dspyrido wrote:Bhassler wrote:If he does it like the collegiate wrestler that Graham linked to, I'll have several months of knee rehab to contemplate why I was stupid enough to get in a fight with a world-class combat athlete 25 years younger than me. I'll probably end up quitting my job, selling everything, and living in the back of a van in a hippy commune somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. I'll live with a girl who's not very smart or pretty, but at least she's young and happy and seems to like me.
All of which is to say it's a silly question. What's the context? Sport or street? Size of opponent? Skill? At what point in the engagement? Are there other people around? Is anyone drunk? Carrying groceries? Weapons? Etc.
I also didn't mention if they were wearing green underwear, were unshaven and it smelled of Monday.
You have been on this site for over a decade. Do I really need to spell out the context?
Ok I'll try. If you have ever been shown a technique that fits the context of the question then share it. If you have done something on the matt then go ahead and voice it. If you have a theoretical move then don't be afraid to explore it.
As for the collegiate wrestler part - the rehab is only if a technique is badly executed. It's like saying never box with a boxer because you're going to get knocked out. If you have 0 options then yes. We are exploring options.
Yes, I've been on the site a long time. And you've been doing martial arts and actually applying them long enough that you should know it's not about which technique one does or doesn't have in their form, or whether a technique "works". It's really about understanding the conditions necessary that will either allow a response to work or cause it to fail. If you just ask "what's your technique", you get responses like this:
Bao wrote:dspyrido wrote:This is a low single leg:
What is your TMA/CMA/IMA/personal response to one of these?
I really don't get the fuzz about this one. Lift the left leg up, (preferably by first stepping to the side with the right leg,) and just step away. How hard can it be? It's not as you can't see it coming. :-\
Yes, and no. Everyone's got a plan until Mike Tyson punches them in the face. Why does the technique in the OP work? I mean, the guy's a professional fighter, right? He's not set up to block it because he also has to worry about getting punched in the face, and looking for his opportunity to do the same to his opponent. The defender's not just rooting or evading or sprawling, he's kind of in between maybe thinking he could do either one, but by the time his brain catches up, it's already too late to make a decision. Also, look at how far the shooter drives through. If you're not able to get completely off line, stepping out won't work, as he'll just catch your standing leg or whatever grip he has on your lifted leg to pull you around and down. If you think you can just root, well, maybe. It's a lot of force, and the shooter knows enough to add a lateral push with his head along with the forward drive.
If you look at Graham's clip, the guy starts with a head grab to force a favorable position in his opponent's body to make the takedown easier. So, again, it's not about the technique (which shows amazing execution), it's how the guy sets it up. If you watch videos of GSP, you can see that he has a slightly faster reaction time than most of his opponents. That's nice, but what makes it deadly is that he's balanced and poised enough to act on the opportunities when he sees them. Similar with Jon Jones. He's got incredible balance that allows him to make use of his long limbs and strength.
So if you want to have a conversation that's meaningful, it might include not just the technique, but what makes the technique work, how you would train the necessary execution and attributes, and how you maintain the necessary conditions for the technique to actually work. Which brings us back to context. Options are different depending on what your environment is, who you're dealing with, and what you're trying to accomplish.