I got into a bunch of fights throughout middle/highschool, got arrested for vandalizing an expensive country club, and then my parents decided to give me an outlet so I wouldn't get in more trouble. At 16 I started training Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu, but after my first victory in the ring I realized that while I love the flow and purity of being mid-fight, I don't want this ugly business to be my life. Someone I was training with at the time told me that he "Just wanted to fuck people up" and that's when I knew it wasn't for me.
Now I garden, forge, and share my expensive martial arts education for free with any comrade who asks. Unarmed fighting ability is the skill that has helped make people ungovernable for centuries. I'm still hopelessly addicted to sparring though.
what's the best submissions against someone who is considerably stronger than you? I was in a scrap the other day and while I was never in danger and had the guy pinned and on the edge of giving up the whole time, I couldn't finish him because he could just pull my arms off his neck or arm or whatever I was targeting
It depends on your positions, whether you're standing or on the ground (and if you're on the ground are you in mount, does the other guy have guard, ect). In my experience the easiest and most versatile submissions on the ground are kimura/americana/keylock submissions that lock up your opponent's elbow and shoulder. Once you find the one you like (The americana is the easiest for me, since it's simple and I'm not a grappler) and drill it a few times, and from a few different positions, try it in a sparring setting. This family of submissions isolates your opponent's single arm against both of yours, which makes overcoming strength differences easier.
The armbar works on the same principle, except instead of two arms you lever your entire body against their one arm.
Honorable mention goes to the rear naked choke, which is the closest thing I've ever seen to a "go to sleep" button on the human body.
I got into a bunch of fights throughout middle/highschool, got arrested for vandalizing an expensive country club, and then my parents decided to give me an outlet so I wouldn't get in more trouble. At 16 I started training Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu, but after my first victory in the ring I realized that while I love the flow and purity of being mid-fight, I don't want this ugly business to be my life. Someone I was training with at the time told me that he "Just wanted to fuck people up" and that's when I knew it wasn't for me.
Now I garden, forge, and share my expensive martial arts education for free with any comrade who asks. Unarmed fighting ability is the skill that has helped make people ungovernable for centuries. I'm still hopelessly addicted to sparring though.
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what's the best submissions against someone who is considerably stronger than you? I was in a scrap the other day and while I was never in danger and had the guy pinned and on the edge of giving up the whole time, I couldn't finish him because he could just pull my arms off his neck or arm or whatever I was targeting
It depends on your positions, whether you're standing or on the ground (and if you're on the ground are you in mount, does the other guy have guard, ect). In my experience the easiest and most versatile submissions on the ground are kimura/americana/keylock submissions that lock up your opponent's elbow and shoulder. Once you find the one you like (The americana is the easiest for me, since it's simple and I'm not a grappler) and drill it a few times, and from a few different positions, try it in a sparring setting. This family of submissions isolates your opponent's single arm against both of yours, which makes overcoming strength differences easier.
The armbar works on the same principle, except instead of two arms you lever your entire body against their one arm.
Honorable mention goes to the rear naked choke, which is the closest thing I've ever seen to a "go to sleep" button on the human body.
Heel hooks and straight ankle locks. Only trained grapplers expect you to go for the feet.
Use the legs