Why mastering your body weight leads to better Take Downs

How is one supposed to learn how to control and manipulate someone else's body when you don't have control over your own?

Throwing techniques

That's exactly what I told a student a few weeks ago when talking about Throwing and Body Manipulation.

A great deal of effort has to be put into mastering your own body weight. This is why Station Training is done on a consistent basis in all of our schools.

To purposely put yourself in as many different positions as possible to increase strength and body control no matter how awkward the position may be.

Station Training prepares you for Take Downs and Throws in the following ways:

1) Strengthens your back to avoid injuries when lifting an opponent.

2) Gives you the flexibility required to get into the right position to unbalance your opponent.

3) Builds power in your legs since most throws and lifts require leg strength to execute them.

4) Strengthens the core of your body, i.e the Abs, since it's the second most important body part used in Throws and Take Downs.

5) Builds an Iron Will, since your opponent won't let you just throw him around just to please you, persistence will be key when setting up your opponent.

Once you master your body weight and you can leverage yourself in a variety of positions only then can you start to learn to control someone else's body.

Make sure you're following an effective conditioning program as taught in our Strength Training Kits.

Then, once that is taken care of, learn some of the only Take Downs and Throws you'll ever really need in a real confrontation.

Master Yourself,

Sibok Martin