Today's goodie is a report written by my online friend John Will, discussing how to combine the deadly Muay Thai clinch position with the double leg takedown (arguably the highest percentage takedown in MMA). … [Read more...]
Gi? No-Gi? Self Defense? MMA? No Problem!
There's a long-standing debate in the grappling community whether training with the gi helps your no-gi skills. My personal preference is to train both with and without the gi. … [Read more...]
Getting Back to Your Feet From Guard
In the early days of MMA fighters who took someone down tried to keep the fight there. They'd stay on the ground even if they couldn't pass their opponent's guard or mount an effective ground-and-pound offense. … [Read more...]
Why I Started Martial Arts
Here's how the book Ninja, Clan of Death got me started on my martial arts journey. And how a crayon-written black mail note failed to get me into Judo class. And which teachers have been my biggest influences. And how I finally transitioned into the grappling arts. https://www.youtube.com/v/pj2R4YYq5CY Click here to see the same video about Why I Started Martial Arts on YouTube. … [Read more...]
A Survival Story
An anonymous person contacted me recently and shared a story of how a female friend had used a few months of BJJ training to escape from an assault and/or attempted rape situation. … [Read more...]
Integrating Striking, Wrestling & Grappling
A grapplearts reader writes: Q: You say that there are 3 main components to MMA: is it important to train these 3 components together or train them separately? For example should you add strikes to the clinch or just wrestle? … [Read more...]
Multiple Attackers
The following question was submitted by a subscriber of the Grapplearts newsletter. Q: What is your opinion on unarmed self defence situations involving two or more attackers against one. … [Read more...]
Self Defense
The following question was submitted by a subscriber of the Grapplearts newsletter. Q: For self defense would it be better to study the grappling arts or the striking arts? … [Read more...]
Grappling for Self Defense
It's very easy to forget all about the self-defense aspects of what you are doing when you train grappling. There's so much material to work on, and it's so much fun to train, that self-defense considerations can get overlooked. … [Read more...]
To Gi or not to Gi
Seeing as I train in both BJJ and submission grappling I find myself in the middle of this argument. I agree with the principle of sport-specific training, especially if your weekly training time is limited. … [Read more...]