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Jeb Chiles
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Movement drills we worked on today

 

 

 

Iain Abernethy
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Nice drills. It’s so important to build up sparring skills this way. I remember chatting with Dan Anderson about how poorly sparring is taught in many cases and he came out with a great line:

“Most people teach sparring in the same way the Romans taught Christians to deal with Lions.”

People get thrown in at the deep end and all they “learn” is: “I can’t do this! It’s too confusing! It’s too scary! I’m useless at this!” They can then spend years trying to undo all the mess. If we teach sparring in a progressive way, where we isolate specific skills before putting it all back into the mix, people genuinely learn and grow in ability.

Thanks for sharing!

All the best,

Iain

Jeb Chiles
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Iain Abernethy wrote:
Nice drills. It’s so important to build up sparring skills this way ...

Totally agree! I've gotten so much better results this way for sure. Once we get the technique down then add it bag routines, mitt drills and sparring! 

Thank you, all the best 

Jeb 

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Working on: breaking off corners (staying outside critical distance, attacking with non committal strikes, fakes, and movement to get an opening) build a combo based on responses and get a dominant position (dead zone behind shoulder, clinch, hip control, etc.

 

deltabluesman
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Jeb,

Excellent material you've shared this week.  Much respect to your students for being willing to put this out there on the web for everyone to see.  I was particularly impressed by Chauntel's (spelling?) skill.  Chauntel is a great sparring partner:  really great balance of aggression and control.  Plus, I like the low kicks.  With your coaching, I predict that both of these students are going to continue to grow and develop at a very quick pace.

Also, the second drill you shared (pick/high cover/in and low cover) is very similar to my own preferred style of striking defense.  

Again, thanks for putting all of this up.

Jeb Chiles
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 I certainly appreciate your feedback and comments! They do work hard and want to make constant improvement. A good partner is an absolute necessity to improve as a martial artist!  Chauntel and Garrett are martial artists first and endeavor follow The way ( Respect, courtesy, self control...)  even though we compete in MMA and other combat sports. 

all the best,

Jeb

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Worked a few of the same drills and added  a few more.

deltabluesman
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Another great vid.  It's so valuable to have a dynamic pad holder like this who can keep the combos versatile + creative.  Chauntel makes the striking and footwork look much easier than it actually is.  I particularly like the combos that were right around the five minute mark (flowing from left hook into a right leg kick to the thigh):  https://youtu.be/0CUhTn-VUxE?t=291.  I have been trying to use this idea more deliberately in my own sparring