Forget about “pre contact” stuff like awareness, deescalation and avoidance – focus only on post contact Combative Priorities (as described in the “Beta-8 Syllabus”):
1. cause unconsciousness
2. cause injury
3. cause “stress” (fear/pain creating a defensive response psychologically and physically)
4. control the space/ control the opponent
Assuming their top priorities once the fight had begun was to knock the opponent out or injure them what top 5 major mistakes are these guys making?
This is a fairly standard street fight: loads of activity, loads of effort but not much EFFECT – afterwards they probably had not much more than swollen knuckles, bruised faces and a few muscle tears – WHY?
What are people frequently doing in fights to fail to generate any EFFECT i.e. injury or unconsciousness.
Come up with your top 5 reasons why people fail to generate effect in fights.
The top two answers will win a copy of “6 Seconds of Extreme Violence” the new Street FIght DVD set from http://www.streetcombatives.com
and the runners up can choose any title they want from the Street FIght Secrets Full Library List here
http://streetfightsecrets.com/streetfightsecretsfulllibrary.aspx
get your answers in before wednesday the 29th Sept 2010 to be in with a chance to win
either post your answers on the youtube video comments section or email them to me
have a good weekend!
Richie
p.s. obviously this is an organised fight and there is a lack of intent to do SERIOUS harm but they are trying to knock each other out or put each other out of the fight – please resist the temptation to give “smart” or “funny” answers :-p thankyou!
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:12:19
Hi Richie,
Here’s my go at the top 5 reasons which I have called the 5-A’s of Effective Self Defence:
1. Attitude: Social conditioning leads to failure to fight with real malicious intent
2. Adrenalin: The body’s flight or fight syndrome taking over creating panic and little coordination of blows
3. Assets: Lack of strength conditioning leading rapid gassing out and lack of real power in the blows
4. Ability: Inadequate skills and techniques to get the job done in an effective way
5. Accuracy: Lack of knowledge of the points of maximum damage and poor accuracy in the delivery of blows
From a learning point of view, I think it helps memory recall and speeds up knowledge absorption if acronyms or triggers can be used and that’s why I made it the five A’s rather than just a list. You’ll understand this from your NLP and associated accelerated learning training.
It was thought provoking answering your question and even if I don’t win it was worth entering.
Cheers,
Gary
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:13:02
5) Weird strikes… Too large, too slow, and not enough “body” behind it. It seems as though they are trying to only let their arms do all the work, just waving and flailing them around. They seem too taken back to do some real damage, it seems.. Sometimes I even saw a person attempt to land a punch as they were leaning BACK from the other person. They seem afraid to put their body in their attacks because they’re scared to get hurt themselves (which is understandable, yet still a crucial point to overcome), losing a lot of potential power. If they could’ve generated more power, keeping on the pressure when they had them in a position in which they were dominating them would’ve been easier (see: 18 seconds onward). Why isn’t he getting in there?
Aside from that, they were doing too little.. If they would’ve kept on their targets and kept on pummeling them, they would’ve hit the correct angles and details at least once.. Adrenalin rush might get rid of your general coordination, sure, but it won’t get rid of your luck and probability. If you hit enough times, one’s bound to hit right.
4) There’s no “organisation”, so to speak.. Neither in themselves, nor in their “strategy”. It’s a bit cryptical, I know.. But look at HOW they move. It looks as though they haven’t practised at all.. They lunge forward with their HEADS STICKING OUT IN FRONT OF THEM. If that isn’t an invitation, then I don’t know what is. Aside from that, their movement appears to be uncoordinated and their bodies unorganised sometimes, as they unbalance THEMSELVES frequently, and as they open up their own bodies to attacks. Furthermore, they don’t exploit their surroundings enough. I liked the person who slammed his opponent on the car and controlled him that way. The other were severely lacking in using their environment, the slope of the area, the ground, the bushes, to their advantages. I even saw someone with a cap on in the beginning.. Why didn’t he use it? Throw it at the other person, create a confusion, an opening so you can lunge in. The only things you can really control and organise are the things you do in the beginning, when you absolutely KNOW an attack is going to occur, and when you’re in a position of power, a dominating position, where you have control.. So why don’t they CREATE those? And when you get into one, why don’t you do stuff with it? Find the optimal position to strike, eg
3) Too much idleness.. They don’t seize the initiative.. They’re just standing about waiting for something to happen, it seems.. Look at them clinching, or when they’re on the ground. Sure, in MMA there are rules on what you can do and what you can’t do.. Not here.. So why aren’t they doing anything? Why aren’t they grabbing the other’s hair or throat (lightly, of course… Just to spook), why aren’t they pushing the other’s chin up? Why aren’t they USING THEIR HEAD (i.e. the other person’s head… literally) to break their balance and cause confusion? Why aren’t they trying to create openings they can exploit so they can start pummeling or kicking like a madman again?
