D’Arce Choke

Here is a great video I found to explain how to do an underused choke.

Network for Fighters

Since the beginning of time people have longed to share their wisdom and knowledge with others. The inventor of fire, the wheel and the written word all had legacies live on for thousands of years. Now we share information and news much differently.

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You Can’t Beat Me! – New eBook

Not only for the martial artists. This book will benefit everyone. Joe covers verbal disputes, arguments, as well as physical fighting. It is a must read for everyone who wants to win every
fight or avoid them all together.You Can’t Beat Me is the first in a series of books covering the art and science of fighting. This first book is for everyone. It covers the motives behind fights and the strategies to take to avoid or win at every fight. To avoid fights, you have to know how to break the cycle and Joe teaches us all how.This eBook is 5 chapters long and comes in an elctronic format.Buy now securely through PayPal for only $3.95 at www.inspiretomorrow.com/ebooks.html

Here are some recent reviews:

“You can’t beat me” by Joe Lawrence is great at providing you with the knowledge to formulate an offensive and defensive strategy whether you are on the street or in the board room.” – Chris Hubinsky, President, Hucor Technologies .

“Reading this book has taught me to look at every situation in a different way. I have employed these strategies in my life and have already noticed change.” – Matthew Carman, President, Integrity Accounting and Tax.

“Joe Lawrence reveals the art of fighting is within your own mind; that there is no difference in either physical combat or verbal debate. …A must read for the mental warrior!”
– Brian Vandersall, Fights Like a Girl – Rape Escape

Top 5 Submissions in UFC

Jesus Didn’t Tap, but many fighters who have been caught in one of these five submissions tapped.  Submission victories happen all the time, but Jason, CEO of Jesus Didn’t Tap, unleashes the top five in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Going back through the past twenty UFC fight nights over 40 fights have ended with one fighter tapping.  Jason says, “In Mixed Martial Arts to tap is to quit.”  Since UFC 76 five have grown to make Jesus Didn’t Tap’s top five list.  They are (in order of frequency): the rear naked choke, the guillotine choke, arm bar, the triangle choke and the heel hook.

Seventeen fighters have tasted defeat in the grips of the rear naked choke.  This choke is very tough for another to set up but once they do it is even tougher to shake them.  The difficult escape will secure its number one slot for quite some time.

In fact, chokes take three of the top five spots.  Most people have very little pain tolerance in the neck area and those who do freak out when they experience the choke sensation.  Arm bars and heel hooks attack the elbows and ankles.  Many fighters exhibit the ability to fight through these attacks and can actually slip out to avoid the tap out submission.

To avoid the pain and anguish of a defeat on the record, be sure to train on avoiding these top five winning moves.  Better yet, learn to use them to make the other guy tap.  Don’t be the statistic; instead make another be the poor sap on the next poll.

Jesus Didn’t Tap is growing right along with the popularity of the MMA industry.  To learn more about this company and brand go to http://www.jesusdidnttap.com/.

Getting Past Your Opponent’s Guard – When Your Opponent’s Arm is in the Way

Can’t Find a Line of Attack

You are facing an opponent. Desperately, you try to get past his (or her) guard. Unfortunately, that strong lead hand is in the way. It’s obstructing your line to the target.

The blocking arm keeps getting in the way.

You have a choice … you could change opponents and find someone who doesn’t know to put a solid arm in your way, protecting the target. Unfortunately, you can’t snap your fingers and magically get transported to a sparring match (or real self-defense situation) in front of a wimp.

Would that we could.

Forget About an Opening to The Target

You could hit right into the arm and damage it ( a very real and practical possibility). The more you know about sensitive areas, pressure points, the more you could make your opponent ‘gun-shy’ to just leaving the arm out there.

 

Note: A lot of the Filipino martial arts emphasize striking the limbs for damage. Muay Thai, JKD, and other systems, too.

 

Blocking Arm Paradigm Shift

You could change the way you think about that pesky arm:

Think of the solid guard of the lead arm as your friend:

At least you know where it is. Not as much chance for surprise from it.

The more solid the protection, the easier it is to move around. Nothing like a power arm, with tensed muscles, to slow down reaction moves.

Move around the arm. It’s a solid column. How would you move around a permanent structure in a fight? Easy, right? Treat the arm as an immovable object.

Solid, blocking arms are fun to grab on to. Think about it. You can easily frustrate your opponent, if you know some good joint locks and counters. Think of the grab as your entry point — you may end up locking the other arm.
Finally, if the forward arm is moving, then openings are being created and then vanishing all of the time. It may be hard to get a handle on finding a good opening. If the forward arm is NOT moving, then it’s much easier to find your path to the target.

Keith Pascal edits a Free ezine on practical self defense: Advantage Ezine (You get a great free ebooklet on elbow strikes, checks and blocks, when you join.) Pascal has taught martial arts for over 25 years. He left his job as a high school teacher in 2000, to become a full-time writer. Keith is the author of several books, including Wrist Locks (Revised) Wrist Locks by Pascal Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Keith_Pascal

Who Wins? BJ Penn or GSP?

