| BRUCE LEES GRAPPLING
Grappling (Takedown Defence, Grappling and Ground & Pound): Focusing on avoiding a takedown, grappling to a position to stand again and striking from a ground position.
“Learning to survive in the street and not in the ring”
Using a basic JKD method of training called “before, during and after”.
1. Before means that we look at the distance the attacker is from us and how the structure of his art has him enter to grapple with you.
2. During means that he’s moving toward you or is grappling you high like a Greco-Roman wrestler, or performing a high single or double leg take, or a low single leg.
3. After means that he’s gotten a hold of you and is either taking you to the ground or is placing you in a lock or choke. It can also mean that you’ve been taken to the ground.
We then look to see if we have the tools to deal with each attack. If we don’t then we try to come up with one. We start this by looking at the rules that each type of grappler is used to, see if we can find any weakness in what they are used to dealing with.
We look at how the structure of the art is taught. Do they do a low single leg takedown so that it is hard to strike them in the eyes or do they offer their eyes by doing a high leg take down? |
Another example is that when a good Jiu Jitsu man takes you to the ground he tries to establish a base to continue the attack. We then look for ways to disturb his base to help us get back on our feet again. |