2) There’s not enough “entering”, so to say… Even after they finally break out of just standing around and waiting, they moved on to just hopping about, without actually GOING STRAIGHT FOR THEIR OPPONENT and keeping the pressure on by constantly barraging them. It’s VERY clear at the 1:18 and 1:42 point.. Look at the left guy! Where’s his entering? He’s backing out! He isn’t “owning” the space he’s in AT ALL. If he had just continued on barraging the other person, he would’ve had the advantage.. But he’s backing out as soon as the other person even lifts a finger.. The other person has clearly entered his space, even his psychological space, and has controlled him, dominated him. It was a lucky shot, however. They didn’t look very active in this controlling, domineering mindset.
and finally 1) There’s no “spirit”. Simply because it is an organised fight, there is no genuine powerful intent. They just KEEP backing out. They just KEEP holding back. I was looking for that primal force within them to break loose. I was waiting for that Inner Tiger, so to speak. I was waiting for them to lunge at each other and go crazy on the other person..
I actually liked the part up to 30 seconds or so.. After that it all went ‘meh’. If they would’ve gone on with that mindset, and if they would’ve amped it up a notch, I have the feeling this would’ve been over before we knew it… Oh well…
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:14:10
1. Filled with too much emotion/adrenaline. tightening up .negates any plan or strategy for harm/knockout
2. No element of surprise, set them up to knock them out…prefight strategy when you are sure it is going to a brawl positioning oneself in order to do much damage and have none done to you
3. Not applying proper blows strikes etc THAT will knock them out just flailing away like a windmill
4. treating it like a MMA fight, standing back and waiting to make a move, adherence to rules designed for the ring.
5.Lack of focused, enraged intent: not visualizing beforehand what you are going to do to opponent, Suddenly projecting and executing that with relentless intent , viewing opponent as a predator whose “defeat” is all important to your survival.
Greg
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:15:04
hya Ritchie,
no order,
1) poor target analysis.
2) failure to evaluate/adapt to environment.
3) failure to achieve/generate correct state of mental/physical ferocity.
4) failure to destroy the opponent when opportunity arises.
5) failure to maintain effective distance. Rushing in. Not using correct distance to determine strikes.
Cheers
Pete
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:15:32
Hello Richie;
After viewing the linked video I think these are my 5 reasons why little damage was done in this encounter.
1. Failure to target and deliver knockout type strikes.
2. Did not constantly move forward with strikes to maintain pressure.
3. Allowed opponent to close distance thereby losing control of space.
4. Most strikes were wild and showed no economy of energy expended.
5. Combatants did not coordinate and use all available weapons (eye gouge, bites, knees, headbuts Etc.)
I hope these observations pinpoint areas that could be improved upon.
Thanks
Bill
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:15:53
hey Richie, heres my take on the 5 reasons the guys didn’t generate much effect,
1) the fight went on way to long, there was a lack of visable killer instinct, maybe the shaking of hands afterwards indicates its an organised fight with less of the excitable-threat feel to it
2) there seems to be a lack of targeting shots, such as jaw shots or any shots that bear any power
3) Although there is a few flurry of strikes theres nothing consistent or that shows any kind of game plan
4) lack of technique, the footwork, the chain of power in the strikes or the tempo of the fight seems very poor, they’re gicing each other time to rest between strikes and not taking advantage of any tiredness or disorientatoin caused between strikes
5) the fight seems to ‘fair’ theres no two guys attacking one, or choking, or biting, theres nothing about this fight with says to me it was ‘nessesary’? they just seem to be having an amaturish attempt at boxing politly, and showing some misplaced mma moves, im sure one of the guys has some wrestling or similar grapling training and at around 40 seconds in he attempts a ‘ground and pound’? anyway im sure this isn’t a good place to end up in any street confrontation
