What To Do When A Technique Fails Part 1

Even when you reach levels of mastery in hand to hand, there will be times when you slip up. There will be opponents who are tougher than you and situations that don’t go your way. There will be variables thrown in and times where you’re caught off guard and even countered.

What if you go in to take him down and he punches you in the face? What if your elbow strikes aren’t connecting? What if you have a solid arm lock and he’s very flexible?

The bad news is that until you reach mastery, these variables will happen almost 100% of the time. More bad news is that even after mastery these things will likely happen. No amount of skill can make you untouchable.

There’s good news. You can increase your odds of being able to cope with these situations. One way is to train in techniques that are simple and use natural body movement. Another is to train a lot, making your techniques a part of your muscle movement.

Now you’re going to learn how to handle a few variables.

For this example we’ve snagged a standing arm lock on an opponent after a solid blast to his groin. He’s bent over and the arm lock is being applied. He’s very strong and he’s doing a good job of fighting out of it. You know that the lock is going to be lost in a second if you don’t move.

How can this be? Isn’t he supposed to go flying and flip onto his back like in class?

Here are two tools you can use to make the best of this situation.

a. Combination/transitional training
b. Break ups
c. High low combinations

Next post well cover these in more detail

Ryan Wolfenbarger
www.EndTheFightNow.com