Your stance is not low in the picture, the question is how do you move? in MMA, people with this stance jump around like boxing high stance. They are very mobile jumping back and fore. Are you light of the feet like them or just lower stance? You need to show yourself moving to tell how well you are doing it. Can you move fast enough? I've only see you do slow speed demo or still pictures, never any regular speed motion. Speed is everything.
The technique doens't work on the stance. There's nothing wrong with saying that. That is the nature of all techniques. Some techniques work against other and some techniques don't. Like trying to use a font kick to my knee cap to hyper extend my knee doesn't work when my knee has a deep bend in it. That kick will however work if I have a slight bend in my knee.
Fireman's carry/kata garuma?
yeah sure just impressive in a fighting situation
That is my mid level stance. Low stance starts when it gets lower than that. I can't go super low because it destroys mobility, So the actual space that is good for mobility is only a few inches lower than that. The best way to describe it may in terms of the angle of the knee. So in this picture. Low stance is anything shorter than this stance so long as my knees don't reach a 90 degree angle. At that angle the weight distribution changes, weight mobility gets sucked up by the strain on the legs trying to hold that position. Instead of driving force into the ground it feels like it's going into the knees. I can lower my height more without bending my knees by making my stance wider, but that makes things worse for me. It will give me knew problems like shifting weight from one leg to the other. If the stance is so wide that I can't quickly stand one leg, then my stance is too wide.
I think that's a good "mid-level" stance for someone who prefers lower stances. It's high enough so that you can have some mobility as long as your legs are conditioned for it, but it's low enough so that you can easily lower your level when you're trying to stuff a shot. I've seen professional fighters who use a stance that low at least some of the time. I'm currently trying to get into the habit of working out of a similarly low stance for my HEMA fencing, as that goes along with the treatise sources we are working with.
I can be but I'm usually not. It just depends on what I think I'll be dealing with. If I think I'm only going to be dealing with strikes then I'll move around more. If I think I'll be grappling then I'll move around less knowing that my legs will need that energy. I try not to make excessive movements, for example, I don't bounce. But I do bouncing as one of my training exercises as it helps with my leg strength and endurance and helps to to stay light footed. I just don't use it when sparring. I'll try to remember to record a few minutes of my footwork tonight
The "downward pulling" is similar to spraling but you can still remain your own mobility.
I tried to go from high to low in the past just like they teach in a lot of kung fu schools including mine. It's just not feasible when we are trying to react in fractions of a second. If we are the same height I've just given you a textbook clear open to shoot in on me. Even if I want to drop stance, I'm only going to make it half way down as you make contact and that's not enough to get under your arms. I may not even make it that far if I'm occupied with reacting to your previous action before the shoot. I wouldn't be surprised if the required drop from high stance to low stance is more than a foot.
We have talked about the long guard in another thread. If you can put your hand on your opponent's shoulder, you can stop his shooting during the early stage.
As long as I can identify and be honest with the weaknesses then nothing will be impossible. Literally, at this moment the easiest way to defeat my low stance is to trigger me to take it and then force me to be in it for a long period of time. aka (2 minutes). After that I won't have the strength to do the stance. If I understand that, more than anyone else, then "impossible" if far from my thoughts.. I even told my sparring partner the same thing, but he went for the brute force solution, which is fine with me.
I was always taught that the sprawl was the go to for being caught off guard. If I'm not caught off guard then use the other plan that I have and not fall back on the sprawl.
I used the long guard last night against some a teen (I guessing he's a teen or in his early tweenties). Whenever he advanced and was in range I would place my hand on the side of his face and push his head off center. The only reason I was able to do it is because he didn't mange my long guard. I'm curious if hey will use any of the stuff that I showed them last night. I showed them the long guard and a low wrestler's stance. I missed being able to spar with him maybe next time.
As long as your leading leg can move back faster than your opponent's shooting, you can lead your opponent's shooting into the emptiness.
Definitely looked better fed than the average farmer in the paddy field
Heard good things about it. People won in the first few UFC by sambo(I think). So at least they won in the octagon.
Definitely looks good stuff. Don't know of any school here though.
Not just the early UFCs. Khabib Nurmagomedov is one of the most dominant fighters of the current era and he has a Sambo background. (Also wrestling and Judo. The 3 arts are very synergistic.)
I’m a fan of Sambo and have trained just a little bit in it. The instructor in that video is Vlad Koulikov. I’m going to be attending a seminar with him next month and I’ll probably post to report my experience.
Yeah do that ..I've always liked the Look of sambo
