No Holds Barred Fighting: Takedowns (eBook)

Throws, Trips, Drops and Slams for NHB Competition and Street Defense

Mark Hatmaker (Autor)

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2005 | 1. Auflage
Tracks Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-884654-47-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This fourth No Holds Barred Fighting training manual contains all fighters need to know about the art of takedowns, or 'shooting,' and how to counter takedown tactics used by an opponent. Readers learn to see it from both sides with offensive and defensive stances, footwork, setups, and shooting techniques. Several variations of the most commonly employed shots are featured-double leg takedowns, single leg takedowns, snatch singles, and low singles-as well as counters for each. Hundreds of sequential photos illustrate the steps, grips, and angles of every move, and takedowns are included for use inside the inevitable clinch. Sections on drills and chains, as well as a list of resources for further practice, round out the text.

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This fourth No Holds Barred Fighting training manual contains all fighters need to know about the art of takedowns, or "e;shooting,"e; and how to counter takedown tactics used by an opponent. Readers learn to see it from both sides with offensive and defensive stances, footwork, setups, and shooting techniques. Several variations of the most commonly employed shots are featured-double leg takedowns, single leg takedowns, snatch singles, and low singles-as well as counters for each. Hundreds of sequential photos illustrate the steps, grips, and angles of every move, and takedowns are included for use inside the inevitable clinch. Sections on drills and chains, as well as a list of resources for further practice, round out the text.

Textauszug

1 Shooting range Shooting implies that there is a distance to be traversed. All shots are predicated on the fact that you've got to cover some ground to execute the takedown you desire (clinching is a another matter altogether). Is there a specific distance that is optimum to shoot from? You betcha! As a rule, if you can't touch your opponent - don't shoot. In straight wrestling, you must be able to lay a hand on your opponent before you shoot. In NHB or in the street, the jabacts as the range finder. If your jab does not connect, you are out of range. When the jab finds the mark, it's time to go in. Side notes Do not use a kick as your shooting range gauge for two reasons: The leg is longer than your arm, and what you may be able to touch with your foot may be the six inches (at the absolute minimum) that gets you in trouble if you shoot.Shooting is about speed. Using your leg as a range finder assumes you've got time to get that same leg back underneath your hips for proper driving. That's asking too much. This is not an argument against kicking, but an argument against using the kick as an immediate precedent to the shoot. Why can't I shoot if I can't touch my opponent? Remember when you first started punching and were told not to telegraph a punch? It's easy to tip your opponent to your punching intentions by merely dipping a shoulder or providing some other tell with asingle limb (not even the largest limb at that). Imaginehow easy it is to read an entire body making its way toward you. That's why you must be as close as possiblebefore shooting.We've got to stack the deck in our favor with every trick we can cobble. One more time - if you can't touch your opponent, don't shoot. 2 Shooting stances In standard wrestling, there are the square and staggered stances. But to take intoconsideration the striking component of NHB and selfdefense, we need something a little different. Not muchdifferent, mind you. We'll gladly keep what works. The NHB shooting stance is the standard modified boxing stance (for a detailed description of this stance see the book, No Holds Barred Fighting: Savage Strikes). For submission wrestling, either the square or the staggered stance will work, but I advocate a staggered stance variant for the following reasons. Most combat athletes today cross-train in submission wrestling (no striking) and NHB (striking included). It's wise to have a stance that blends easily between the two without feeling you're playing at two different mind-sets. The modified staggered stance affords better defense against shooting and submission setups. Standard staggered stance The staggered stance as used in freestyle wrestling, begins with the legs approximately shoulder width apart.The lead foot steps forward approximately a step and a half.The knees are bent.The body bends forward at the waist, while the back is kept relatively straight. Important - Do not allow your shoulders to penetrate the invisible vertical plane traveling skyward from your...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.11.2005
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
• ISBN-10: 1-884654-47-9 / 1884654479
• ISBN-13: 978-1-884654-47-3 / 9781884654473