This evening just passed I attended my regular Judo class. The instructor made us do something a little different too normal. We had to get on our knees and put our partner in a choke and fight from there.
The object of the exercise was for the partner in the choke to try to escape and apply a choke on me.
Whoever got a choke first was the winner.
Naturally the class began to resemble a children's playground with guys wrestling around all over the mats.
We noticed that in the heat of battle our techniques all went out the window and we all fought like cavemen. I found it near impossible to apply holds I often practice with a willing partner.
At one stage my partner was attempting to mount me and whilst I managed to stop him by keeping my knees up (TK style) I felt awkward and not in control.
I have now conceded that BJJ may indeed have something to offer me. My only problem is that there are no BJJ schools within 200 miles of me. It's Judo, Aikido or Wing Hun in my vicinity and from those 3 choices I feel that Judo can offer me the most.
My question to the forum is where can I obtain basic information on BJJ techniques? I wish to read up on or view as much groundfighting instructional as possible and then try to incorporate them into my Judo training. If we get to class a few minutes early we are permitted to play around on the mats so this is when I would practice the ground fighting techniques.
I certainly look forward to someone pointing me in the right direction here.
Thanks in advance.
Robin
The object of the exercise was for the partner in the choke to try to escape and apply a choke on me.
Whoever got a choke first was the winner.
Naturally the class began to resemble a children's playground with guys wrestling around all over the mats.
We noticed that in the heat of battle our techniques all went out the window and we all fought like cavemen. I found it near impossible to apply holds I often practice with a willing partner.
At one stage my partner was attempting to mount me and whilst I managed to stop him by keeping my knees up (TK style) I felt awkward and not in control.
I have now conceded that BJJ may indeed have something to offer me. My only problem is that there are no BJJ schools within 200 miles of me. It's Judo, Aikido or Wing Hun in my vicinity and from those 3 choices I feel that Judo can offer me the most.
My question to the forum is where can I obtain basic information on BJJ techniques? I wish to read up on or view as much groundfighting instructional as possible and then try to incorporate them into my Judo training. If we get to class a few minutes early we are permitted to play around on the mats so this is when I would practice the ground fighting techniques.
I certainly look forward to someone pointing me in the right direction here.
Thanks in advance.
Robin
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