Drills

Keys to Ranks- 8th Kyu- White, 7+6th Kyu- Blue, 5+4th Kyu-Green, 3rd and up-Brown

1. FOOTWORK- shuffle, step, turn 90 and 180, step and turn

2. STRIKING- Punch, kick, elbow

  1. Strike air solo- slow and step by step, fast, stress balance, movement
  2. Hit Focus mitt- work on movement, mitts lead
  3. Hit pad held to body or helmet- push them across floor, hit continuously timed
  4. Hit body- vary impact, work targeting- 6th Kyu and up
  5. Hit bag-Single person works against bag

3. BLOCKING

A. Angles- Block-8th, Parry-7th, both- 6th, Two handed block-5th, with hit-5th

  1. In order- at above level, random-1 level higher than above
  2. Change attacks- backfist, kicks, elbows- 5th
  3. Angles into techniques (in order-3rd and random- Shodan)
  4. One for one-3rd
  5. Isolate single angle if there are consistent mistakes

B. Jab, cross, hook, hook- high&low hooks-8th, alternate-7th, mix-7th, into techniques-3rd

C. Cover versus kick, grab high kicks, combine-4th

4. NAGE

  1. Throw to a count full throw or Uchikomi- load and exit
  2. Throw moving- 5th
  3. All ukemi- in circle or lines

5. TIMED SELF DEFENSE DRILLS- 30 seconds to 2 minutes a person

  • Grab, strike, double strike, 2 attackers, weapons, eyes closed
  • Vary by resistance, speed, amount of time, in a line

6. LISTS- by a count

    Yawara, Goshin Waza, Atemi, Advanced Yawara, Nage, etc…

7. WEAPONS- Stick, Knife, Gun

    One for one (In order and Random), multiple swings, use weapon

8. MULTIPLE ATTACKERS- 1st Kyu

  • Claw, eyes, groin, choke, pen
  • Peripheral vision
  • Tag Game
  • Escape and run
  • In line atemi + push, slowly then faster in Group
  • In line takedown + finish, slowly then faster in Group
  • Fight from corner
  • Pull a person on top of you
  • Encircled

    • Do a lot of damage, don’t hold back, use one as a shield by holding or on the ground, only 3 can come at you effectively at a time, cover up and jam rather than block, very difficult especially if prolonged, take the first one hard, don’t get surrounded

9. GROUNDFLOWS- techniques listed for one person are always on the same side of the -

  1. Eri gatame-push head> Kata gatame-Wedge head and turn in> Juji gatame- regain arm, control hip and turn toward them> Shiho Gatame- bridge, turn over and go head to head> Hadaka A
  2. Head to Head- double leg take down> into guard position and Namijuji shime (fingers inside)- cross arm and pass under leg> Sankaku gatame- pass leg> Gyakujuji, Ichimonji and Tsukikomi shime (by person 2)
  3. Head to Head> pass arm and half nelson- hook arm and roll> Ushiro gatame, Hadaka B + C
  4. Head to Head- double leg takedown> Do jime- Momo jime + pass over leg> Choke- buck> Ashi Karame shime- kick out> Tenada jime- attempted choke> Tatsumaki shime- grab arm and turn in
  5. Head to Head> push them toward their back- Shidare Fuji shime> push foot down and encircle leg, Ashi nada Jime- retract leg> Hook heel lock or Ashi yubi jime

10. PUSH/PULL FLOW

  1. 8th Kyu- Katate Tori

  2. 7th Kyu- Hijishime> Katate Tori

    3. - Elbowbreak> Claw to throat

  3. 6th Kyu- Elbowbreak> Figure 4

    4. - Shihonage> Sankajo

  4. 5th Kyu + up- Hijishime> Katate Tori> Kaiten Nage

    5. - Shhonage> Sankajo
    - Elbowbreak> Katate Tori (Fig. 4)> Kaiten Nage

Entries from Cover- Shodan and up

  1. Going to the outside

    2. a) Backfist (matching stance)
    b) Hook (matching stance)
    c) Parry, Parry, Check (mirror stance)
    d) Parry, Hit (mirror stance)

  2. Going to the Inside- Cover is loose

    3. a) Cover and elbow (matching stance)
    b) Hook and pass (matching stance)
    c) Parry and Jab (mirror stance)
    d) Roll elbow (mirror stance)

    Also insert Nikajo in Middle and Sokumen Irimi, Hadaka A, Claw to Throat, Hadaka B +C at end

    Go from right to left arm/side when engaging both arms

    Strike- single then strike and push then double strike