I was on Guro Dan Inosanto’s website (www.inosanto.com) and saw this video where B.J. Penn’s wrestling coach Kenny Johnson interviews Guro Dan. If you are on the internet and do a little research on Guro Dan you will find a couple of different camps about Guro Dan.
One comment that I saw recently was that Guro Dan was living on what he did with Bruce Lee and has not really evolved much since. So for those of you who don’t know much about Guro Dan outside of his training with Sijo Bruce Lee he is pretty up to date and ahead of the curve even into his 70’s. When I was out to the Inosanto Academy Instructors Camp this spring Guro Dan talked alot about Kenny Johnson and his training methods.
I think that this video clip is really cool because it shows how much that Kenny Johnson respects Guro Dan.
It has been a while since I have posted. July was a really busy month for me but I am back and have an awesome 4 part Ajarn Greg Nelson (http://www.mmaacombatzone.com) interview that Dick Harrell (http://www.dick-harrell.com) did in July 2010. For those of you who have not visited our site before Ajarn Greg Nelson has had a huge impact on us here at Synergy Martial Arts. So enough of my rambling here is the first part of the interview.
DID YOU KNOW THATEVERY 6 SECONDS A WOMAN IS THE VICTIM OF A VIOLENT ATTACK???
This is a pretty frightening statistic for us @ Synergy Martial Arts.On Saturday June 5th we are hosting a Woman’s Self-Defense Workshop at Hamburg Fitness Center from 10am-12n. Here is all the important info.
Who: Women ages 12 & up
What: Keep It Simple Self-Defense (KISS) for Woman Workshop
Where: Synergy Martial Arts Training Center
8540 Hamburg Rd, Brighton Mi 48116
When: Saturday June 5th 2010
Cost: $10 all proceeds will be donated to Lacasa(www.lacasa.org)
This workshop will focus on situational awareness, what to do if grabbed and how to defend yourself against a larger stronger attacker.
For more information call Shawn Kitzman @ 517-672-2386 or email @ synergyma.com
Have you registered for Guro Dan Inosanto’s Seminar here in Michigan on May 15th and 16th? If not watch this video of Guro Dan then contact Sifu Dave Hatch (www.attributivemartialarts.com) ASAP it is only 5 weeks away!!!
On this video Guro Dan shows more stick grappling and some really cool clinching variations some of these we are going to implement into our clinch game next week.
Inspired? Excited? Then contact Sifu Dave and get registered!!! Here is all the important info for the Seminar.
Attributive Martial Arts, Inc.
Is proud to bring back Sifu / Guro Dan Inosanto
Saturday (May 15, 2010)
10:00 am -12:30 pm = Filipino Martial Arts
Lunch
1:30 pm – 4:00 pm = Filipino Martial Arts
Sunday (May 16, 2010)
10:00 am – 12:30 pm = Jun Fan Gung Fu
Lunch
1:30 pm – 4:00 pm = Mixed Silat
2 Days = $175 $195 At the door
1 day = $100
1/2 Day = $70
(No personal checks)
This morning as I was searching thru YouTube I ran across this video with Guro Rick Faye (www.mnkali.com) teaching Stick and Dagger 4,5 & 6 count. Along with the technique Guro Rick also talks about why you would want to train Stick and Dagger material and I think his answer is awesome. It also caused me to think about why I believe that people should train Martial Arts.
Besides the obvious Self-Defense reason I believe that when you train Martial Arts like Kali, Brazilian Ju Jitsu/Grappling, Muay Thai etc you are forced to develope relationships with your training partners. Because you are dependant on your partner to perform the drills. Yes, you can improve some by yourself but you really need a good training partner to get your reps in.
Also Guro Rick mentions learning the history about Stick and Dagger training, I believe that this is one of the greatest benefits to training Martial Arts that people usually don’t think of when training Martial Arts. Guro Dan Inosanto (www.inosanto.com) often mentions that you can tell alot about a culture based on their indegious Martial Arts styles.
And lastly Guro Rick talks about coordination, I believe that training Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) will greatly improve your coordination and timing. While training FMA you will learn how to use both of your hands and also learn the footwork that goes along with the drills. I have found that training FMA has really improved my striking, clinching and grappling because of the above.
Yep I was on YouTube again this morning and I found this video of my Instructor Guro Dan Inosanto (www.inosanto.com) showing stick grappling. Most people who have seen grappling think of Brazilian Ju Jitsu or Wrestling but the Filipino’s have a very dynamic grappling system with the stick.
For years Synergy Martial Arts has done a 3 count Sumbrada Drill to help our students with their hip movement in guard position. The reason that the stick helps to improve your hip movement is that it adds a different level of intensity to the training. You will really want to move out-of-the-way when someone is swinging a stick at you and the only way that happens on the ground is moving your hips.