Thanks for reading, Sean
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:16:20
1. Lack of set-up, thereby making all their punches highly telegraphic
2. Poor target acquisition, only aiming for the head. The guys shorter in stature should’ve attacked the body.
3. Poor clinch work. Great position to deliver greater damage.
4. Poor footwork. No balance & no power delivered in their strikes.
5. Neglecting other striking tools from hammer strikers, elbows, knees, head butts. There are other striking surfaces which could produce much greater results.
Thank you!
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:16:42
mistakes (from poker “every time u would of play a hand diferently from the way u would have play it if u could see
ur opp hands they gain)
- how they behave before the fight (show fear or reluctance to fight or engaging first in verbal conflict)and a few others
- knowing when to fight (dont engage 20 guys if u are already beat before u start )
- knowing where to hit and how to hit or how to avoid (technique)
- improper or lack of training (strenght, flexibility or basic combat training)
- they play their opponents strenghts ( if u fight many guys or just a big one u dont go to the ground
or if ur opponent/s is a better striker u use judo trows or better yet a rock,steel bar,or pepper spray
if u do any 3 of this wrong ur odd are low but if u do all 5 the wrong way u are defenitly beat or u will see the effect from ur opp
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:17:09
Dear Richie,
Sorry, had to mail this because it did not fit into a youtube comment box.
1. Punches lacked power because there was no body mass involved, only the fists and arms, probably because of the wildness of the fight, and these guys were mainly trying to stay standing and not go to the ground (which is why they instinctively feared putting any weight into their fists) (PHYSICAL);
2. together with this there is a lack of focus: because of adrenalin, fear and blind aggression, the mind goes flailing much more than the body wants to (and who can really blame these guys) (MENTAL);
3. with this flailing of the mind, inevitably, comes the flailing of the body. The lack of power in the punches is even worsened by the indirectness of the movements, as people become more ‘bestial’ when angry of fearsome and therefore, they lose the knowledge that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. In short, all streamlining is gone. (PHYSICAL + MENTAL)
4. The combination of 1 to 3 results in loss of impact on the body of the other person, which is why nothing even coming near physical injury (outside of your own, wildly moving body) is caused. (PHYSICAL)
5. Finally, because of the impact that never shows, the people fighting get discouraged – even if very subtly so – as everyone just wants to end the fight, get it over with. No one likes to fight (unless it’s really one-sided in your advantage), and with nothing seemingly happening, despair kicks in, and the mind flails even more (point 2.), and so does the body (point 3.), and power is decreased by this combination of despair and dual flailing (point 1.), plus there is the exhaustion involved (adrenalin carries you only so much, and when it is converted into panic more than it is converted into energy to keep you going, you can guess what will happen). Points 1 to 4 start all over again. Rinse, and repeat. (MENTAL + PHYSICAL)
Hope this analysis is something you can, one some degree or another, agree with, and if not, I will love to hear your ideas in a later video.
Thanks for everything,
Peter
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:18:55
Hey Richie,
Thought I would weigh in on the contest. In my opinion, what these fellows are lacking is:
1. Combative priorities- they may have a sense of wanting to cause damage or a knockout, but they don’t have a sense of the route they must traverse to bring about these results. Had they been well-versed in something like the Beta-8 Combative Priorities, I think this fight would have played out very differently (not trying to suck up to you).
2. No SOPs- they seem to just be going wild rather than following a well-drilled gameplan that allows for detours when necessary.
(lacking both numbers 1 and 2 is like setting out on a road trip knowing your destination, but without written directions or a map/compass to guide you. you’re bound to get lost somewhere along the way)
3. Lack of the necessary willingness/desire/knowledge required to capitalize on their opponents’ mistakes- Tony Blauer is fond of saying that all defeat is the result of human error. Instead of taking advantage of such errors to finish things quickly and decisively, these guys tended to respond to errors with errors.
