How To Fight Multiple Attackers
Week #4
The Ground Game Begins
Fighting from the ground is certainly not ideal. You're in a position to TAKE a lot of damage, while not having obvious ways to do damage laid out in front of you. The lessons in this week are going to handle that problem.
While this might not sound exciting, a quick backwards roll is an excellent way to get back to your feet, and it comes up a lot in the general world of Jiu Jitsu.
While this might not sound exciting, a quick backwards roll is an excellent way to get back to your feet, and it comes up a lot in the general world of Jiu Jitsu.
Now that you know how to roll over a shoulder, this next lesson will teach you how to use that ability to quickly get back to your feet, where you're much safer.
This is a position that you will see a LOT... so you better know what to do with it, or your clinch is going to suck.
We will look at all of the mechanisms of defense you have on the ground, you will learn how to trap kicks, and then you will be able to get back to your feet... where you can resume smashing people.
We will look at all of the mechanisms of defense you have on the ground, you will learn how to trap kicks, and then you will be able to get back to your feet... where you can resume smashing people.
This video will teach you more than the name implies. We will look at all of the mechanisms of defense you have on the ground, you will learn how to trap kicks, and then you will be able to get back to your feet... where you can resume smashing people.
Now that you're back on your feet with the guy's leg, it's time to start eliminating opponents. This video will show you how.
Now that you're back on your feet with the guy's leg, it's time to start eliminating opponents. This video will show you how.
Now of course, not everything is going to go according to plan...
You might be on the ground for a little while before you actually catch a leg. If you know how to hurt people from this position, you can create the space that you need to stand back up.
This video will show you all sorts of fun ways to kick people while you're on your back, and use those movements to get back to your feet.
This video will show you all sorts of fun ways to kick people while you're on your back, and use those movements to get back to your feet.
While this might not sound exciting, a quick backwards roll is an excellent way to get back to your feet, and it comes up a lot in the general world of Jiu Jitsu.
While this might not sound exciting, a quick backwards roll is an excellent way to get back to your feet, and it comes up a lot in the general world of Jiu Jitsu.
Now the next pile of fighting technique that I have for you has nothing to do with ground fighting... I happened to film this during Week #4, so this is when you're getting it.
I have had a lot of people ask me for more 'midrange' fighting techniques, in case the clinch isn't getting the job done. This seminar is going to touch on a LOT of striking technique.
Now some of this stuff is going to be a review for you, but that's OK. We all need a second look at things to keep the information fresh. Also, you're going to see exactly how many mistakes people make, even after I give them the same details over and over.
Just because you know the technique, doesn't mean that you're doing it perfectly.
This is filmed at my Jiu Jitsu school (Alliance BJJ in West Chester PA). You might be aware of the fact that Jiu Jitsu guys aren't the best strikers, so you'll see a LOT of mistakes that you may also be making. You get to watch as I give them the adjustments that they need to improve.
Here's the general breakdown of what we cover:
The first 30 minutes:
1. Kneeing into the clinch
2. Combinations into knees, into the clinch.
3. Knees flowing into elbows, and combinations into knees, into elbows.
4. Driving forward into elbows after a knee... a 'Superman Elbow' of sorts.
5. Knees into elbows, into uppercuts, into a drag, into a clinch.
The Second 30 Minutes
Multiple Kicks from the Chamber
Kicking Multiple Opponents (from the Chamber, before your foot hits the ground.)
Front Kicks, Side Kicks, and Mule Kicks... hopping power into each kick, able to attack all directions.
1. Kick Safety Fundamentals
2. Deonte falling hilariously at the 35 minute mark
3. Setting up Superman Punches with kicks
4. Kick into Superman Punch, into uppercut, into Second-Step Powerhook
5. Kick into Superman Punch, into Spinning Back-fist, into Roundhouse
I feel as though enough description has been given at this point.
I feel as though enough description has been given at this point.
Back to the ground game...
As explained in the first few videos, doing massive damage quickly is the single best way to handle a fight with multiple attackers, simply because of the fear that it strikes into the people that you're fighting. Most people are not tough, and they will quickly shy away from the chance of physical injury... you just have to show them that you can cause it!
This next lesson on the "Kneebar" is probably the fastest and most brutal way to do a lot of damage while you're on your back. This is one of my favorite moves from a bottom position.
A very fast way to snap one of your opponent's legs, the moment that he tries to kick you.
A very fast way to snap one of your opponent's legs, the moment that he tries to kick you.
Now that you know the best ways to get back to your feet, and do damage, you need to make sure that you can guide the fight in that direction. In other words, make them fight your fight. This video is going to teach you the finer points of ground positioning, and ways to bait your opponents into doing what you want them to do.
This video will show you some clever ways to position yourself, and force the actions that you want from your opponents.
This video will show you some clever ways to position yourself, and force the actions that you want from your opponents.
Chris happened to be covering choke defense on the day that I filmed the striking seminar... and when you're fighting multiple people, there's a chance you might get choked from behind! This video will give you a couple good options for countering chokes (some better than others for F.M.A. scenarios).
Chris just happened to be teaching this class the same day that we brought in the camera, so I decided to film it!
This will help you if you get choked from behind, or if you feel like learning some sweet throws.
This will help you if you get choked from behind, or if you feel like learning some sweet throws.
Chris just happened to be teaching this class the same day that we brought in the camera, so I decided to film it! This will help you if you get choked from behind, or if you feel like learning some sweet throws.
In case you were wondering how to stop people from escaping a choke...
This next video will teach you how to choke someone in such a way that you will not be thrown. The bottom line is that the best way to get out of a choke, is to never get in a choke in the first place.
If you execute a choke correctly, your opponent should not be able to escape. Here's a way to choke your opponent powerfully, as you drag him across the floor.
If you execute a choke correctly, your opponent should not be able to escape. Here's a way to choke your opponent powerfully, as you drag him across the floor.
Now I would never consider myself to be a "graceful" fighter. Powerful? Yes. Efficient? Sure. But I feel like I skipped a lot of fundamental training that could have made me much more fluid... or at least made me look a lot more fluid.
Chris has an incredibly sound martial arts base, and a lot of the "basic" stuff that he does has a way of looking alarmingly sweet, and being incredibly effective... the following move is one such example.
I know that we've already beaten the backwards roll to death, but you have to see this sweet variation that Chris does...
I know that we've already beaten the backwards roll to death, but you have to see this sweet variation that Chris does...
Back to the important stuff...
The following lesson should be considered and essential part of your ground defense regiment.
Kicks and stomps should be defended differently. This video will teach you how to turn a stomp into a sweep.
Kicks and stomps should be defended differently. This video will teach you how to turn a stomp into a sweep.
Now the following move is slightly harder to pull off, but if someone's stomping on you, you can sweep him and potentially take him out of the fight.
Just watch the video.
Just watch the video.
to help you make sure your head is in the right spot. All fighting technique aside, the best moves in the world won't do you any good if you freeze up before a fight.
This final Old School video will teach you some techniques that you can use to calm yourself down, so you can act in the most noble, heroic, and/or ass-kicking way possible.
This final Old School video will teach you some techniques that you can use to calm yourself down, so you can act in the most noble, heroic, and/or ass-kicking way possible.
Next... we have a bonus week
Originally, this course was released in 2014, and I have decided to add a bunch of stuff to it.
The next week is not done, but it will be soon... and it will be awesome.