Tell us about your martial art.

dlofnep

Over the upcoming months, there are going to be many arguments about many things. Alot of these arguments will be based on the fact that you as a person do not train a specific way - However, often being overlooked is your method of training. So to give us an insight into your art/training methods - Just post a little bit about a day in the life of your class.

• What do you cover in general.
• How much time is spent in your class on specific areas (eg, warm up, pad work, sparring, specific move, ect..).
• What you feel you get out of it.
• What do you feel you need more of.
• What you feel is not covered but should be.
• Do you incorporate real-time sparring into your training.

I think this will help us all understand your art a little more and maybe take something from your training or critique your training methods in a respectful manner. Depending on whatever.

I'll go first. (Although I haven't been training as much as I want to lately, this is the normal going of our classes).

1. What do you cover in general.
We cover warm ups at the start, then procede to isolate a specific area.. EG side control, guard work or whatever the flavour of the week is. We then add resistance to each area after we've practiced the specific area for about an hour.. After we've drilled against a resisting partner, we'll roll for the end of the class.

2. How much time is spent in your class on specific areas (eg, warm up, pad work, sparring, specific move, ect..).

Approx 20 minutes warm up. We'll normally cover 3 submissions/sweeps/techniques for an area in specific which runs for about 40 minutes.. Afterwards we'll add resistance to those techniques and continue to work on them for about another half an hour. We finish off the class rolling against each other until the end of the class. It ranges from 20 - 40 minutes.. Depending on how we are caught for time.

3. What you feel you get out of it.
I feel like I'm improving my endurance, improving my technique and gain confidence with everything I do right in sparring and gain awareness with everything I do wrong. I think overall, every class makes me a better martial artist.

4. What do you feel you need more of.
I need more work on my striking. Traditionally our classes are BJJ classes although we do integrate striking into it in some classes. I would like to isolate my striking and get better at it.

5. What you feel is not covered but should be.
As a specific BJJ class, we cover what we can with the resources that we have. I would like to incorpate more striking, but we can only make do with what we have.

6. Do you incorporate real-time sparring into your training.

Absolutely.

ninjawitatitude

Hey John,
Could you define real-time sparring? I'm presuming you mean two fighters as opposed to one fighter and one passive receiver of technique but not sure. Ta

strange but tru

ase always the bjj dudes rant on about time on the mat diversity in training and its quiet obvious that its not the amount its quality that matters in training and in sports. Some guys can take longer to build the flow from move to move and the mind set to think a hed in positioning and posture some one else might be quiet fluide in locks and escape and in ther natural ability which would far out class some one who trains for much longer or has "time on the mat" . p.s triking over grappling every time:cool:

vasch_ro

did I miss something in the last few posts ????

dlofnep

vasch_ro wrote:

did I miss something in the last few posts ????

I think so.

Hey John,
Could you define real-time sparring? I'm presuming you mean two fighters as opposed to one fighter and one passive receiver of technique but not sure. Ta

Two people sparring against opponents resisting and re-acting in a real-time enviroment where they react like they would normally, and not slowed down or half hearted ect..

ase always the bjj dudes rant on about time on the mat diversity in training and its quiet obvious that its not the amount its quality that matters in training and in sports. Some guys can take longer to build the flow from move to move and the mind set to think a hed in positioning and posture some one else might be quiet fluide in locks and escape and in ther natural ability which would far out class some one who trains for much longer or has "time on the mat"

What rant is that? I'm curious about your training methods. If this seemed like a rant, I'd suggest you re-read my post.

. p.s triking over grappling every time

I quite like triking. I'd agree. Nothing like the wind in your face, going through a field at 50mph on a trike.

vasch_ro

what I meant was where did that rant come from , way out of left field by the looks of it !

dlofnep

vasch_ro wrote:

what I meant was where did that rant come from , way out of left field by the looks of it !

I was agreeing with you Vasch. lol. I meant, I missed it too.

Dragan

I think he took offence to your love of spending time training dude!

And as for the whole strikers over grapplers, we won't go there!!!! You thread was a nice idea though, maybe we can get a mod to remove these posts and keep the thread in the spirit it was originally intened!!

damo

ase always the bjj dudes rant on about time on the mat diversity in training and its quiet obvious that its not the amount its quality that matters in training and in sports. Some guys can take longer to build the flow from move to move and the mind set to think a hed in positioning and posture some one else might be quiet fluide in locks and escape and in ther natural ability which would far out class some one who trains for much longer or has "time on the mat" . p.s triking over grappling every time

what are you talking about here? like every sport in life the most naturally talented guys will always rise to the top so long as they put the work in, but that doesnt mean that a less talented person shouldnt practice practice practice until they reach their full potential!

p.s striking over grappling so long as the striker knows how to defend a take down...otherwise the grappler WILL make him his biitch!!