Basketball Drill Revisited

Basketball Drill Revisited Subject: Positioning and Controling Drills From: coach Date: 30-Oct-00 | 05:41 PM Can someone please describe the basketball drill used for grappling training. I hear it's great for positioning and controlling. I would like to introduce some new drills to complement wrestling training. Thank you in advanced. Subject: RE: INFO From: m.g Date: 31-Oct-00 | 03:19 PM The basketball drill is an excellent drill to develop holddowns. It is said that Rigan Machado uses this drill alot. However I got...

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Jailhouse Rock Interview 2 answers

Jailhouse Rock Interview 2 answers From: dempsy Date: 12-Oct-99 | 07:17 PM OK GUYS HERE ARE THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS> I am sure that the answers will in turn only produce more questions but its a start. Again I would like to thank Mr. Newsome for his time, and willingness to share information. Now again I make my own disclaimer. Things went quickly and i do not write that fast, lol. Please be aware that i may have missed somethings...

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BOXING: Rastus - Top 10 Reasons to Jab

From Underground's Boxing Q&A Subject: The most important punch in your arsenal From: Rastus Date: 24-Aug-00 | 05:47 PM Technique: Hands in the read position. Shoot the punch straight out, locking the elbow and shoulder. Chin should be safely tucked under the left shoulder, right hand up and protecting the right side of the jaw. Punch comes straight back, not down and back up. Be very careful to return the fist straight back...

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Story of Cus D'Amato as a kid

Story of Cus D'Amato as a kid NOTE: No copyright infringement intended. KING OF THE WORLD Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero By David Remnick Random House © 1998 David Remnick. All rights reserved. ISBN: 0-375-50065-0. From Chapter 1 As a kid, growing up in the Bronx, D'Amato starved himself for days, the better to withstand the pain when someone tried to take food from him. He was probably the youngest fatalist in the borough. He used to watch funeral processions outside his building and say, "The sooner death the better."...

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Some sarong notes from a Dan Inosanto seminar by JMAN

NOTE: submitted by JMAN. If you have questions or comments, please email me and I will forward it to him. May 20-21, 2000 (?) Dan Inosanto Chicago (?) seminar We worked on some sarong techniques, including chokes with the sarong while doing body scissors/guard and some "freestyle" grappling with the sarong (only allowable techniques were sarong chokes and arm bars). We then did some freestyle attack and defense against sarong from the ground. These methods were developed by Dan and one of his BJJ instructors (a Machado BB, but not one of the...

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Story of Cus D'Amato and fear

Story of Cus D'Amato and fear NOTE: No copyright infringement intended. THE BLACK LIGHTS: Inside the World of Professional Boxing by Thomas Hauser Pages 18-20 One of boxing's foremost authorities on the subject of fear is Cus D'Amato, the legendary trainer of Jose Torres and Floyd Patterson. A diminutive, outspoken man who has worked with young fighters for most of his 77 years, D'Amato often looks back on his own experiences to put the subject of fear into context. "I remember the first time I got involved in what I call a waiting fight,"...

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Story of Cus D'Amato and fear vs. knife expert

Story of Cus D'Amato and fear vs. knife expert NOTE: No copyright infringement intended. Subject: Cus D'Amato and fear vs. knife expert From: Stickgrappler Date: 15-Oct-99 | 05:26 PM I typed this up from BAD INTENTIONS: THE MIKE TYSON STORY by Peter Heller. I posted this to the knife videos thread, but figured this may be good for non-knife lovers. Not quite knifefighting, but a little of fear, fear management, and a boxer's approach to the knife. Enjoy! --------- At the same time that Babe Ruth was slugging home runs on the other side...

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Mark Tripp - Combatives 11 (Women's Self-defense)

    Mark Tripp's Combatives 11 You are in the Judo forum Subject: Combatives 11 From: MTripp Date: 22-May-00 | 07:55 AM I will be clinical here. But I REALLY wish I had a women instructor who would teach this part to the women cause I sure get red when I have to... There are only three ways a woman can be raped. Forced oral. Forced intercourse man on top. Forced intercourse man behind. I understand you can get creative...

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