According to a question posted on Yahoo Answers…

Who will win UFC 94 – BJ Penn or Georges St. Pierre (GSP)?  The fans tell all…

GSP gets 9 votes and BJ receives 7.  Fans are pulling for GSP. Do you agree with their answers?

Answers are:

–          I say it’s going to be a real close fight but I’m going with youth and not just a real flexible dude w/BJJ, GSP has dominated people from the last fight when he still won, victory is victory, but BJ Penn is real good and much credit to trying to capture 2 belts!

–          BJ Penn

–          GSP for sure as long as he can keep the fight standing up. On the ground is a tossup cause even though BJ’s BJJ is good GSP’s wrestling is good and he’s got more lbs. in muscle than BJ considering he has to cut to make welterweight and he’s way too lean to make lightweight. He just might be able to overpower ‘The Prodigy” on the ground as long as he does not allow for even the slightest mistakes for Penn will most definitely be looking to capitalize on even the smallest of things.

–          I think that GSP will win because his wrestling is so good and, he will no doubt push the pace against BJ Penn, Penn is very good but if you look at his last 3 fights they’ve all been against guys who were at least 3 inches shorter than him (Pulver, Stevenson, & Sherk) and had a 3 inch reach disadvantage which resulted in him throwing a lot of jabs to set up other combos, but because GSP has a 3 inch reach advantage along with using kicks, I think he will be able to keep BJ at bay long enough to get some takedowns and punish him on the ground, plus 4 or 5 rounds w/ GSP is going to be tiring for anyone especially Penn. I see the fight resulting in GSP winning by decision again, because I don’t think that he will TKO or submit BJ. I think GSP’s wrestling will be the difference.

–          This is an easy question. Penn is going to win this with ease. People may not agree…… here are some things you may want to consider, First thing is in the first GSP Penn fight Penn was very dominate with GSP being 100%. Reason Penn lost was due to gassing out. Stamina was not up to par. With Penn being as focused as he now he can’t lose. I heard a video of Penn stating that he was looking to kill G in the ring not kidding. Will he do that, of course not? But with that mentality it will be hard for him to lose. GSP and Penn are my two favorite fighters don’t get me wrong I’m not a hater. With being said GSP is training with Olympic wrestlers from Beijing so his wrestling is the best in the UFC. BJ is slacking on the ground with BJJ. stand just about equal BJJ may edge. Bottom line we are in for a great fight enjoy and Penn will stop GSP with no problem. mark my words.

–          I would say GSP he is conditioned more, just look at his figure. BJ Penn is not so much even at 155. BJ Penn does not use kicks. GSP has a karate background so he has no problem sending a few kicks to the head. BJ BJJ is good but GSP stand up is good. So GSP has a advantage from the start, so BJ would have to take him down.
But any fighter can win anytime, because they make mistakes, but I’m rooting for GSP

–          St. Pierre will win. Although Penn’s skills have improved, St. Pierre is all around the more conditioned athlete. He out-wrestled two decorated wrestlers, and he will not get caught in a stupid submission. He’s learned by his mistakes in the past, and he’ll be able to out-last Penn.

–          GSP IS GONNA WHOOP THAT ***!!   It’s going to be like GSP/Serra 2

–          Georges St. Pierre is going to win

–          GSP Will win no doubt

–          I think Penn is going to take the belt at UFC 94.

–          I’m going for Penn on this one even though GSP is on his game, I just don’t think he will beat Penn again

–          Toss up both good fighters I will go with Penn he is so relaxed when fighting and GSP is great but a lil’ stiffer

–          GSP via 5 round decision. I’m going to go 49-46 on the score cards.

–          BJ Penn all day he’s going to knockout GSP ugly *** out

–          I love BJ Penn!!! He will win by a submission!!!

Modern Army Combatives By: Jimmy Mullins

MMA is growing into a very popular sport. UFC president Dana White predicts that someday a MMA will be the most popular sport in the world. He could very well be right, the sport has grown insanely big in the past few years. It all started with the finale of The Ultimate Fighter Season 1. Forrest Griffin VS Stephan Bonnar is one of the best fights in MMA history. 

After that fight the sport started to steadily grow faster. How has this affected the rest of the world? For one, more and more Army soldiers are starting to take a great interest in the Modern Army Combatives Program. The Modern Army Combatives Program is the Army’s self defense training program. It all begins with a one week course often called Combatives Level 1.

Being a huge MMA fan myself I wanted to get an opportunity to take this course to see how it worked. From previous knowledge of Army Combatives I knew it was based on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Having had a little Jiu-Jitsu I thought I would be at the top of the class. Little did I know, it’s a little different than straight Jiu-Jistu.  Let me clear something up, first I had only began to work on learning Jiu-Jitsu before this class. So I really didn’t have much of a jump on anyone else.

The first day of class was learning what is called Drill 1 and 2. Drill 1 starts with you being mounted by your opponent. Your objective is to trap their arm and roll them over so you end up in their guard. This is called the arm trap and roll. From there you will escape your opponents guard and come to a side control, this is simply called pass the guard. From side control you will achieve the mount. This is Drill 1, they basically have you do this over and over until you can do it without even thinking. Drill 2 is you having mounted your opponent you will execute the arm push and roll to the rear mount, then work on escaping the rear mount. Both of these drills are pretty easy, but the Army has a certain way they want you to do them, and everything has to be perfect. 

