Re: Response to a low single leg
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 2:30 am
Ian C. Kuzushi wrote:It's a good thread because I think dealing with the ankle pick is a good place to start addressing some of the reasons we don't see TCMA doing well in high level fights.
This is a glaring gap in they way many people have trained CMA especially if not following a more rigorous training method.
It is the "we don't go to the ground" approach to training. Then for some reason this is interpreted as "no one else must go to the ground". Eventually it must become a "let's not bother with these ground level attacks".
It's a myth. There are CMA styles that go to the ground. There are also methods that were invented to counter these people in the arms race of martial arts.
This occurred to me when wrestling with wrestlers that these methods exist. This got me asking the question & realizing that there are a lot of moves even done in forms that just seem to be practiced mindlessly yet deep down can handle ankle height attacks.
Just look at this fellow as a great example:
Can he handle a wrestlers momentum of a low shoot? If he were to apply a hop back to stuff the attack and then apply some of the moves seen here then I would say yes.