4. Inadequte physical skills- they did not posses the ability to generate power, the innate understanding of economy of motion, or the one or two ingrained skills that should form the crux of a fighter’s repetoire. Given that this was an organized fight that went on for a few minutes, they should have been able to overcome any initial adrenal-stress response that would have limited their access to these tools. Yet, I did not see a single obviously well-trained, efficient, powerful attack (with the possible exception of the kick to the face on the grounded opponent).
5. Lack of comfort in all fighting ranges- While they didn’t look all that comfortable in any of the ranges, it was obvious that they preffered standing and swinging to clinch or groundwork. Had any of them been in a position to capitalize on this, they could have neutralized their opponents wild, untrained attacks by controlling the range.
I’m interested to hear what you thought about this video. And thanks for doing this. From all of the comments, it looks like people are really into it. Good luck with the judging.
Cheers,
ian
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:19:37
Mistakes:
1. bad/no targeting
2. bad/no structure behind there strikes
3. there is obviously no violent intent there: they are just competing (monkying around/going back and forth)
4. they dont use ther environment
5. They are indecisive and not taking advantage of given chances to create the greatest harm possible (they don`t try to)
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:20:29
Hi Richie
The following are the top 5 mistakes are:
1. They are not focusing on hitting the vital parts (high return on investment areas) like the groin, neck, eyes, etc. They are hitting l’ow return on investment’ body parts like stomach, back, sides of arms, etc.
2. They are expending too much energy on pushing each other around. This is causing them to rapidly loose energy to strike effectively.
3. They are using fists on hard body parts like the head, instead of palm heals, which is causing a lot of bruised hands and probably broken knuckles, again limiting their striking ability.
4. They are not using the environment to their advantage – they could have slammed their opponent’s heads into the car, bike etc. They could have used the stone lying on the ground to bang on the opponent’s head, the soil to throw into the opponent’s eyes, etc.
5. The fight starts with a few ineffective punches, and quickly transforms into a wrestling match, which should be avoided in real street fights.They are allowing themselves to be taken to the ground, which is a recipe for disaster in a street fight.
thanks and regards
Hemant
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:20:54
5 reasons why people fail to generate effects in a fight;
1. Poor target selection – swinging at head or centre-of-mass
2. Poor choice of tools – use of fist where palm heel would be better
3. Failure to dominate the space – create effect of shock-and-awe, provide overwhelming physical and emotional stimulus
4. Poor conditioning – result in inability to press home advantage, deliver effective strikes
5. Poor positioning relative to opponent(s) – move around opponent to access targets at back of body, multiple opponents, keep heads in a line
Steve
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:21:22
Hey Ritchie, hope your well
1. They need focused, aggressive, survival intent to finish the fight.
2. Theres no constant pressure to overwhelm the opponent.
3. They should be using efficient, purposefull movements aimed at achieving knockout or injury rather than wasting their energy trying to land something.
4. They are not using their posture/position to control or defend.
5. They are letting their opponents enter their space and hit them.
6. They look like they have poor fitness which clearly effects their ability to fight until it’s finished.
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:23:50
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majiwarrior
17 hours ago
1. They need focused, aggressive, survival intent to finish the fight.
2. Theres no constant pressure to overwhelm the opponent.
3. They should be using efficient, purposefull movements aimed at achieving knockout or injury rather than wasting their energy trying to land something.
4. They are not using their posture/position to control or defend.
5. They are letting their opponents enter their space and hit them.
6. They look like they have poor fitness which clearly effects them.
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:24:25
from youtube
2 days ago 8
1. They are only targeting the face. All other targets are ignored. A kick in the nuts always works.
2. Absolutely no submission skills. Chokes knock people out too.
3. Wide and chambered punches, need to add headbutts & elbows to finish fight faster.
4. No skills in the clinch or downed position. They use both hands to get up and they leave their faces open for kicks and knees to the head.
