What I really want to know is, “what do you really want, need, and have to know right now, that you feel will take your stand up game to a whole new level?”
Can you put it in point form in my comment box below?
What do you want me to write about?
What can I do to help you take your game to the next level?
Things like:
1. How do you beat Rodney? (Just kidding and even if you asked I wont tell you anyway:)
2. How do I deal with someone who has a faster jab than me?
3. etc, etc.
I will pick the most interesting topics and requests and write about them.
It will be fun for both of us…so tell me right now, what you most feel you need to take your stand-up game to a whole new level.
Thanks for taking the time to do this:)
Rodney King -Creative Monkey
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How do i defend my body while firing a hook?
(I tend to get sucker punched a lot… Maybe that’s just me.)
1. Timing during sparring, i have good timing on the bag and mitts but that doesn’t seem to carry over to my sparring
2.Punch Speed while sparring, This may be linked to my first point but i have good speed on the heavy bag, floor to ceiling ball and when i’m working mitts with my trainer but that doesn’t seem to carry over into my sparring.
Thanks heaps
* Building a bullet proof mind whilst sparring.
*Getting past the guy with the longer reach.
*Dealing with big heavy guys with game.
*Handle the guy who never runs out of steam and seems to never stop punching and moving.
Thanks for your help Rodney!
James
http://www.crazymonkeyaustralia.com.au
How to successfully spar against someone taller than you?
I’d love to see some tips on successfully nullifying a sparring partners’ superior kicking game.
What makes a really good Thai clinch game?
What different sparring games can we play to ensure we are well rounded at all the phases?
-strategies on developing and maintaining a solid mental game in sparring when you start to add intensity and the spiral of chaos gets bigger
-technical sparring, ideas and concepts, to assist in the development of a solid fundamental game and then an open game
-for coaches-developing your coaching game and your game as an athlete, how the two are independent and mutually exclusive.
How do I develop a solid basic game that enables me to get a “feel” for the structure of standup fighting, like maintaining good posture, balance and footwork.
Also how do I throw devastating bodyshots and hooks, I almost never get it done right on the bag or in sparring
Thanx for your help bro
Skills and Drills to take the CM2 Game to its next level.
Focus drills for Sparring.
-How to trigger a mental shift from coaching someone to competing with someone.
-shifting out of defensive mode to offensive mode without your defense suffering.
Can not really think of much right now other then old questions I used to have for myself. I would still love to hear your answers on it.
1. What do you feel is the safest way to enter the clinch for a BJJ player? (eg punching your way in, cover and crash, slip and shoot etc)
2. How do you find your range for mma striking without compromising your ability to be taken down to much?
3. How do you develop your ability to deal with and spar better opponents? (More sparring progressions)
Tips on how to condition your mind not to look away/ turn your head when getting bombarded with big combos and your on the back foot.
How should one approach a sparring session with someone that is technically better than you and has more “game” and experience. Very often I find that I hesitate more or think twice about what I throw because I know chances are I will be tagged or “outplayed”.
Obviously I respect these sparring gods but should I show restraint, apprehension and caution (which may get me into trouble and not allow me to play the game to my full potential) or treat these sparring “gods” like any other partner which very often exposes my weaknesses even more?
I do believe sparring against people who are better than you definately raises your game much faster than beginners, and shows you the areas you need to work on, but until you reach the same level or higher than them you will always be more “conservative?” with your game because of the dangers and risks involved.
Is it possible to break out of that mindset or is it just hard work until you are confident your game matches or betters your opponent/ sparring partner.
If you were a “beginner/ ametuer”, how would you approach sparring with someone as good as yourself “pro”?
All good questions. Some have gotten me excited to write about…
Some however are very broad, so always try and be as specific as possible. I will wait till these comments run dry and then make a list of what I feel were the most important questions, then develop my plan of attack to write about them. As always without seeing what a specific person does, answering can at times be a shot in the dark…but I will try my best, hoping that the person who asked the questions was accurate in his/her assessment of the situation!
Keep them coming
What James, Steve and Eric said.
As Eric said, ideas and concepts to assist in the development of a solid fundamental game and the transition to an open game.
How do I counterpunch the jab?
Solo drills to improve punching combos. I tend to run out of combinations.
How do I get a bigger guy into the clinch effectively without him taking me to the ground?
Pretty much everything I’d like to explore has been mentioned here. I’d personally like to see some more technical examples that embody the concepts inherent in the CMD, kind of like what was done in the fight compass.
Would be great to see some more material about the mental game and coaching & athletic development.
Also some concepts about CIA and more about CMDP and how it relates to Monkey Jits.
I’d like to focus on building a solid CM gym, a profitable and fun business model, attracting solid clients and equipping them with FUNctional technique.
Should my eyes always be at my opponent’s chest during sparring or are there times when I should focus on other parts, face for instance.
Sometimes I feel when I’m homing in on their chest, wide looping hooks come out of nowhere. Could be my novice reaction time.
Hi Chad…
Focusing on the upper chest area…does not mean loosing sight of everything else. You still need to have peripheral vision everywhere else. The upper chest is a focal point that then fans out….it is not the absolute point of focus…just the starting point of it…make sense?
Hi Rodney,
Coming at this from a perspective of training for the ambush (i.e., violent criminal assault), I’d be interested in continuing (because you certainly have already addressed this in different ways) teachings on:
* How to push through the adrenalized state into which one is plunged in serious violent assaults so that gross motor action is initiated and/or enhanced. Women, in assaults, for instance, often fall victim to tonic immobility which seems to be caused by intense fear (an apparent human mimicry of similar survivalistic behaviors in the animal kingdom where some creatures “play dead” in order to provoke disinterest in the predator. This, of course, will not stop the human rapist, and so is, obviously, not an effective strategy.)
Thanks!
All good wishes,
robert