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Les Bubka
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Tai Sabaki- Body Management

Hi all,

At yesterday's session we had a look at ways of unbalancing our opponent, clip below is result of our discussion at the club.

This is one of the possible uses of the Tai Sabaki

Kind regards

Les

Josh Pittman
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I watched this video, and then YouTube suggested another of yours, Les, "Tegumi-Karate Grappling," which I very much enjoyed. I wonder, do you use the pummel as a platform drill for a lot of grappling techniques? It would seem like a very useful teaching tool.

Les Bubka
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Hi Josh

 I wonder, do you use the pummel as a platform drill for a lot of grappling techniques?

Yes I do, I was training with the polish wrestling coach (and still training with him on occasions), and I adopted most of their methodologe and training drills. Wrestling have anable me to see more applications within the kata. downside of it is that I see everywhere throws :P 

You can find more about our pummeling in this clip.

Kind regards

Les

Iain Abernethy
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Thanks for sharing Les! Quality information; as always.

All the best,

Iain

Josh Pittman
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Thanks for the second video, as well, Les! I will certainly be using the pummel from now on!

Wastelander
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Thanks for sharing, Les! And pummeling drills are very helpful as a platform for anything at close range! I actually taught a class on Saturday that was focused entirely on pummeling drills, and using them to launch into some limb control methods. 

Josh Pittman
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Wastelander wrote:
I actually taught a class on Saturday that was focused entirely on pummeling drills

Oh yeah? Care to share them? ;)

Wastelander
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Josh Pittman wrote:
Care to share them? ;)

I didn't record video of the class, or anything, but they are pretty straight-forward. There is your classic "chest pummeling," as wrestlers typically do. There is what I call "arm pummeling," where you are going for bicep grips instead of underhooks. Then there is what I call "clinch pummeling," which can either be done from the single or double collar tie positions. Once you get a feel for the drills, themselves, you can start playing with the different ways you can manipulate your partner's arms during the drills, and you can use those manipulations as entries into kata applications.

Josh Pittman
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Thanks for the rundown, Noah!