Thursday Skills Development

• Defense: Grip Breaks & Arm Controls

• Offense: Targeting Striking & Takedowns

Self-Defense is about ESCAPING, not fighting. Train to win the ESCAPE.

Training Goal

• Prepare mentally and physically to withstand an attack and overcome the aggressors.

Objectives

• Learn to recognize and avoid danger whenever possible.

• Learn to remain calm under threat of physical harm.

• Expand our effective striking foundation to consistently land clean, effective strikes.

• Enhance our functional strength and stamina to outlast an opponent.

• Continue developing strategies to overcome a larger, stronger opponent.

• Learn to defend the Takedown.

• Learn to affect the Takedown.

• Control the Ground & Pound.

• Learn to Escape Danger!

5:15-5:20  STRIKING Review

1 - 6 Combos

• 1s & 2s are straight punches to strike down the middle.

• 3s & 4s are hooking punches to strike around the outside.

• 5s & 6s are sweeping punches to strike from below.

Who doesn’t have the Strikes and Combos Purpose PDFs?

Palm Strikes

• For Jabs & Crosses, use the lower Palm.

‍ ‍[Explicit Language Warning] Palm Strikes Work! | Joe Rogan and Michael Malice (youtube.com)

• For Hooks, use the Wrist Bone

‍ ‍Bas Rutten's Palm Strike KO Secret Technique: Bone Strikes (youtube.com)

Primary Striking Targets…Aim Small to Miss Small

• Nose

• Ears

• Throat

• Celiac Plexus [Solar Plexus]

• Liver

• Brainstem

• Groin

• Femoral Nerve

• Common Peroneal Nerve

  • Thigh

  • Back of the Knee

  • Top of the Foot

5:20-5:35  STRIKING Circuit

2 Evs x 5 Sts = 10 Rds @ 1:15/0:15 = 15:00

5:35-5:40  Recover