Fight Tactics

Side Mount Escape - Basic, Spinout, Get to Knees

admin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:29:44 +0000

Here is a youtube video of roy dean showing a few examples of side mount escapes. He talks about how lots of white belts mostly ask about getting out of the gaurd and the side mount. He covers the basic gi side mount escape, then the spinout (which I’ve tried and works if you get your timing right) and going to the knees and getting a triangle which is pretty neat.

Side Mount Escape - Scissor Sweep

admin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:12:25 +0000

Here is another good video from the guys at Train Fight Win. Its a unique way of doing the scissor sweep from side mount, I have actually used this technique and it works pretty well. If you can’t get back into gaurd its a good a neat little trick to try.

Side Mount Escape - Establish Guard

admin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:05:37 +0000

Hey guys, yes its been a very long time. I was out of the grappling field and training for motocross, but now since the racing season is over, I pretty much got back into grappling and I wanted to start updating with side mount escapes for white belts like me that might need it

Here is a video of a really basic and probably the first side mount escape that you will learn. It has pretty good detail from the guys at train, fight, win.

Rolling - BJ Penn & Leo Vieira

admin — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 04:04:01 +0000

Here is a very cool clip of a BJ Penn doing some rolling with Leo Vieira. I actually know somebody that went to his seminars and they learned a lot. It was mostly mma related, but it was great. So check this one out and maybe you guys can learn something from it. Good luck BJ at UFC 80 Rapid Fire against Joe Stevenson!

Judo Demonstration

admin — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:20:57 +0000

Since we did this with a Jiu Jitsu demo two days ago, I’m going to leave you guys with a Judo Denonstration for the last day of 2007. The video clip has about less then 30 throws that look like a lot of fun and a lot of pain.

Happy new year!

Triangle Choke - Dean Listler

admin — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:06:22 +0000

Since Dean Listler just won at UFC 79, I found a video of him doing demo for a triangle choke from the guard.

So Dean starts from his back on the mats, with his opponent (Jimmy) in his guard. Dean then shows us how to move your body properly to do the triangle properly so you don’t get slammed, stacked, punched and you can pull off an arm-lock from that angle (with his feet crossed).

NOTE: Some people actually teach not to cross your feet, but it looks alright from this position. I was told that what you are on top doing an arm bar, when you cross your feet, you lose power in keeping your thighs tight against your opponents arms.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Demonstration

admin — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:10:21 +0000

I thought this might be a cool little video for those that know much about Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Its a nice demo lasting just about 4 minutes long with a lot of tournament techniques. Heres a quote from the youtube page:

This is a demonstration from Werneck Jiu Jitsu Academy open house in Sacramento, California, in 2003. Five minutes before the open house started, Cassio Werneck asked Tyrone Glover and Derek DiManno to perform an impromptu demo. The techniques included some of their favorite tournament techniques.

Arm Bar - George St. Pierre

admin — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:45:36 +0000

I was thinking of what my first post should be and then I thought, like with anything, start with the basics. Also, since George St. Pierre (14-2-0) is fighting at Matt Hughes (41-5-0) at UFC® 79 Nemesis, why not get him to show a demo?

So George starts in the mount position, he keeps his upper body low and works his knee’s up under his opponents armpit and goes directly into the S-mount. Then George holds his opponents head up as he drives his left foot under the opponents head. This makes it very tight and very hard for the opponent to get out. From this position, George can choke out his opponent, and the only way his opponent can get out his by pushing him back. Which results in Rush taking his arm and leaning forward for the armbar. George mentions that leaning back will be a mistake and you should lean forward to finish the submission because the gravity is causing the joint to go down and as a result he gets a tap.

Welcome To Fight Tactics

admin — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:24:04 +0000

Hey guys, I just want to say thanks for visiting. I initially wanted to create a blog like this a few years ago but never actually had the time to. Now that I’m doing a lot more training, I check out the Internet for some new moves to practice. Then I thought, why not post everything I see in one central place? So this is where I finally decided to create a blog where I can post videos, book reviews, gear reviews and anything else that comes up.

So it took me forever to decide on a domain name and since a lot of the .com’s are taken, deciding was not getting any easier. I checked out a Thesaurus site to look for some words I might like. Even though mma is getting really big, I did not want to use that term, I wanted something with ‘Fight’. So then I came across ‘Tactics’ and looked it up at Merriam Webster and got:

1 : a device for accomplishing an end
2 : a method of employing forces in combat
3: of, relating to, or having (such) an arrangement or pattern
4 : showing orientation or movement directed by a (specified) force or agent

So all, especially the first one was exactly what I was thinking of. I look for moves to accomplish an end which can be in sparring, fighting or competing.

Well for a little bit about myself. I actually got into doing Mauy Thai in 2001. At first I actually wanted to do Kick Boxing and had no clue what the difference was between the two. So while I was working out at a gym, their was a Mauy Thai class going on and got hooked right away. So the next day I joined and naturally fell into Jiu Jitsu since they also offered it. I actually do it has a hobby and only over the winter since I have other things that get in the way once summer arrive.

Well I hope you guys enjoy the upcoming posts, happy training!