Monday night we put on our shin guards and put our mouth pieces in and then partnered up. We started with stomping kicks, i.e., front kicks, side kicks and back kicks.
Drill #1
Kick your partner… using the aforementioned kicks… while your partner is stationary.
Drill #2
Kick your partner… using the aforementioned kicks… while your partner moves around.
Drill #3
Add to Drill #2 by starting with an aforementioned kick and then follow up with additional combatives (punches, elbows, knees, kicks).
Drill #4
- Practice inside defenses (defenses that redirect a straight attack away from its intended target).
- Practice 360° outside defenses (defenses against attacks coming at you from an angle).
- Practice bearhugs.
Drill #5
Be prepared to defend yourself against three individuals that are approaching you at different angles. You can only make a defense if attacked. You cannot initiate an attack.
Drill #6 was the “Sports Specific Fight Gone Bad” circuit.” B.J. Penn puts himself through this circuit a few times before an upcoming fight. The idea of the circuit is to simulate an upcoming fight.
First, decide how many rounds you’re going to do and how long they’re going to be. Next, you decide which drills to include in your rounds. Finally, assign drills to your training partners. For example, let’s say that you’re going to do a 4-minute round. You’ll need to gather up four training partners and assign a drill to each one of them.
Begin the round with Training Partner #1. As he/she goes all out to accomplish his/her goal, you go all out to accomplish your goal. You do this for one minute. The instant that minute is up, Training Partner #2 jumps in and you attempt to achieve your second goal for one minute. Continue with Training Partners #3 and #4. Remember, you’re still sparring as hard as you normally would; the only difference is you’re trying to accomplish a specific goal.
Our instructor put together the following 4-minute “Krav Maga Specific Fight Gone Bad” round for Drill #6:
- Training Partner #1: - Straight punches
- Training Partner #2: - Punches at angles
- Training Partner #3: - Bearhugs
- Training Partner #4: - Level 1 chokes
The trick with running the “Sports Krav Maga Specific Fight Gone Bad” circuit is not getting discouraged. Each minute you will be facing a training partner who is fresh, so expect to pretty much get dominated as time goes on. The goal of the circuit is to push yourself past your limits and develop mental and physical stamina.
