Street Applicable Ground Control Strategies
Uki-gatame, or the “knee-on-belly” position strategies. Utilizing proper techniques and transitions to maintain positional dominance in a self-defense scenario that goes to the ground.
Category Hakutoshi
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Countering and Escaping Dangerous Ground Positions
Explore two ground positions and two escape options that can help you turn the table on your opponent. Ground fighting has become increasingly popular due to the rise of televised Mixed Martial Arts competitions, but it has always been something that needs to be addressed if you are going to have a complete self-protection skill […]
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Countering and Escaping Common Arm Locks on the Ground
In this course you’ll be guided through three common arm locks with instruction on how to apply the locks and how to escape them as well. Three “straight” arm locks and a very common “bent” arm lock will be explored in depth so that you have the knowledge that you need if you ever find […]
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Uki Waza - Helping Your Attacker Throw Themselves
Explore how to apply Uki-Waza from a standing lock-up, if we find ourselves down on the ground and want to regain our feet, if an opponent tackles us, from behind our attacker, with a jacket to grab, and how to do it if we don’t have a jacket to grab onto.
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Advanced Front Throws and Concepts
Harai-Goshi, the “Sweeping Hip”, technique, and Tai-Otoshi, the “Body Drop” technique. Two advanced front throws and their possible applications.
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Tomoe Nage
Tomoe-Nage, the “Circle Throw” and follow up attacks. Using your opponent’s energy against them and how to follow up once they are down.
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Double Leg Takedowns: Counters and Applications
The Double-Leg Takedown or “Morote Gari” is a powerful attack that can be challenging to defend against. This series is for the advanced martial artist who is interested in defending against someone with some skill and not just a wildly swinging clueless but violent attacker.
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Guillotine Choke - Counters and Applications
The Guillotine choke is an attack that can be used against us by practitioners of jiujitsu, mixed martial arts, and even relatively untrained individuals because of its simplicity. Properly applied, this choke can render a person unconscious in a matter of seconds, so it is imperative that we know how to prevent and escape from […]
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Eri Jime - Collar Chokes and Counters
The “Loop Choke” is just one of many potential techniques that utilizes the fabric of your opponents collar as a self-protection choking tool. In this course you will learn how to apply the Loop Choke as well as several collar chokes from the top position, from the bottom guard position, and from behind your opponent.
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Yoku To Strategies from the Top Mount Position
Explore Yoku-To specifically from the “mount” position, where we can employ the same strategies on the ground that we practice in the standing version.
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Ashi Oni Kudaki - Bottom Side Control Escapes
In this course we will be exploring how to apply an “Oni-Kudaki” shoulder/elbow lock with our legs from underneath and on top of our opponent in addition to a few other escape sequences from the bottom “side control” position.
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Going with the Flow
One of the highest aspirations that we have as martial artists is to be able to flow effortlessly to victory. In this lesson we will explore a training strategy that Hardee Hakutoshi Merritt uses to practice “nagarae”; accessing the “flow”.