Karate Kenpo Judo
Karate Kenpo Judo
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After 22 years of stand up, I had my first Ground Fighting/Brazilian Ju-Jitsu class last night?
This class was with Gi, and it was totally different than anything I've done before. (Kenpo Karate, Goju Karate, Kung-Fu, Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido) However, from my other martial arts training, I knew some self defense and stand up type of throws.
At the end of class, we did "free roll" which is basically sparring without striking. My opponent constantly shot in on me, and I was able to easily sprawl and avoid being taken down. On one occasion, I saw an opening when he tried to reach in for me and I was able to grab his arm do a classic "Judo style" throw over my back and slamming him down. Then I continued to stand up and avoid the take down.
Should I have went ahead and gone to the ground? Is this bad or good for his training?
It's all my natural instinct to stand so it's hard to go down. If I let myself go down, I'm worried that I'll lose that natural "sprawl" ability/instinct.
There is no one correct way to grapple and sprawling is a part of grappling, so I say good job on the sprawl. On another note it seems like you did what you could to not end up in a bad position on the ground, to me this is what training is for. I like to spend 15 to 20 minutes a least a couple of times a week just working from the worst positions. working to escape RNC's, side control, tri-angles etc.... sounds like you had a good first day, just don't be afraid to learn something new to add to your tool box, get in those bad positions and learn to be comfortable in them. Have fun man, Jits is a blast.