US Army National Guard Training

Ok one of my best buds / brother from another mother Capt. Robert Stevens asked me and Matt to come down to his base and train his guys. First it was real cool to see Bobby IN CHARGE of that whole place. So that was a good start to the day just in general.

Bobby asked us to come down and show judo self defense / combat techniques. He asked to keep it fun, keep it safe and keep in on the ground.. no throws. No Problem.

We got to go over a lot of techniques. We kept it pretty informal and a little bit crazy but still under control.

First we went over basics of positioning on the ground. Things like guard, mount, Side body etc. The first technique we taught was a scissor guard sweep. Then we did a guard retention drill. We also got in: Ude Garami (Kimura), Kata gatame (Arm Triangle), Hadaka Jime (Rear Naked), And Okuri Eri Jime (Clock Choke)

Show those techniques took about 2hrs and the last hour was all Randori.. Ground Fighting. It was awesome. Everyone was real into it and the fights where good.. Saw people using guard.. people getting choked.. all good stuff. No injuries either.

Matt and I fought a bunch too.. I got about 5-6 fights and Matt maybe got one more. I had some good rolls and it was definitely a blast.

I learned a good amount about how to structure a clinic for such a large group of people.. there were about 50 people on the mat.