Northeastern Training Groups Session: Feb 28, 2016

I had the pleasure of training up at, Tuhon Pat Consing's, Kapitid's Academy in Pleasantville, NY. Good times!

Getting plenty of reps on the training line.

Class Notes: Feb 6, 2016

Attendees:
Ivan
Guro Lem

Notes:
Review rh 3 of 9 template
3 of 9 tapping (Receiver)
Discussed:
timers and switches
reflexive, conditioned, and correct responses.
importance of being relaxed while cross-tapping
not anticipating and time traveling to the next move before the attack happens.

Discipline: What is it? What it does to you?

Jocko Willink on JRE.

Also, here's another interview but from one of my coaches in bjj, Ryan Hall, on discipline. Starts talking about it around 3:40 mark: Discipline.

Class Notes: Jan 17, 2016

Attendees:
Dan
Bryant
Guro Lem

Notes:
Transitional Drills 1 through 6
Discussed about visual sensory... like seeing an attack coming. Can this skill be developed over time? Or is a person born with the skill?

It definitely can be developed over time. With good timing and practice a person can develop that skill-set to see a punch or blade attack or takedown before anything even makes contact. So can we tell when the violence is about to happen? Can we sense when something is about to go down and bloody? Can you visually see the attacker's friends circling/flanking around? Or do we get tunnel vision and just see that one thing that's in front of us. What spiraling signs can you visually sense before the real altercation happens?

Class Notes: Jan 6, 2016

Attendees:
Karen (New perspective student)
Ivan (New perspective student)
Guro Lem

Notes:
Discussed blade protocol, training belt rig, templates
3 of 9 right hand template

It was the first class for both students. So we started off with some basic cross tapping. Next class we should be able to go through the tapping for 3 of 9.

Class Notes: Jan 3, 2016

Attendees:
Yonas
Dan
Guro Lem

Notes:
Review 3 of 9 template w/tapping
Transitional Drills 1 and 6
Taught transitional drill 2

Class Notes: Dec 6, 2015

Attendees:
Bryant
Dan
Yonas
Guro Lem

Notes:
Reviewed Transitional Drills 1-5 with Dan and Bryant
Reviewed TD 1 with Yonas and learned TD 2

Switched between teaching and drilling with the guys. Talked about how each drill has a theme and not just individual techniques. Each transitional drill teaches the Feeder or Receiver something new, but each one has a concept or theme that can be learned as a whole. These drills can be learned to be ingrained into muscle memory, but it is meant to orient and feel/see different attacks. The transitional drills can also assist our blade observation skills. By seeing a wide range of attacks that can come from a bladed encounter, we can make a correct response to a knife attack.