5. They are not using the enviroment and not using the opponents clothing as a weapon.
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:26:27
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ThisIsChai
20 hours ago
5. most of them no stances. at least holding up your fists to protect your face or hav your rear foot out to add strength to your punches could’ve been more “efficient.” they focus on “how many punches i can throw and land” not on “how to throw few and effective punches” no basics
ThisIsChai 20 hours ago
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ThisIsChai
20 hours ago
couple of clean hits to the chine couldve knocked the guy out- if not, at least nail him.
4. no takedowns. they had plenty of chances to take the other guy down, like 0:25 just before the camera turned. taking your opponent to ground and submitting the enemy is the easiest way to injure them. even if they do end up in ground, they dnt put their body weight on their opponent, so the guys who ended up in ground, get up to their foot pretty quick.
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ThisIsChai 20 hours ago
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ThisIsChai
20 hours ago
1. dont even know how to execute proper jabs or straights, they swing their arm backwards before striking
2. at 1:32 , along with many other chances, there was an opportunity for they guy holding the neck to perform guilotine choke and pressuring the neck, instead of strking with left hand would’ve ended the fight.
3. targetting, they aim for head. not specific parts, just head. whether its the forehead, cheeks, eyes they dont care where they hit, they just want hits. (cont)
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:27:14
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TheCouncellor
1 day ago
1 Use more feet knees head ,correctly
2 Need to target certain points of the body
3 They punch at the person not past them
4 Need to be in range use shorter punches
5 The need to keep calm and focus your attack
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:27:36
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69parabellum
1 day ago
1. Lack of aggression. None of them is like “now I’m gonna fuckin kill you!”, more like “hey, wanna fight for a while?”.
2. Lack of a “finishing move”. No stronger strike to follow the opening blows.
3. Loosing the advantage. You’re standing, your opponent’s on the ground = make sure it stays that way.
4. Not using the enviroment, opponent’s clothing, hair… etc. AT ALL!
5. Looking fancy. They’re not there to bounce around like boxers but to beat the other guy up by any means.
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:28:08
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Alexthethrowback
1 day ago
Problems
Head Hunting
Most strikes were haymakers “aimed” at the head. I saw maybe 1 or 2 kicks. They ignored other targets. There are other targets! Groin shots were probably illegal.
They kept dropping their hands. Not maintaining a “fence” if you will.
There wasn’t much continual pressure. They threw a few haymakers and backed off. For real damage, you need continual pressure so your opponent is sent reeling
Poor conditioning
In a fight your opponents won’t let you catch your breath.
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:29:16
2 days ago
1 i see a lot of flying fists,but no one is actually throwing his weight in with it (wrong stance)
2 a lot of hammerfists on various areas ,which has like no impact or damage/injury at all (top of your back)
3 holding the hands down, no defense at all
4 a lot of clinchin, but not 1 succesfull attempt to a throwdown/takedown
5 there is not a person who is extremely dominant, and by that has a cold aggression in which he totally overruns his opponent
i dont even think they now what theyre doing..
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:31:16
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n3w7yp3
2 days ago
@n3w7yp3 4. They just charged in blindly without thinking about what they were going to do, and wasted energy and took hits because of it.
5. Lack of situational awareness. This was a biggie, they seemed to have no idea where they were. Environment is a huge factor, and needs to be taken into account.
For the record, this is all from the perspective of a person who does this in a “sporting” context, not “self defense”.
1. Not taking advantage of an opponent in a disadvantageous position (eg: there were several opportunities for soccer kicks and none were taken).
2. Not committing to an attack (weak flailing punches, short knees, halfassed takedown attempts).
3. Not following through on an attack (there were a few instances where one of them managed to land a good hit and rocked their opponent, and then did not capitalize on it).
4. Not using a game plan. [continued in next post]
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:31:38
2 days ago
1) They’re body posture when throwing a strike was off; they didn’t put anything more than arm strength into it. 2) No targeting, just whatever landed landed. 3) Foot work was typical sliding around not making use of angles. 4) Their not using an reaction time to counter or set up for a counter strike. 5) More grabbing than striking without any use of using the environment ie; slamming into the car, or using the hard ground.
Thats my thoughts anyway.
