Controlling Side Mount
Side Mount, Side Control, Side Position, Keep that Mofo on his Back, whatever you want to call it, is a very dominant position in grappling. what i wanted to convey is how i use many wing chun concepts and apply them to my grappling. to me, this is “chi sau” or sensitivity drills using the “body” rather than with the “third stick” of the arm, which is more familiar to a wing chun practitioner.
regardless whether you only do chi sau or grappling or both, the main concepts are exactly the same. such as “position before submission” or “position before striking”. but so many of us are impatient and want to get to the “hitting” or “submission” as early in our training as possible. but it’s pointless without the knowledge of the “positional concepts”.
So i’ve decided to change my approach of how i continue the Grappling Tutorial to focus more on the concepts and why and how each movement in submission grappling works. and guess what? it happens to be the exact concepts and principles of wing chun…yay! hopefully you understand why i do both and you understand now what i mean by “one method” regardless of what range you are in when it comes to “fighting in the ring”.
I also want to encourage you to learn and practice submission grappling as a form of “understanding your body changes” that will enhance your “chi sau changes” and vice versa. not to mention the great workout!
the more you practice the “concepts” of wing chun, the more you embed them deep into your being. they say that “repetition” is the mother of skill. and i agree. so this is just another way for me to practice those “concepts”.
finally, i want everyone to understand that this is only me sharing what works for me, there are many ways to control side mount, but due to my size and strengths and weaknesses, this is what works for me. other grapplers have different strengths and weaknesses than my own and their method will be different, such as “squaring up more”, keeping the far side knee down and using it to “block the opponents hip” or using their far side arm to “block the opponents hip. you as a martial artist should constantly research and find what works for you.
take care and peace!
Jin
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How do you resolve from that position? How do you attack? Peace!
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Jin Reply:
October 18th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
“position before submission” we’ll get into submissions down the road.
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thanks again sifu jin.. do you think that BJJ practitioners can win fights on the streets using their ground & pound skills?
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Jin Reply:
October 19th, 2009 at 10:34 am
of course they can, it’s just a gamble, since bad guys usually don’t come in singles but in groups.
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Great! I love the grappling stuff just as much as a the wing chun because I really need to learn/strengthen my grappling. I’ve never seen parts of this side control defense before, so thanks!
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Jin Reply:
October 19th, 2009 at 10:35 am
glad you’re enjoying it, Josh, peace!
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Hey Jin,
I just have to say that your videos are amazing, i enjoy watching them. I am currently practicing Wing Chun(from your videos) and I was thinking about taking Aikido because my friend’s going to train in that and he wanted someone to train with him. I just wanted to ask you what your thoughts were on Aikido?
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Jin Reply:
October 19th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
aikido has many of the same concepts, “hard body” “soft arms”, develop the “body structure” etc…have fun!
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Ejay, like Jin said, it’s rarely one on one on the street; if you’re fighting 2 guys, you would never stand a chance taking one down; as if the other will stand by and let you choke out his mate. You’d get stomped.
Not only that, but if you did take him down and he turned out to be a skilled grappler also, then what if he mounts you and pounds you?
Going to the ground locks the fight; there’s no chance of escape, finding a weapon, something like that that may even the fight up. When you go to the ground, you stay until the job’s done. If the fight turns bad for you on the ground, you will be killed.
That’s why I prefer striking for realism; fights can still go bad for you when standing, but you’ve still got other options to even it up, such as running, or maybe you could find a decent weapon you didn’t see before or something.
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ejay Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 2:13 am
oh i see, thanks for clearing things up SarahSunwalker:)
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