The second day of class was spent learning submissions, straight arm bar from the mount and from the guard, bent arm bar from the mount or side control, rear-naked choke, and the cross collar choke.  All are pretty simple moves, with lots of rolling during the class. The third day of class…my favorite, on the third day you will roll….ALL DAY.  You will spend the day rolling, at first rolling for dominant position, then rolling for submissions. 

The fourth day is the clinch drill, we started out by learning a few clinches, after learning the clinches we had 1 minute to achieve a clinch against someone in which we couldn’t swing back. Thank God they wore boxing gloves is all I have to say, because no matter how fast we got the clinch we all ate some punches. The final day of class we were tested on teaching the moves we learned back to our instructors. We had to teach 8 out of 10 random moves and not miss a step.  Easy day of class, we did roll at the end with slaps and punches.

I was very glad to have the opportunity to go to this class because of my love for MMA, this class was very focused on MMA and we did go over some striking but not a lot. The instructor was a big UFC fan so everyday in class we watched a UFC fight that ended in something similar to that day’s lessons. It was  a great experience and I’m hoping to get Level 2 very soon.

By Jimmy Mullins who is the host of http://twitter.com/drtapout

You Can’t Beat Me!

Awhile back out of shear boredom, I wrote a short eBook about fighting.  It is titled, You Can’t Beat Me!  As fighters we relate everyday situations to our training or time in the ring.  This book helps the lay people understand fighting and makes us fighters even better.

I recently decided to turn this into a full length book going from three chapters to probably 8 or 9.  Below is the proposed Table of Contents.  Every now and then I will place some excerpts on here.  Any and all advice is greatly appreciated.

Table of Contents…

 

Introduction

 

Chapter 1.  Why do we fight?

– Types of fighting

– Reasons for fighting

 

Chapter 2. Ranges of fighting…

– The five ranges and intensity levels

 

Chapter 3. Strategies of fighting

– Neutral, offence and defense

 

Chapter 4. Winning Every Fight!

 

Chapter 5. Win Debates

 

Chapter 6. Fighting Strategies to Win Games

 

Conclusion

The book is about 50% written…and obviously this is a very loose TOC.

UFC 92 – WHO WILL BE THE VICTOR?

On December 27th, the UFC is boasting the best fight card of the year.  I agree!  There are six MMA superstars facing off against one another and numerous other up and coming stars ready to do battle.  I am going to tell you my picks for the top three fights and why.

First off, the top three fights are: Frank Mir versus Antonio Nogueira, Rampage Jackson against Wanderlei Silva, and the title fight between Forrest Griffin and Rashad Evans. 

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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu – Discover Your Potential

Only the person who seeks to train in martial arts can tell you why he has chosen to do so. For many people, they turn to martial arts to learn self-defense. Some choose to get into martial arts for the physical challenge and conditioning of the art, or some may be seeking the spiritual side that comes with all martial arts. No matter what the reason is, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has it all.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has grown in popularity over the years since 1993 when Royce Gracie won the Ultimate Fighting Championship in Colorado. Since then an avalanche of BJJ academies have emerge from the over flow of people wanting to learn this unique martial art in the US and around the world.

The first picture that was etched into my mind about Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was when I saw a magazine of Rickson Gracie on a mountain sitting on top of a rock with his eyes closed meditating. For some reason, that picture was burned into my memory and lead me to train in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Ask anyone who has ever trained in BJJ and they will tell you that it is fun, exhausting, and challenging. As in most martial arts, there is a belt system in place, with the black belt, or the red and black belt in BJJ , being the goal and a great achievement!

Within each belt level you learn something new about yourself. For beginners, no matter how strong you think you are, the smallest guy in the class is going to hurt your ego. BJJ was designed for the smaller guy to use leverage and chokes to submit heavier opponents. This bruise to your ego will tend to have you rethink your position that the strongest guy always win.

As you progress up the belt ranks, which can take many years, and can take up to ten years to get a black belt, you begin to seek other ways you can improve in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. One of the first things people do to improve is to work on their physical conditioning. Many people don’t realize how out of shape they are until they find themselves exhausted on the mat, so they begin working out and building their stamina. Another option is to watch instructional videos and books. There are books that display different techniques from different body control positions and can be very useful when watching videos is not an option.

For a few people, they’re merely interested in learning as many Brazilian Jiu Jitsu techniques and submissions as they can. Although, knowing a lot of submissions is one thing, it takes proper technique and years of training to get really proficient.

No matter what reason you have chosen to train in BJJ, you will discover a lot about yourself. I know I have. At one time I could not stand not being able to breathe, however, I learned to slow down and breathe and relax. Just like life. We should slow down more and breathe and relax. I have also learned to lose (tap) and start over again. Learning more about yourself on the mat, that is why we bow down and pay our respects before entering the arena where we dare to learn more about ourselves and discover our potential.

Benicio Cruz is a blue belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu and also trains in MMA. For all your Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Gear, visit Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Hub. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Benicio_Cruz