The Sprawl - JKD/Wing Chun Street Grappling

[@doubleb222able]

Sifu, my base in martial arts is wrestling, as I started in kindergarten. Utilizing the the sprawl is actually your last ditch effort to stop a takedown, if you're sprawling you made several mistakes already. Hands and footwork, forearm, head and hip defenses and reading the shot. If the person is the better wrestler and allowing them to make contact even in a sprawl will result in the takedown. Just my 2 cents worth

[@americankahn8795]

Good stuff. When I did level 1 and 2 Krav Maga they taught a sprawl with the intent to get up and stay off the ground. Same philosophy here.

[@beccawilkes9633]

I'm glad that you guys cover this please also help people understand how to bridge roll threatened chokes and submissions from laying on your back, ground fighting is hard to avoid all the time and it's very significant. People leave JKD because they get grounded and pounded and don't understand they need to learn what works on the ground as well as on the feet

[@akrocuba]

Great analogy about the runners. I'm going to use that....:) Thank you!!

[@colreef]

Another very informative video.Many thanks sir.

[@starshipdjs7524]

Thanks for the Sprawl tutorial, very much appreciated as all your explanations are informative and interesting♡ With this additional idea might be useful for some; "Paau 2" adding something extra to something, usually associated with a "Bong" yet going far beyond that a "paau 2" could be added to "anything" "giving" it that "something extra" For example "Firing" cannon balls that have been wrapped in paper (paau3 zoeng3 = firecracker) and set ablaze and fired at the enemy. Regarding a Sprawl and adding "paau2" would be to slam or slap down with both hands on to the opponent's back, in doing so, knocking the air out of the opponent's lungs. This type of sprawl works amazingly well and is very unexpected to have the oxygen knocked out, is a bonus, to an already effective counterattack.

[@TimRHillard]

I hear of more people getting seriously injured in a fight, not by techniques or whatever, but by just falling and hitting their heads. One thing I think is beneficial for everyone, is to learn to do Judo break falls. Other martial arts have them as well. Learning to fall is important, as many times more people are hurt in their lifetimes by falling, than getting attacked in a street fight.

[@ruiseartalcorn]

Very good! Great tips and valid points re grappling.

[@warriorstkdify]

Outstanding video, thanks for sharing this!

[@mokyan7]

Great topic and practical instructions, I need to start training this drill for hardwiring the action. A friend also told me that doing burpees can train that kick out of your legs techniques

[@Andrew_JKD]

Very good stuff!! I even teach my MMA group to act like this, not to rely on a soft flor! Very cool material!

[@beccawilkes9633]

I had a man and a woman on top of me the woman broke my nose when I had the man in a guillotine choke I had to let go and cover my face and the man posted up to hit me I luckily knew how to wrap him up in a triangle choke and then cover my face from the punches. Threatening to put him to sleep helped stop the fight, grappling is almost inarguably the most important. What works on your back is wrestling/jiu-jitsu/grappling, not learning how to Grapple and ground fight is not using what works.

[@TimRHillard]

Ground and pound, on a hard surface, be careful. If you hit someone who is laying with their head in contact with the ground, or a like a cement wall, that can easily kill someone. That force has nowhere to go, but their head. On a soft mat, much of that force is dissipated. If you are standing, your head moves away from the direction of the punch. Not so when supported by a hard surface. Additionally, if you are being hit in a ground and pound situation, pull your head up best you can. Tuck your chin into your chest. If you gonna get hit, try to take it on your forehead, but keep your head off the ground!

[@JKDandWingChun]

Great input. The environment changes everything - not to mention the “borders” such as a cliff or flight of stairs. Due to this simple omission, not to mention vulnerable targets, ground fighting is both misunderstood and overvalued in self-defense these days. Again - great input. Thanks for watching.

[@TimRHillard]

@@JKDandWingChun You are welcome! I'm a fan, I gave all your books! Really, I do. Thanks for always being a class dude.

[@robertoestebanmoreno6996]

Do you have other sprawling vids?

[@joeholland9583]

Jason should we be working both sides of the bag? i noticed Arron was only doing one side?

[@JKDandWingChun]

Yeah, we should be able to go right or left. Thanks for watching.

[@AlexEinherjar]

Great video. It's kinda hard to impart this idea on people. I'm a Krav Maga practitioner/instructor and my instructor was crosstraining in MMA and that warped his view a little. I prefer to be on the side of longevity and preservation of my body since empty hand fighting is just one tool inside my toolbox. I couldn't hear in the video. But you can also use a big and heavy sandbag for this drill. I trained it with my instructor but not in the safest way. We trained some takedowns too but again in a not too safe for your knees way.

[@JKDandWingChun]

AlexEinherjar great input. Thanks for that. I’ve got a boxing background myself, so “sport leakage” is something I have to be really careful of too - especially in relying on the glove for defense. Anyway, thanks again for the input and for watching.

[@AlexEinherjar]

@@JKDandWingChun Funny you saying that about Boxing. Just this weekend I took a Boxing instructor's course. The need to stay aware of 'sport's leakage' as you phrased is extremely important. I took this course to learn formally about Boxing and to be able to teach Boxing classes along with the Krav Maga classes. I'm always watching your channel because even though I don't practice JKD or Wing Chun anymore I'll always like both.

[@philorkill]

Stop those subscribe button "threats" please.

[@anthonyallen3328]

In my opinion if you want to learn how to fight you must practice fighting with someone fighting back. You need to practice with a live resisting opponent to learn timing. Just going through the practice is onething but practicing with someone who is really trying to take you down is true and functional . Allivness cannot be substituted for just introduction practice.

[@beccawilkes9633]

Disappointing that you don't learn and teach how to fight and defend yourself off your back and on the ground. Considering 60 to 80% of street fights go to the ground, no matter how good you are you're likely to find yourself down there and you better know what WORKS down there