Sunday, November 30, 2008

News

This month has been a busy one at the gym. Membership has increased quite a bit this month.This will be a great opportunity for guys to get on the mat with a lot of different guys allowing you to see how everyone reacts differently. Ryan Grau is back in town(glad to have you back Ryan)and will be starting a bjj class hopefully this week. This will be a traditional bjj class with the gi. For those with a full membership there is no charge for the class. I'll post the times when we figure it out, most likely Thurs nite.
Both myself and Mike "The train" Dohan did some filming at Sat sambo class, I'll post it up in the future.
Also for those prospective m.m.a. fighters please come and talk with me first before talking to any promoters, we dont want a repeat of what happened last time.

Now go train...

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Firemans carry and Fedor armbar

This month during sambo class we're concentrating on two throws. The fireman carry and the arm spin. I've allready posted a clip on the arm spin so I dug up a clip on the fireman. We also worked the armbar from the guard. I refer to it as the Fedor armbar since he pulls it of in competition so often, enjoy.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Igor Kurrinoy

Not much I can say but,holy sh#t!

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Ankle picks/ Sambo 70th

Worked on the ankle pick today and I think we'll carry that idea on till Tues class.
The ankle pick works great with or without the kurtka. Just remember if your trying it without the kurtka to keep your head above his , bring his head down to the leg your trying to pick. If your head is lower and you have a collar head tie he will shrug it off to a 2/1.
Here's a real simple inside pick by Vadim Kolganov master of sport.

I also included a clip from sambo's 70th anniversary tournament.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

kurash

Heres a clip of the ancient wrestling art of kurash. Kurash is a stand up art where you win by throwing your opponent.You can grab the jacket anywhere and the belt but are not allowed to grab the legs(greco with a jacket on).Contests are now held internationally, originally contestants wore a long coat and sash, they now wear a jacket similar to the judo gi. Kurash is one of the arts that contributed to the development of sambo and you can see the influence in the way sambists attack with the belt grips.

Duckunders

This week we covered the duckunder. A high percentage move that often gets under looked. With a little practice anyone can pull it off
We worked a couple variations
1. dbl inside control, pull him over you and duck under the arm
2. Duck with outside step finishing with the back heel trip.
We also worked the back heel trip to counter his outside leg trip.
Here are two great examples