SBG Western Australia

Working on chain wrestling tonight but instead of waiting for our partner to react, we just go for it. 👌
Basically the drill boiled down to you couldn't take your partner down until you hit 3 different positions. The other partner is trying to not fall over on level 1 and then trying to defend and break away to strike for level 2. 💪🔥
By changing strategy 3 times in quick succession you really get ahead of your partner in the offence defence game and maximise your chance of success.
If you wait until they react before you transition then they are already waiting for your next move.
Nice work by the team tonight trying out different transitions and exploring what works for them best. One of the reasons why everyone here has their own style rather than have a cookie cutter gym of everyone being the same. 🥰

Working striker vs grappler this week. 👌 Striker only has strikes and must avoid the strong clinch. Wrestler has all the tools and needs to get a strong clinch with their hands locked together. 🔒 Don't care if it's on the legs, body or head.
Our Teens MMA group haven't been doing MMA for long, but are doing a great job already. All about doing the thing and refining as we go. 😍

Working on entering the clinch on the wall by getting the hands up first. We want clean shoulder to body connection to create the best chance for a successful wrestling chain.
Get the hands up.
Shoot.
Chain wrestling movements together.
Finish your work by keeping them on the ground.
Another great night of work by the team.

Working on catching and throwing kicks to the body tonight.
The base drill.
Land a kick to the body to win a point.
Catch a kick to the body to win a point.
A couple of good strategies for landing kicks and not getting them caught.
1. Get your partners hands busy doing something else before you throw the kick. Eg. Defending punches to the head, dealing with a wrestling shot ect.....
2. Throwing to the open side where it's very difficult to catch.
By keeping drills simple you allow individuals to find their own style and work at their own level.
By creating aliveness in your drills people can work timing and close the gap between skill acquisition and skill application in an actual match.
Excellent work by the team tonight as we ran this drill in both our Teens and Adults MMA programs and both groups were able to implement this into their sparring.

Working on killing the guard by using lateral movement to try and get both legs to one side tonight.
1. Pressure the guard until you can't go forwards any more.
2. Big lateral movement maintaining connection and pressure on the guard.
3. Kill the bottom leg by pinning the thigh or lifting the foot to help prevent guard recovery movements.
Then you just run it with your partner. They try to stop you, you try and do the thing.
Passing the guard is a complex problem to solve. By breaking it into a smaller problem by just focusing on one strategy it suddenly becomes a much more manageable task and you build up a transferable skill rather than learn a step by step technique.
So anytime you are passing the guard and can't go forwards anymore, just try moving laterally. 🥰