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:32:11
1)only throwing hooks & only targeting head 4 every strike. 2) using the wrong tools 4 the wrong range i.e. trying 2 punch when an elbow/knee/grapple would b more effective. 3) hitting the back of the head. 4) over reaching thus losing balance loads. at some points the little fellow was literally leaping 2 get his shots off 5) apprehension, scared 2 commit 2 an attack they think they’ll shatter in2 pieces if they cop 1. Thats from watching once, I know its easy 2 criticise but that was poor.
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:32:41
2 days ago
1.throwing desperate strikes (i think i saw at one point a guy throwing standing hammer fists?)2.people not getting guard when on the ground flailing there legs like crazy3.when people tried to take down they were poorly exicuted and they dident control on the ground so either there opponent would just roll over and get top position or just stand back up 4.at one point the tall guy had a gilotine choke which could have ended the fight painlessly in 6 7 secs if he realized he had it (part 1)
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:33:22
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ian12282
2 days ago
1 – No intention to throw a harmful blow (neck/eye strikes)
so 2 – uneffective blows are thrown, each one causing little damaga
3 – Taking too much time to breath and giving the other too much time, this wasted time should be used to take adventage and finish him
4 – Non of them are in a 100% attack mode, they should go relentlessly untill the other is down
5 – No use of the environment to there advantage
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:33:57
@BXBZ88
4.Enviroment.Either know it or use it.An example,If your on the ground,secure and use dirt to eyes.Torn clothing,why throw it to the side.Throw it at him and use the moment in time.
5.Awareness-Even just by keeping you eyes on the opponent(spacial awareness) or being aware of opponents condition-if he’s attacking with lots of energy-waste it then attack.
1.Positioning-Standing and grappling.If you acquire a ‘dominant’ position dont waste it by either letting them get up and/or move away.
2.Improper Tool use.Throwing and swinging punches is just wasted motion and exposing self to a counter attack.Also allows lost of postioning and balance.
3.Improper Target attack.Swinging for the chin is hit/miss but how far do you want to go.This was ‘playfight’.In a real fight go for eyes/groin.Look to ‘ufc’.An ‘accidental’ finger jab to eye or groin kick.
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:34:22
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buttonlane
2 days ago
1. Lack of strategy or skill because of no training.
2. Places no importance on the weak areas of the body weather that be through lack of knowlege or simply not having the accuracy to nail the right spot with precision.
3. The wrong psychology, superor strength doesn’t equal a superior fighter. In reality Skills pay the bills.
4. Lack of technique rendering there strikes ineffective when they connect.
5. Striking thin air makes you tired & weak, ineffective grappling does also.
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:34:51
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sigmacombatsystems
2 days ago
1. Lack of proper body mechanics. They use the arm or leg to strike by itself without utilizing kinetic chaining.
2. They’re head hunting. They keep going to the head and end up tied up throwing choppy shots to the head instead of changing up their targets.
3. When they end up “grappling” they try to establish dominance as opposed to trying to end the fight.
4. No fouls. Not a single eye gouge or nut shot.
5. Their defense consisted of grabbing a hold of the guy that’s thumping them.
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:35:11
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GWH87
2 days ago
1) No game plan.
2) Lack of tools used.
3) Too much distance when starting a punch. .
4) Little accuracy. Wasted energy.
5) Too much messing about on the floor.
In Summary – Lack of beta 8 syllabus dvds :p
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:35:30
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KnifeFighterMike
2 days ago
1. INEFFECTIVE STRIKING. Seriously bad technique and no kicks.
2. NO RANGE CONTROL. No real concept of range actually.
3. TOO MUCH GRABBING WITHOUT GRAPPLING. No productive or advancing control of self and no destructive control of opponent. Locks which could have been fight enders given up for no good reason.
4. POOR CARDIO. Seriously.
5. NO KILLER INSTINCT. Many times both fights could have been ended with a kick to the head of a downed or nearly downed opponent and they simply walked away.
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:38:02
0) Minimal, if any thought; just reactions
1) Blows do not use full body weight; only arms, save perhaps one punch.
