During today’s class, I covered our absolute beginner knife defence, introducing the worst-case scenario: you are in range, do not have your guard or fence up, and the stab is on the way. The defence worked well and stood up to a little pressure testing.
We found it hard not to revert to the last year and a half’s martial arts training. This proves that our new method of training is working, and the mud is sticking.
I then taught two hours of KORA Pencak Silat Sera(K), looking at striking, closing and most importantly, what our attitude should be. I showed how we perform the knee strike from the Spanish arts, which becomes a disabling kick.
One of the outcomes was a reminder that when you close, you can be counter-grappled, in this case, an unscripted single leg. This is especially true if you stand tall and fail to drop lower as you move in.
The outcome is that we agreed we need to step up our grappling training again and put some work in. I will also begin to teach my Vale Tudo/MMA ground game, adapted to our context.
All in all, a great class, where I got to prove a lot of my teaching concepts.
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