Street Fight Training

Keep changing the training partners over. This will stop students from becoming too familiar with each other and thus developing a complacent attitude. 

During a training session, have a Team Leader detailed to control the class. The Team Leaders role is to formulate a specific training and stick to that program. The team Leader must be capable of stopping dangerous practices and also motivating the students to maintain a high work rate.

During practice sessions, it is possible to develop an obstructive mind set. This is where you start to anticipate the training partner’s movements and you apply counter moves. This will slow down your partner’s development. Allow your partner to practice a move until they are proficient at that technique. Remember that all techniques are usually set up with distracting punches or kicks. Your ability to anticipate your training partner’s moves will be properly tested during match fighting.

Spend at least two minutes on each technique. Work fast to develop power, speed, recovery, accuracy and tactical movement. Get away from the mind set of doing 200 kicks or 200 punches.. Practice each technique for at least two minutes, even if you only manage 50 repetitions. You must try to incorporate the technique into a fighting framework. The aim is to make the technique part of a defense and attack strategy rather than a sterile exercise in technique.

The punch bag is a passive training aid. Spend too much time on it and you will neglect your defense and ability to react positively to an attacker.

Keep your kick training as realistic as possible. Move back and forward, left and right, counter and use combinations. Close combat is both dynamic and demanding, you must keep moving an remain difficult to predict. Kicks are powerful techniques; they will have an effect, not only on the opponent, but also on the applier. Anticipate these effects through a rigorous training procedure that involves an active training partner.