2) Location, location , location! Blows do not target the correct spots, let alone multiple blows to the same spot.
[Those back of the head blows must have hurt his hand.]
3) Dropping their guards
4) Failing to move left or right to limit access on defense
5) Wasted energy and wore themselves out
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:38:23
2 days ago
1 – It seems they are going for quantity rather than quality when it comes to blows.
2 – They lack the knowledge of how to end a fight by either knock out, damage or causing pain.
3 – They have no idea about their surroundings.
4 – They don’t have a main point of attack to end the fight, it is all random.
5 – They have no balance, they overextend a lot or overreach.
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:39:03
ToraJutsu01
2 days ago
1: Lack training. Tightening up basic striking techniques does wonders.
2: Uncontrolled emotion. Swinging for the fences when the pitcher is still holding the ball.
3: Incorrect impact angles and placement. I counted multiple rabbit punches that seemed to have little effect.
4: Limited skill set. From a grappling and CQC perspective, there were alot of openings left uncapitalised.
5: No predatory mindset. alot of defending gaining the advantage and letting it pass unused.
Good analysis Richie!!
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:39:30
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SAsgarters
2 days ago
I see poorly executed punches and a general lack of technique.
Lots of grappling without purpose, or should I say “hugging”.
They’re not keeping up the pressure on the opponent, they’re giving them breathers.
Apart from one kick and despite of countless opportunities, they’re just throwing punches. There are opportunities for everything from a knee to the head, groin or ribs, to eye gouging and fish-hooking. Hell, I think I saw
Sep 28, 2010 @ 07:40:29
3 days ago 5
In no particular order:
1. Too many wasted/exaggerated movements (i.e.wide punches)
2. No control or consciousness about where their surroundings and where they were moving to while fighting
3. Loose/problematic clothing; it was getting in the way for at least two of them
4. Barely any effective strikes
5. Not aggressive enough during parts of the fight (sometimes they would unnecessarily back/turn away and take the beating, rather than try to incapacitate the other guy)
Sep 28, 2010 @ 20:56:59
Richie
In response to your request for a Top 5 on why people fail to generate effect, here goes.
1. EMOTIONAL INVOLVEMENT – People far too often fail to deal with confrontation in a Professional Manner. You should not want to fight with someone you just want to deal with a situation. (my personal favorite explanation for this is people well versed in the art of Ego Driven Self Defense).
2. CLOSING THE GAP – People face off and Launch every attack from the centerline instead of working inside their opponent and getting that knock out shot or restraint from close range.
3. LACK OF VERSITILITY. To many people only train their strengths. You need to be able to strike, grapple and work on the ground because you never know what you are going to come up against next.
4. LACK OF INTENT – Many people find it hard to get the mindset of knocking someone out.
5. BREATHING – Under pressure people stop breathing, this reduces the effectiveness of strikes and effects their ability to think greatly.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and keep up the good work
Regards
Adam
Sep 28, 2010 @ 20:57:40
Hi Richie,
This is my entry for the contest related to the video below:
1. They are “waiting” too much, both guys in each fight, wait, and see what the other is doing, (there’s too much dead time), you can also notice they wait for each other to catch their breath and then they continue
2. They are not taking advantage of “open” situations, there were several points in the video where any of them could have ended it. E.g. guy turns his back, one guy is on the floor, other guy is standing, could have kicked him in the face and stomach….
3. Wasting energy on punching to the head, and missing… (Their knuckles probably hurt like hell after match, I saw a couple of direct punches to the back of some of the guys head)
4. No serious violent intent….(they were play fighting)..It was more a dance, where one guy would show his movies, then the other guy would show his.
5. Not taking into consideration of the environment, they could have used the car hood or the car door to seriuosly hurt the other but they didn’t.
Thanks ,
Lang
Sep 28, 2010 @ 22:00:03
1 No real violent intent
2 No use of intimidation
3 Poor choice of targets..eyes throat, groin kneecaps etc not taken
4 Not enough relentless forward movement/vicous moves into/through opponents space
5 Poor technique…flailing arms aimlessly towards the head with no body weight behind them, no knees elbows stomps or headbutts used.
Diarmaid