Today well give you a move that you can use to stop almost any attack. This move is what we call a stop hit. As in a hit that actually stops an attackers forward momentum. Some moves seek to redirect an attackers force. Not this one. This one stops him where he stands and makes him pay for bum rushing you.
The stop hit we are talking is a basic front stomp kick. This is one of the simplest kicks you can learn. You basicly take a giant stomping step forward. The kick is aimed at the groin/hips but if you can connect with anything below his navel it should do the trick. You're going to walk right through this guys groin.
Here's how we apply this. Your would be attacker is still outside of range to throw a punch without moving forward. The second you see him move forward, your hands come up to protect your face as you drive your foot through his groin/hips. Then follow up with a highline attack such as an elbow, head butt, or forearm blast.
Striking the hips and groin area is a great way to destroy someones mobility and forward momentum. The same is true with attacking the knees. Your opponent will literally have to address this attack before moving forward which breaks his rythym and puts you on the offense.
Ryan Wolfenbarger
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Showing posts with label martial arts. Show all posts
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Sunday, May 18, 2008
Today let’s talk about breaking bones and dislocating joints. It's about wrenching joints as opposed to bending them.
Before we get specific, let's take a look at the mental aspects of a break. Have you ever really given it some thought? What would it be like to apply a break in the street?
Picture yourself walking to your car at two in the morning, after saying good night to your friends.
As you near your car, something hits you from behind and your face hits the pavement. You are being stomped and the attacker is yelling something that is unrecognizable at the moment.
You scramble to try and get to your feet, only to realize there are two attackers. One is holding you down with a straitened arm. You go for his eyes and throat but you aren't able to reach. Meanwhile his buddy is kicking your head and ribs. You decide to take his straitened arm. It’s his punishment for having attacked you.
As your legs tighten around his arm you have complete control and can exert as much pressure as you need. You've gotten to this point on the mat many times with training partners but you always stopped as soon as they tap. You cringe as you arch your back snapping his arm at the elbow like a piece of dry wood.
Stop. This is not a pretty picture! Having to snap some ones joint is not what they prepare you for at your local "Family Martial Arts Center." It is one thing to apply a wrench, but actually having complete control over a limb and then applying breaking pressure is an ugly thing.
If you haven't already prepared mentally to apply a break in the street then maybe take some time visualizing. Picture yourself going through the complete motion of breaking the limb and even the opponent's reaction.
1. When should you break?
Pretty much anytime you are threatened and the lock is there. To avoid legal repercussions, use breaks in life and death situations only. These are not for the town friendly drunk.
If it's like our grim scenario we mentioned earlier or you're facing a weapon... TAKE THE LIMB! Break it and don't stop twisting even after it has snapped.
2. Why break?
If he can feel the pain it will almost always end the fight. Sometimes even the image of his own joint being wrenched can screw him up totally.
If he cannot feel pain it will render the joint almost useless for the duration of the fight. The reason I say continue twisting after the break is so that the joint is TOTALLY useless. Often you'll hear of broken limbs that aren't discovered until long after a fight. It is likely an attacker will not even notice and the arm will pop back into place, allowing him to pound you with it. (He'll have a nice little surprise in the morning of course)
Did you see Tim Sylvia's UFC fight with Frank Mir? Mir broke Sylvia's arm in multiple places and Sylvia didn't know it until long after the ref stopped the fight. Must have been a crazy sight, for him to see his own arm snap over the massive instant replay screen!
Breaks (along with chokes and other submissions) are great tools when you can't get the eye gouge or anytime you don't have the space to finish with strikes.
NOTE: Being too eager to apply a wrench or lock in a fight is a good way to get your face punched in. Unless locks are your specialty, you’d better have another option. If the lock is there, go for it. If not, try something else.
Next post we'll show some joint wrench techniques you can apply
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Before we get specific, let's take a look at the mental aspects of a break. Have you ever really given it some thought? What would it be like to apply a break in the street?
Picture yourself walking to your car at two in the morning, after saying good night to your friends.
As you near your car, something hits you from behind and your face hits the pavement. You are being stomped and the attacker is yelling something that is unrecognizable at the moment.
