
The seminar was held at Rick Spain’s gym in Redfern. There are many ways we may end up in the turtle position: Failed shoot Rolling to turtle to avoid our guard being passed Being snapped down etc. Headlights Drill We are trying to keep our opponent “in the headlights”, i.e. in front of us, as…
Machado NSW Brown and Black Belt Open Mat 11 Feb 2018
The gathering was hosted by Anthony and Nikki Lange at Langes MMA, North Manly. Leg attacks were the theme of the day. Notes from techniques shown by Luke Martin and Andre Powell. Luke Martin Outside Ashi to Outside Heelhook You have his R leg trapped. You should be deep on his thigh, well above the…
Steve Maxwell’s Jiu Jitsu for a Lifetime – 3 Feb 2018
The seminar was held at Higher Jiu Jitsu, in the City of Sydney PCYC. Hosted by John Smallios. Methodology The three sides of the Jiu Jitsu for a Lifetime triangle are: Skills Conditioning Health Conditioning is mainly about increasing strength and mobility. Health is about diet, breathing and recovery. Steve is not a fan of…
Internal Kung Fu and Invisible Jiu Jitsu
As an avid student of Kung Fu (Wing Chun since 1989, other styles since 1977) and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (since 1998), I have sought out the higher level subtleties as well as the fundamentals. An ongoing quest. Travelling such a path, one continually comes across claims of “Internal” Kung Fu, and “Invisible” Jiu Jitsu, and…