If someone has you in guard, normally that is an indication they might know some ne waza. You break the guard as you show (which will not be that easy) and your hands will be pulled back into guard. It would be more useful to show pressure tested techniques, your sequence will only work with a non resisting opponent
Hi Martin-san. I thought the groundwork might get a few comments haha, all good. I mostly agree with you. There's a couple of key points. I'd first like to be clear that I don't profess to be a great groundwork teacher. I've had many people in BJJ show me up and I'm OK with that. It's not my key focus. The key thing to remember here is that the purpose of what I'm doing and the audience I'm teaching is not the same as those in a BJJ gym. Specifically, I'm interested in old-school karate practices and exploring these practices as found in traditional kata. Karate of the time was said to be designed specifically for "One on one, empty handed, civil self-defence, against an untrained attacker". I agree that pressure testing is key (we call it testing under aggressive resistance) and I believe that every technique has flaws, some more than others. While I know this wouldn't stand up to a good grappler, that's not my key aim and I'm comfortable that the karate people that come to these presentations, usually with little to no ground experience, are leaving with some value they didn't have when they came, and if not, I believe in the wise words of Bruce Lee... take what is useful, discard what is useless and add what is specifically you're own. Cheers :)
ok so the guard break isn't 100% horrible, but it's pretty bad - nothing really stopping them from just pulling you down. the guard pass is begging for a triangle - one arm in one arm out is a good way to get yourself caught in a triangle, especially when your posting hand reaches towards their face like you showed at 2:58 or so. That was also the sloppiest ashi garami position for a leg lock I've ever seen. Like I don't want to be entirely negative here, but a 6-month white belt BJJ would be able to overcome all of this and as BJJ/MMA keeps growing in popularity, you are setting people up for failure.
Hi Stonecutter. Thank you for the contribution. Please have a read of the reply above... to Martin (to save me typing this out again). I believe context and intention are key here. Setting people for failure I think is a bit unreasonable, but I agree with your overall point and if people want to become strongly proficient in groundwork against another grappler, they should invest time in a BJJ school or some other specialist that can offer them that. I'm not that and I don't pretend to be. What I do offer is a base level of understanding that meets our particular need.
Love this, thanks Shawn.
Thanks Mike-San. Glad it's of value.
If someone has you in guard, normally that is an indication they might know some ne waza. You break the guard as you show (which will not be that easy) and your hands will be pulled back into guard.
It would be more useful to show pressure tested techniques, your sequence will only work with a non resisting opponent
Hi Martin-san. I thought the groundwork might get a few comments haha, all good. I mostly agree with you. There's a couple of key points. I'd first like to be clear that I don't profess to be a great groundwork teacher. I've had many people in BJJ show me up and I'm OK with that. It's not my key focus. The key thing to remember here is that the purpose of what I'm doing and the audience I'm teaching is not the same as those in a BJJ gym. Specifically, I'm interested in old-school karate practices and exploring these practices as found in traditional kata. Karate of the time was said to be designed specifically for "One on one, empty handed, civil self-defence, against an untrained attacker". I agree that pressure testing is key (we call it testing under aggressive resistance) and I believe that every technique has flaws, some more than others. While I know this wouldn't stand up to a good grappler, that's not my key aim and I'm comfortable that the karate people that come to these presentations, usually with little to no ground experience, are leaving with some value they didn't have when they came, and if not, I believe in the wise words of Bruce Lee... take what is useful, discard what is useless and add what is specifically you're own.
Cheers :)
Great vid - Thanks👍
Thanks Peter-San. Glad it's of value.
ok so the guard break isn't 100% horrible, but it's pretty bad - nothing really stopping them from just pulling you down. the guard pass is begging for a triangle - one arm in one arm out is a good way to get yourself caught in a triangle, especially when your posting hand reaches towards their face like you showed at 2:58 or so. That was also the sloppiest ashi garami position for a leg lock I've ever seen. Like I don't want to be entirely negative here, but a 6-month white belt BJJ would be able to overcome all of this and as BJJ/MMA keeps growing in popularity, you are setting people up for failure.
Hi Stonecutter. Thank you for the contribution. Please have a read of the reply above... to Martin (to save me typing this out again). I believe context and intention are key here. Setting people for failure I think is a bit unreasonable, but I agree with your overall point and if people want to become strongly proficient in groundwork against another grappler, they should invest time in a BJJ school or some other specialist that can offer them that. I'm not that and I don't pretend to be. What I do offer is a base level of understanding that meets our particular need.