Long and heartrending are the lamentations about the sorry state and fractured nature of Wing Chun. The reasons given are many, but the solutions proposed few and sorry. Wing Chun needs a tougher image. The pathetic adherence to antedeluvian cultural associations and wishy-washy attempts to make it into some new age pussified version of the…
John Will Seminar 18 Oct 2009 – Getting the back, back attacks
Getting the Back Warm up with standing arm drag drill, but modified so it sets up the seat belt or choke. If dragging his R arm, control his R arm with your L and reach under and past his arm and shoulder with your R hand so you can see the palm of your hand…
John Will Seminar 1 August 2009 breaking out of the clinch, roundhouse kicks and takedowns
Breaking out of the clinch Perhaps the most overlooked aspect of MMA-style training. Most of us are taught that once you clinch you stay there or work to the ground. you may be better at striking and he better at wrestling, in which case it would suit you best to be able to break out…
John Will Seminar 4th April 2009 – hooking sweeps, S Mount armbar
Hooking Sweeps With hooks in, we seek three basic upper body controls – double underhooks, double overhooks, one under one over. The techniques shown give options from every position. Warmup drill One guy on his knees, one with his hooks in. Hooks in guy lies back, does a situp, gets double underhooks, rocking chair, lifting…
Glorified Kickboxing – The Truth
Glorified Kickboxing – The Truth (an eyewitness account) People such as myself who practice a variety of martial arts, especially non-traditional arts such as Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, are often showered with insults by ignorant and misinformed Kung Fu purists, who refer to us as Glorified Kickboxers. Well, you lot, suck on this … After many months of searching…
John Will seminar 1 Nov 2008 – open guard, side control escapes
The Open Guard JBW feels the closed guard is not the best guard for students to learn first, and that the current popular teaching model of closed guard first is flawed. Closed guard does not allow you to control the distance in a striking situation. Also, the guy in your guard is learning about posture…
JBW 5 April 2008 – Shell, Omoplata
>At Rick Spain’s Academy. Using the Shell Hands on hairline, not too high. Elbows must be in so he can’t get an underhook. Run at him until forearms contact chest. He should grab instinctively. Wing one elbow up and duckunder to get his back. Drill – get his back, push him away, run at him…
John Will Seminar 20 Oct 2007 – X Guard
X Guard An advanced hooking guard. Per the hourglass teaching model, several entries and several sweeps. What you do when he stands up in your hooks in / butterfly guard. Entries Leg Drag You have hooks in. He stands. Reach across with your left hand and grab behind his left knee. Pull yourself toward his…
Rigan Machado Seminar 15 Sep 2007
Held at Ultimate Fighting Arts, Penrith (nice gym, lots of steel and glass). Mostly black, brown and purple belts. Anthony Lange, Peter King, Elvis Sinosic, Anthony Perosh, Luke Pezzuti, Darko Zaric were all there. The techniques covered were almost exclusively sweeps. Sweeps You are sitting, he is standing with his R foot between your legs. Your…
John Will Seminar Jul 28, 2007 – MMA defence from bottom, darce
MMA strategy – Under Mount Opponent is on top, punching. SHELL. open hands or closed gloves in the forehead, elbows down and close together, stopping him moving up to your armpits, keeping him low on your hips. Crunch up to reduce the area to be covered and keep the head off the floor. Hands must…