Description

Runtime:1 hour 48 mins

 

This is the first film in our catalog devoted wholly to sparring. It’s intended to enable you to use sparring in your training safely and for maximum learning benefits. The methods I introduce here can be worked through the full range of the fight and include transitions between the various phases of the fight standup to ground.

This is the same material I’ve been using recently to work with professional and amateur fighters I teach.  Everything I show on the film can be varied in intensity and you’ll see how you can work on specific skills in fight context according to your needs.

Filmed in December 2011 with Nick Forrer and Peter Vasylenko

I discuss the principles behind the DVD in a video you can watch on You Tube.

1 hour 48 minutes

Topics

• Working from a survival basis; finding emergency exits
  Alignment and angulation in the standup
  Foot position to enhance mobility
  Going through the hedge
  Linking between foot, hip and hand alignment
  Using the body as a pendulum
  Developing a safe position to return to
  Elbows linked to hip biomechanically & tactically
  Guided missiles
  Reactive, proactive and planned shots
  Positioning to go in, to stay out, to move off
  Crosshairs and body angulation for shots
  The box/shell in sparring
  Trebuchet
  Anticipation and red zone
  Time on target inside and outside
  Why are you there?
  Ways of entering and shifting weight into the shot
  Alignment and positioning for the clinch/throw
  Multiple uses of the hip
  Variable hand positioning
  Halving your own beat
  Footwork for the takedown entry/half man theory
  Shoulder as an alternate sparring target
  Not-hitting as a way of getting more live practice
  Evasions off the hips not knees
  Setting objectives for the technical spar
  Foot alignment for the shoot
  Knees for control in the takedown
  Safe use of head kicks in sparring
  Slower development, fast finish
  Various types of head shot
  Fitting in your own shots during opponent’s recovery
  Crosshairs applied to round kick
  Fitting in with the same leg
  Seamless transition from shot to hold
  Using the head to set correct angle
  Conditional sparring with standup against shooter
  Finding tactical opportunities to deal with counters
  Using the spar to spot useful accidents
  Evasive footwork against the shoot
  Hitting at the shooter
  Standup high-percentage hits
  Using the retreat as a trap
  Chasing with repetitive punches
  Throwing power shots from almost-straight arm
  Hitting and checking together
  Using an elbow fold-in with no contact
  Light handfight drill for position
  Transition between the handfight and closing
  Applying weight to point of contact
  Body locks for positional control
  High crotch out of handfight
  Hitting instead of getting caught in the tie-up
  Doing better than the 50/50 exchange
  Focus on the objective not the means to get there
  Throw yourself
  Head as a fifth in throws
  Conditional sparring to pass guard/GNP
  Using kicks to keep opponent off
  Methods for dealing with open guard from feet
  Working in sidemount
  Alignment/position for entering with strikes against open guard
  Focus on his head
  Dealing with the mount
  Ground sparring for head control
  Getting out and back to the feet for strikes
  Sparring from half-guard
  Driving diagonally up the body to escape half-guard
  Working deliberately from a bad position
  Ground flow with unpredictable fight missions
  Retraction and using the shoulder to stop a choke
  Touch subs flow drill for fast reactions
  How many subs in a minute?
  Sparring through all phases, the wearing of many hats
  Sparring a learning process determined by the fighter

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