When you train at your grappling gym, you’re probably missing a very important grappling drill that will make your training much more effective for actual life and death situations you may end up in.
In this video, I describe a drilling method I’ve used successfully with my students that has helped them feel much more confident against an armed opponent.
Key points to remember:
- Use a rubber knife, a fake gun, a club, a beer bottle…to simulate any and all weapons.
- Just start grappling easily, and let your opponent do naturally what he’d do with the weapon, and you respond the best you can.
- Don’t be concerned with specific weapons disarm techniques for now. Use the grappling skills you already have.
- Expect that you’ll do badly at first, but that you’ll improve a lot after a few sessions
