Sunday, January 23, 2011

Two genius how-to's

First, Abby writes a good post on how to travel with training in mind...

Second, Christian (the Globetrotting Grappler) filmed a mini-instructional on how to flow roll, found here on his usual blog, Zhoozhitsu de Graugardo...

The salient points of light rolling and two useful drills, he says, are as follows.. check out his original post here including the excellent video.

BENEFITS
1. Everyone can spar together, regardless of the size or skill difference.
2. Good tool for warming up.
3. You can still spar, if you are injured or tired.
4. Good tool for experimenting.
5. Work on specific situations, without having to fight to get there.
6. Lifts teams level as a whole.
7. Create a training environment with room for everyone.

CHESS DRILL
1. One move each turn
2. Gentleman rules
3. No resistance
4. No time limit

MONKEY DRILL
1. One move each turn
2. Gentleman rules
3. No resistance
4. No time limit
5. Do the LEAST likely move possible
6. If it resembles something you know, do ten pushups

THE FIVE RULES OF SLOWROLLING
1. Always remember the purpose
2. Turn down speed and intensity
3. 50/50
4. Submissions are catch and release
5. Communicate with your partner

2 comments:

A.D. McClish said...

The monkey drill sounds challenging! But fun, as well. Lots off good stuff. :)

Jonna said...

I love doing a slow roll. I learn a lot, and I get to try cool stuff I normally wouldn't be able to pull off :)