Steve Morris MMA Pick

[CaliG]

From Morris's website

http://www.morrisnoholdsbarred.co.uk/07WTFGomi.htm

Watch the Fight

16 March 2007 - Gomi

Here's an example, not of a fight I've watched and got a lesson from, but a fight that illustrates many of the principles and concepts I've been teaching in action. You can see the principles and concepts on my DVDs and in my seminars, but until now I've never seen them demonstrated so vividly in the ring.

Gomi Takanori and his trainers have undoubtedly been doing the same thing as me over the past several years, because the way he fights is the logical conclusion to the lessons which the fight has been throwing up over these last ten years. Here we see the crouch position, the shoulder-knee relationship, hips back. Fast motion forward and back as well as laterally. Head drawing and leading the action--he's hunting.

The other guy in the fight is upright, and he's telegraphing everything. He's on his back foot and he has nowhere to go. He can't get Gomi down, because Gomi runs backwards in the same way he runs forward--something which I've been trying to get across to guys for years. Finally somebody's doing it right, as far as I'm concerned as a trainer.

Gomi is controlling the red zone. He's like a mongoose on a snake. He can go in and go out at will. Watch the way he moves back. He doesn't necessarily have to sprawl because his hips are already back; he can just run back. And when he does sprawl, again he controls the position. He allows the guy to get up and then knees him in the head. Something, again, that I've been advocating for years--and you'll even see me break some of it down on the public You Tube clips. It's common sense!

So for those guys who buy my videos, who were on courses, and who plan to come on courses: watch this guy! On the feet, you want to move like him.

Gomi vs. Kawajiri

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/se ... ri-b_sport

[Butterball]

Interesting stuff!

[Dillon]

Vid no longer available

[CaliG]

Go to daily motion and type in "Gomi vs. Kawajiri."

[DeusTrismegistus]

Thats a good fight.

[CaliG]

As far as I'm concerned the front-weighted stance is the best for moving around quickly.

[ashe]

i'm not sure that it's really the front weighted stance per se, but more just having and maintaining forward energy, which IMO is different, but it's important to have.

[CaliG]

It could be. Again I think this goes back to the discussion of what's natural on the main forum.

If you tell a kid to get ready to run he's immediately going to put all his weight on this front foot whether he's going to go forward of backward.

[GrahamB]

Interesting that many long jumpers put their weight on the back foot before running forward.

[CaliG]

Interesting point, what I actually see is something different.

For example the man at 3:30. He's front-weighted then goes back-weighted to create the momentum to spring forward.

This is what I see these jumpers doing. At 4:25 you can clearly see this, he's shuffling his weight back and forth creating that momentum in his body and then running. I believe if we could see all these jumpers before they start we'd see more of this.

[fuga]

When I watch that triple jump, all I can see is a couple of guys looking at a river crossing shaking their heads and one guy saying "I bet I can make it across."