Wednesday 12.14.11: Clinch Fighting
12.09.11 By 3 Comments
As we wind down the sparring cycle, we’re going to take a break from the freestyle sport fighting we’ve been doing and focus on some different techniques and drills to help round-out the skills you’ve been developing over the last couple months.
For next week Wednesday’s 6:30pm Advanced class (Dec 14), we will be training some basic clinch techniques for very close-range fighting. We’ll even make use of the spiffy wall mats to do some MMA-style drills.
Notes:
- This will be a technical—though physically demanding—class. We will do little, if any, freestyle sparring.
- Please bring fingerless MMA gloves if you have them. They’re not required, but some techniques will be easier with them than 16-oz gloves. We will not be sparring with them.
- Remember the pummeling warm-up? Yeah, we’re probably going to do that for starters.
The Pummeling Warm-Up
05.05.11 By 2 Comments
Last night I took the Level 2 class on a slight detour for the warm-up. In honor of the new wall mats, we did some basic MMA clinch and wall work, also called “pummeling”. For those who missed it—and for those who didn’t quite grasp the concept—here’s a video explaining it. This isn’t the last you’ve seen of this, so check it out!
[Insert evil laugh 
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KMW Instructors at Bas Rutten’s New MMA Gym
12.09.10 By Leave a Comment
Bas Rutten has a new gym. Here’s the feature on “Inside MMA”:
You surely noticed Amir Perets. At 2:15, you may have said, “Is that…?” Yes, that was Jarrett Arthur of Krav Maga Worldwide.
Here’s more of her demo:
Sam Sade, famous amongst most KMW-certified instructors, is on staff at the gym. He was also featured on National Geographic’s Fight Science. Here’s a great clip of him explaining the basics of Gun from the Front:
And finally, a picture of Bas, Amir Perets, Darren Levine, and Sam:
Pad Work
09.30.10 By Leave a Comment
In our Krav Maga training, we often borrow methods from combat sports, perhaps none more than focus mitts and thai pads. We’re not boxers nor Thai fighters; we don’t need to develop as high a level of skill on pads. However, training this way develops our fundamentals of striking for self-defense—and it’s really, really fun.
Below are just a few videos that, when viewed, may inspire a sudden desire to hit stuff.
Unfortunately, things didn’t work out so well for Marcus Davis at UFC 118 in Boston. Here he is training with Mark DellaGrotte of Sityodtong:
Duane Ludwig riffing on the Bas combos:
The jaw-dropping speed of Floyd Mayweather, Jr. can be seen at 0:34:
Augmenting Krav Maga Training, Part II: Skills
08.05.10 By 1 Comment
In Part I, I discussed the merits of augmenting your Krav Maga training with a strength and conditioning—general physical preparedness—program. Let’s take a look at augmenting our current training with some specific physical preparedness in the form of skills work.
In a way, we’re already augmenting on a regular basis. The Bas Rutten Mixed Martial Arts Workout is something used by almost all Krav Maga Worldwide schools with great frequency. There are direct parallels to our system, but “The Bas Tapes” are, strictly speaking, not Krav Maga. Bas also contributed to the expansion of our groundfighting curriculum.
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Marcus Kowal on Strikeforce Live
06.15.10 By 1 Comment
Krav Maga Worldwide black belt instructor Marcus Kowal will be fighting on the Strikeforce Live card tomorrow night, June 16th. From the Strikeforce website, it looks like the fight may be on the undercard, so it may not be televised on Showtime.
Danelle and I saw a glimpse of Marcus’ power and explosiveness as one of our Phase A instructors. And that was two years ago. He’s since been training professionally with the likes of Febricio Werdum, who fights none other than Fedor on June 26th.
Marcus relates Krav Maga and MMA on his blog:
This is the main difference yet similarity between Krav Maga and MMA:
I’m preparing for a battle—the battle that we at Krav Maga Worldwide hope to be able to avoid. Yet, I’m doing everything I can to prepare so that I can go home safe.
Here’s Marcus’ tongue-in-cheek prediction for the fight:
One Minute with Marcus: Prediction for his fight on June 16th
Good luck, Marcus!
