Saturday, June 9, 2012

How Buchecha Won the 2012 BJJ World Championships




Don Whitefield from Westcoast BJJ shares how Marcus 'Buchecha' Almeida won the Absolute Division at the 2012 BJJ World Championships (the Mundials) with an arm bar. West Coast BJJ: http://www.jiujitsulife.com/

Secret Teachings of Yagyu Shinkage Ryu (Ken Jutsu) with English Subtitles




“Opening the dragon’s mouth” is exactly the same way we prefer to grip blades in AMOK!, Kratos and limbs when we wrestle.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

What Is Catch Wrestling?




Once again the fine folks over at Inside MMA used one of my questions. I initially thought the question may be a bit dumb as you can easily just wiki it, but Josh was more than willing to explain to us, in his own words, what the sport of catch wrestling entails. It's a crying shame it's not offered as widely as any of the other major martial arts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_wrestling

And Josh was wearing a Nile shirt. Fuckin badass. \m/

Old school CACC poster

I love old Catch As Catch Can pictures, the moves are still useful today as it has always been an NHB style, not as boxing that has changed due to the constant addition of rules and protective gear.

Pekiti-Tirsia Kali - Classic Video 2




Classic PTK video of the 1980 demonstration at the Playboy Club, Great George, New Jersey. Featuring Grand Tuhon Leo T. Gaje, Jr., Maginoo Tom Bisio, and, Suryadi Jafri demonstrating Pencak Silat.

Pekiti-Tirsia Kali - Classic Video 1




Grand Tuhon Leo T. Gaje, Jr. and Magulang na Guro Dan Inosanto demonstration in the early 1980's.

Authentic Pekiti-Tirsia Knife System Instructional DVD




I and others have experienced to loose the knife more often than usual with that grip, no wonder due to the grip is dependent on closing the hand before contact, but with a short blade the speed is so high that the eyes cant track the blade, if I could choose how my opponents should be easy to disarm I would prefer this grip, any hard contact will make the knife fly of your hand, even if its only forearm to palm or wrist contact. There is a specific time when this grip can be used, but better focus to have the grip with less tendency to disarm yourself by accident.

Strategic Knife Defense DVD with Grand Tuhon Leo T. Gaje, Jr.




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