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I felt the bounciness of plastic.

I heard John a while ago give the cons of plastic. I will be going back to wood.

This is because I notice at IG 09 everyone I spared with plastic the bonce was incredible and My techniques were affected. WORSE was the realization that I am not affected by this ...

Just wanted to highlight this link at the top because the video actually shows many of the throws and such that we will study at IG 09, and many more besides.

enjoy,

and the soundtrack is awesome

My thoughts go out to his family for their loss

I am sure if you ask around work or your social group we all have a wrestler somewhere

But if people can find a trained wrestler, who's willing to show them the ropes, working with such a person is almost certainly going to be of greater benefit then working from a book.

After all, we wouldn't ...

I know this is out of date but I had to share, its long.

Spain, Aww, I heard so many good things about it…I am still going there, I have friends…

Anyway, one of my greatest compliments was from Aaron P, ARMA Appleton. When he was a fresh lad just starting the force when we were in the Guard ...

Axiom: When one is unarmed it is more important to take the weapon than control the body of an armed attacker.

If true, false, balance of both, or indeterminate -- then why?


With any fight, you do what you can to control the fight.

Whether control of the weapon or body, depends on this one ...

It's the "swimming" mostion wrestlers will use when they are trying to secure double underhooks(bearhug, hands gable gripped together, your center of gravity is lower than his).

Here's randy couture explaining.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsItPdM_hvI

I do not know of any "Manuel" quotes ...

yes being able to get a hand on this would be very nice

[quote="Benjamin Parker"]

I've also read that knights were expected to be able to swim in full plate and vault into their saddles and climb ladders using only their arms


/quote]

Please share where this is from? I am curious. I was a life guard, w ant to see a person swim 50 meters in full plate ...

I have to agree with my poster above. Every tribe, clan, Nation had some form of fighting. We look back at the texts or the link for unarmed combat. And there we see.

http://www.thearma.org/essays/ringen-vocabulary.pdf

Europe was a land at strife and war. It fought armed and unarmed.


This ...

While I agree to a point with my poster above.

The little nuances, hip shifts, allying pressure more forward than backward and just wrestling mechanics and technical wrestling in general is necessary, but Nothing, you can not go to your local HS wrestling coach and ask a few questions about the ...

Good Stuff.


How could you know want to try it all out and pummel your buddy? ......

it IS an awesome collection


After reviewing it more. Does anyone else notice these are the bread and butter moves of any fight?

How classic, How awesome.

It amazes me how after all the EMA hype we find a ...

It would be interesting to know if some of the knife defenses would work against guns. Some of the arm bars seem like they could be useful.

I have used and tested many gun takeaway techniques.

Lots of knife disarming technques will work...sort of

Anyway
Get yourself an airsoft pistol.
Load it ...

As many of you do not know. I am; besides other things an Education Consultant for a national software company most people have never heard of.(Specialized market) As such, I travel & teach) frequently all over North America.

My next stop; next week is Fun but warm Sacramento, California, Sept. 2nd ...

I have to say I liked the videos. Yes they are simplistic, but the form and technique comes across.

I like how it goes from picture to application.