Saturday, May 23, 2009

Counter a Take Down

Hi ,
If you have ever seen a real street fight, then you know it's a mean and nasty business. A lot of people are in to Mixed Martial Arts these days and they have either trained for a while or just picked up some technique from the T.V. or friends. The most common thing they learn is the mma style take down and the ground and pound,rush in grab your legs or hips sit on top of your chest and pound your face with downward punches. This is not a good position for the guy on the bottom. Best thing is to avoid getting there. How do you do that ?

First keep your distance from them about the length of their leg plus a few inches.

Second stay moving don't just stand in front of them, if they try to get close to you move away.
They will throw some punches at you first, just stay cool and stay out of range.

Third if they try to take you down to the ground, as they bend and reach for your legs step forward on a 45 degree angle and step back with other foot. If you step in with your left foot and step back with your right, make sure your left leg is bent at the knee. If your into martial arts you will be in a left horse stance. Now as they contact your left leg, either hook under their right shoulder with your left arm or push down on it with your left hand at the same time shoot your left leg back and drop your right forearm onto the back of their neck as you go into a sprawl, this slams their face into the ground and with all your body weight on their neck from your forearm,
this could knock them out or break their neck so be very careful if you decide to try and practice it. A variation of this is to wrap your right arm around their neck as you sprawl and choke them out. But again you could really damage their neck, throat area. So only use this if you don't have any other choice !!
Practice this slowly and at you and your partner's own risk.
I'm just passing on info.

I've recently started posting other Fighting techniques at : http://hubpages.com/hub/Street-Fighting-Guide
If you would like to learn how to fight on angles and other lines of movement check out my book
at : http://lulu.com/martialarts
Thanks,


Jerry

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