I think that one of the great things about cross training is that you will find similar references to material that you have already learned. When you watch Guro Dan do a lot of the chokes with the stick you will see that they are very similar to collar chokes with a gi on.
I remember years ago when Guro Dan told a story about a BJJ practitioner that he was training with and he talked about how he showed the BJJ practitioner some stick grappling, he commented on how the next week when the guy came back he had really worked with the stick in grappling and had a lot of chokes that he “found” on his own.
Watch this video and see what you can implement into your grappling game regardless of whether it is with a stick or not.
While searching through YouTube this morning I found this video of Sensei Erik Paulson (www.erikpaulson.com) coaching his kickboxing class. While watching it I noticed a couple of times guys that would get trapped in their sparring partners preferred striking range and be dominated. This is a very dangerous place to be in sparring and especially in self-defense when training with Sifu Paul Vunak (www.fighting.net) he would often talk about not letting your attacker be in their comfort zone.
There are a few times where I think that sparring strategy will also carry over to self-defense and this is one of them. Sensei Erik talks about when your opponent is punching you kick, if he is kicking you punch bottom line is that you do not want to stay in his comfort zone for any longer than possible.
For me I know that if I am in with a guy who is good @ kicking I don’t want to stay there I need to close the distance and be able to punch and clinch. I am far more comfortable punching and clinching and I can begin to control the pace and action there better. If I am in a self-defense situation if possible I want to stay outside of all striking ranges so and draw the attacker to commit from there I want to intercept him & enter with forward pressure to get him going backward so that I can clinch to end the attack.
When you watch this video clip keep the above in mind and listen to Sensei Erik coach his guys he brings up a lot of great points that can/will help you in both sparring and in a self-defense situation.
During my Youtube search this morning I came across this video from Sensei Erik Paulson (www.erikpaulson.com) on clinching and it made me think about the way that we clinch @ Synergy Martial Arts. Sensei Erik’s school Combat Submission Wrestling is a very high level MMA and Marial Arts School and they way that they clinch is AWESOME!!!
Whenever I teach clinch to a new student I have to work on their level of resistance so they are not trying to rip each others heads off. On this video you will watch guys that train at a MMA school and they are going nice and easy with their clinch even with contested takedowns.
I have a couple questions for you.
Does your Clinch look like this?
Are you and your training partners able to train the clinch and not have to visit the Chiropractor the next day?
When you are striking and throwing are you able to maintain a low-level of resistance?
If you answered no to any of the above questions show this video to your training partners and students and really evaluate how you are training. Clinching can be very fun to play it can also be very rough and aggressive I believe that there is a need for both but you should really limit the rough grinding clinch as it can lead to bad habits.
So in closing watch this video and I hope that it inspires you to grow your clinching game and it begins to look more like this.
Just a reminder about Guro Dan’s seminar here in Michigan on May 15th & 16th 2010. After being at the Instructor’s Camp last week I am really excited about Guro Dan coming if you have not seen Guro Dan make sure you mark the date on your calendar.
Here is the info. If you need more info you can contact Sifu Dave Hatch (www.attributivemartialarts.com) he is hosting the seminar.
I hope to see you there,
Shawn
Attributive Martial Arts, Inc.
Is proud to bring back Sifu / Guro Dan Inosanto
Saturday (May 15, 2010)
10:00 am -12:30 pm = Filipino Martial Arts
Lunch
1:30 pm – 4:00 pm = Filipino Martial Arts
Sunday (May 16, 2010)
10:00 am – 12:30 pm = Jun Fan Gung Fu
Lunch
1:30 pm – 4:00 pm = Mixed Silat
2 Days = $175 $195 At the door
1 day = $100
1/2 Day = $70
(No personal checks)
Well it has been a very busy week since my last post. Last Wednesday March 10th I left for California to attend Guro Dan Inosanto’s Instructor Camp and it was AWESOME!!! I went with my Sifu Dave Hatch, his wife Simo Lynda Hatch (www.inosanto.com) and Kent Nelson (www.tkentnelson.com) each day we started with an hour of Brazilian Ju Jitsu with Jean Jacques Machado (http://www.jeanjacquesmachado.com) followed by 4 hours Martial Arts wizardry by the living Martial Arts Legend himself Guro Dan Inosanto (www.inosanto.com).
It was an amazing experience I have been attending Guro Dan’s seminars since 1995 and I enjoy every one of them but this was completely different because not only do you have all of Guro Dan’s knowledge and insight but you have tons of Martial Arts history with all the pictures and plaques on the wall.
If you have the chance to go out the Inosanto Academy I would highly suggest it you won’t regret it!!!
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