You scramble to try and get to your feet, only to realize there are two attackers. One is holding you down with a straitened arm. You go for his eyes and throat but you aren't able to reach. Meanwhile his buddy is kicking your head and ribs. You decide to take his straitened arm. It’s his punishment for having attacked you.
As your legs tighten around his arm you have complete control and can exert as much pressure as you need. You've gotten to this point on the mat many times with training partners but you always stopped as soon as they tap. You cringe as you arch your back snapping his arm at the elbow like a piece of dry wood.
Stop. This is not a pretty picture! Having to snap some ones joint is not what they prepare you for at your local "Family Martial Arts Center." It is one thing to apply a wrench, but actually having complete control over a limb and then applying breaking pressure is an ugly thing.
If you haven't already prepared mentally to apply a break in the street then maybe take some time visualizing. Picture yourself going through the complete motion of breaking the limb and even the opponent's reaction.
1. When should you break?
Pretty much anytime you are threatened and the lock is there. To avoid legal repercussions, use breaks in life and death situations only. These are not for the town friendly drunk.
If it's like our grim scenario we mentioned earlier or you're facing a weapon... TAKE THE LIMB! Break it and don't stop twisting even after it has snapped.
2. Why break?
If he can feel the pain it will almost always end the fight. Sometimes even the image of his own joint being wrenched can screw him up totally.
If he cannot feel pain it will render the joint almost useless for the duration of the fight. The reason I say continue twisting after the break is so that the joint is TOTALLY useless. Often you'll hear of broken limbs that aren't discovered until long after a fight. It is likely an attacker will not even notice and the arm will pop back into place, allowing him to pound you with it. (He'll have a nice little surprise in the morning of course)
Did you see Tim Sylvia's UFC fight with Frank Mir? Mir broke Sylvia's arm in multiple places and Sylvia didn't know it until long after the ref stopped the fight. Must have been a crazy sight, for him to see his own arm snap over the massive instant replay screen!
Breaks (along with chokes and other submissions) are great tools when you can't get the eye gouge or anytime you don't have the space to finish with strikes.
NOTE: Being too eager to apply a wrench or lock in a fight is a good way to get your face punched in. Unless locks are your specialty, you’d better have another option. If the lock is there, go for it. If not, try something else.
Next post we'll show some joint wrench techniques you can apply
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Easy Takedowns
Let's cover some easy takedowns. Since most opponents on the street aren't judo experts, they won't be expecting a basic outside sweep. These moves are fast and make use of surprise. This is nothing fancy. No intricate off balancing techniques.
All of these techniques become much more effective when applied directly after a set up technique. For example a double leg takedown would be much easier if you were to first blast him in the face with a head butt.
For added effect, make sure he lands on his head. We will show you how to do this in a later issue.
Easy takedown #1 (Basic outside sweep)
This is a really simple move with one HUGE important detail. This is the sweep you might see kids do while wrestling on the playground. It is the basic trip. This sweep takes your opponent backward.
1. Secure a grip on your opponent's upper body with your arms. Many grips will work including just grabbing his jacket at the collar or sleeves. One way is to grab his lead (left) wrist with your right hand and put your left hand on his right (rear) shoulder or collar.
2. We are always going to sweep his lead leg. In this case his lead leg is his left. So drive your weight forward and to the right. As you do this, slightly bend forward at the waist. Your head is going to go outside your opponent's head and his shoulder (A human head weighs a lot when doing a move like this. Be sure to drive your head forward and down. It makes the difference.)
3. Now sweep his left leg with your left leg. Kick it out from under him with the back of your leg. Since his weight is on his other leg you can really pop this leg out from under him.
IMPORTANT NOTE: YOU MUST DRIVE FORWARD! Commit fully. Lean past him even. The main problem with how some schools teach the move is that they never tell the student to lean or drive forward. The student is never able to get the move. As soon as he lifts his leg for the sweep he leans back and his opponent sweeps him first.
There are more technical ways to do an outside sweep and more intricate off balancing techniques. This will get you started in your side sweep training. This one is great for sparring. Great when your opponent leans back. You can also try this one any time you face an opponent with a side stance. Shuffle in before he can throw his sidekick and throw your sweep.
