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Old 07-12-2006, 02:39 AM   #664
Tien Le
Dojo: Aunkai
Location: Chiba
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Re: The "Jo Trick" and Similar Exercises

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The above example can be quite effective in ground grappling for reversals when you are on your back with someone on you giving you weight and you hold tension in the cross and you turn using the ground from your feet through the hips and you turn the spine like a drive shaft .....which......... turns the peg (your scapula area). Whats attached to the peg? Your shoulders and arms.
I have seen guys lifted off the floor and thrown. The key is to not try to throw them but to maintain connection and just turn in yourself.
Breathing and certain other things add to this.

Hah...yes...I've experienced this with Rob...he just re-aligns, strengthens the cross and turns and it's very easy to get flung off and suddenly you're in a choke instead of on top.
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