Easy takedown #2 (basic kick sweep/shin blast sweep)
The basic position starts with you facing your opponent. Your right hand crosses over to grab his right shoulder or behind his neck. Almost any grip on his upper body with your right hand is fine. Drive forward and penetrate to the outside of his right side with your left leg. Drive past him. Then blast his right shin with your right shin. You are stepping forward and blasting through. What really contacts is the very bottom part of your shin to his shin/foot. You are going to kick his foot out from under him while at the same time jerking forward and down with your right hand. This will off balance him and sometimes put him flat on his face. Great when you have him leaning forward from another move.
Since his arms will shoot out to catch his balance he is now wide open for an arm wrench.
Easy takedown #3 (finger twist)
Grab his fingers and bend them in the wrong direction. Jerk them downward so that he hits the pavement. This move is great because it’s so simple.
Note: Finger twisting is limited because it uses pain compliance to force an opponent to move. Pain compliance is useful against certain opponents and worthless against others. Also this move will only be useful to you when he exposes his fingers so they can be grabbed.
Always be careful when training finger takedowns with a partner.
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Ryan Wolfenbarger
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All of these techniques become much more effective when applied directly after a set up technique. For example a double leg takedown would be much easier if you were to first blast him in the face with a head butt.
For added effect, make sure he lands on his head. We will show you how to do this in a later issue.
Easy takedown #1 (Basic outside sweep)
This is a really simple move with one HUGE important detail. This is the sweep you might see kids do while wrestling on the playground. It is the basic trip. This sweep takes your opponent backward.
1. Secure a grip on your opponent's upper body with your arms. Many grips will work including just grabbing his jacket at the collar or sleeves. One way is to grab his lead (left) wrist with your right hand and put your left hand on his right (rear) shoulder or collar.
2. We are always going to sweep his lead leg. In this case his lead leg is his left. So drive your weight forward and to the right. As you do this, slightly bend forward at the waist. Your head is going to go outside your opponent's head and his shoulder (A human head weighs a lot when doing a move like this. Be sure to drive your head forward and down. It makes the difference.)
3. Now sweep his left leg with your left leg. Kick it out from under him with the back of your leg. Since his weight is on his other leg you can really pop this leg out from under him.
IMPORTANT NOTE: YOU MUST DRIVE FORWARD! Commit fully. Lean past him even. The main problem with how some schools teach the move is that they never tell the student to lean or drive forward. The student is never able to get the move. As soon as he lifts his leg for the sweep he leans back and his opponent sweeps him first.
There are more technical ways to do an outside sweep and more intricate off balancing techniques. This will get you started in your side sweep training. This one is great for sparring. Great when your opponent leans back. You can also try this one any time you face an opponent with a side stance. Shuffle in before he can throw his sidekick and throw your sweep.
Easy takedown #2 (basic kick sweep/shin blast sweep)
The basic position starts with you facing your opponent. Your right hand crosses over to grab his right shoulder or behind his neck. Almost any grip on his upper body with your right hand is fine. Drive forward and penetrate to the outside of his right side with your left leg. Drive past him. Then blast his right shin with your right shin. You are stepping forward and blasting through. What really contacts is the very bottom part of your shin to his shin/foot. You are going to kick his foot out from under him while at the same time jerking forward and down with your right hand. This will off balance him and sometimes put him flat on his face. Great when you have him leaning forward from another move.
Since his arms will shoot out to catch his balance he is now wide open for an arm wrench.
Easy takedown #3 (finger twist)
Grab his fingers and bend them in the wrong direction. Jerk them downward so that he hits the pavement. This move is great because it’s so simple.
Note: Finger twisting is limited because it uses pain compliance to force an opponent to move. Pain compliance is useful against certain opponents and worthless against others. Also this move will only be useful to you when he exposes his fingers so they can be grabbed.
Always be careful when training finger takedowns with a partner.
Keep reading the End The Fight Now newsletter for no BS hand to hand combat information.
Sign up for free at www.EndTheFightNow.com
Ryan Wolfenbarger
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