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It's Friday and time for this week's Legends newsletter;
on to today's contents...
- First--info on this month's RAW volume THE CLINCH: PRIMARY TAKEDOWNS.
- This week's article delineates the big changes coming to the RAW Curriculum this March. Oh, we think you'll find this interesting.
- This week's Video Clip of the Week is all yakkity-yak as I explain the RAW Crew upgrade. I think you're going to like what we have in store.
And last, but not least, check out the ESP RAW Subscription service info to your left. You can save yourself some money on this volume of RAW ($5.50 to be exact) and pick up 3 more volumes of RAW absolutely free.
Thanks everyone and have a great weekend!
Sincerely,
Mark Hatmaker Extreme Self Protection |
ESP RAW 136: CLINCH TAKEDOWNS: The Primaries
[We will take the our Weighting & The Rule of Palms lessons from RAW 127 and start putting them through their paces here.]
We are going to take the most common clinch positon: The Neutral or Stalemate and drill the primary throws that can be made here that call for no back exposure(that is, no hip, headlock, mares, or arm spins--not yet). These are defensively safe, high-speed offensive options geared for Neutral Position.
Here's the content breakdown:
- We'll make sure we all understand the 3 Contact-Control Points which will go a long way towards diagnosing if/when a drop goes wrong and how to fix it.
- We'll also hammer home The Steering Wheelconcept and why shallow turning is a common error.
- We'll introduce The 6 Primary Over-Hook Side Drops in isolation (Heel Freeze, Knee Sweep, Foot Sweep, Swiss Drop, Cross-Heel, and the Cross-Knee Tap].
Working these in isolation is ideal to build precision in technique, but these will never occur in these pristine circumstances, so...
- We'll show how to drill all six primaries off of an initiation or transition.
- Then we'll take a close-look at how to perfect your Step-Up which is often the demarcating line between merely pummeling and "Oh, now I get it!"
- We then drill the 6 Primaries off of a Step-Up which will push your finesse factor through the roof and compensate for the reality that your opponent will be "hiding" his hips.
- We'll then use the Step-Up to Create a Body-Lock that originates from the feet as opposed to the arms (a common error).
- We'll discuss how to un-root from here and how to use the un-root to get your back off of the cage.
- We'll hit two modified Twisting Body-Locks that will allow you to avoid "pulling your opponent into a mounted position on top of you." [If I had a buck for every time I've seen that error.]
- We'll show you how to drill the 6 Primaries in a Locked Position.
- Then drill 2 Bonus Drops, one to combat deeply hidden hips, and the other a sneaky un-root from the step-up.
These drills are best performed with a live opponent, but, in a pinch, a throwing dummy will suffice.
This volume, as with all RAW Volumes, comes with a printed syllabus for easy inclusion in your training notebook.
(Hang on to these syllabi because at some point in the Combination Man Curriculum run we will supplement and key these syllabi to a Master Text for easy Drill & Technique search).
ESP RAW 136 can be had this month for only $32 (S & H included--Domestic & International) at the end of the month the price goes to $42 Domestic/$52 International. [Of course, it's only $26.50 for the RAW Crew.]
To order:  To pay only $26.50 for this DVD + receive 3 other RAW DVDs for free, subscribe to our ESP RAW DVD Service.
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RAW/CMC, NSC, & inTENS Integration
Mark Hatmaker
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Till now our long-running RAW Program has focused primarily on Pugilism & All-In Wrestling.
The inTENS Program has provided daily conditioning challenges in the General Physical Preparedness (GPP) mode and provided a single Combat Drill of the Day (CDD) that is keyed off of our RAW material.
Our street work, titled No Second Chance (NSC) has existed as a separate track of instruction.
Beginning March 1st we will begin integrating all of these tracks into an over-arching single study unit.
The RAWs will still heavily feature The Combination Man Curriculum (CMC) material, that is instruction in all of the old-school boxing and wresting drills and submissions stripped of show and any archaic artifacts. We are building a stripped-down pragmatic MMA animal with this unit. The CMC material heavily emphasizes:
- Pure Boxing
- Pugilism: Think of this as Boxing +, that is boxing with all illegal add-ons from elbows, knees, and head-butts, to hacksaws, hammers, poppers, et cetera.
- Shooting: All below the waist leg dives.
- Clinch-Work: Clinch-control, upper-body originating takedowns, and dirty boxing.
- Par Terre: Offensive and defensive wrestling movement with submissions built-in every step of the way.
- Bottom Scissors Work: Working offensively from between the opponent's legs, and off of your back as a default.
Added to the RAW series will be volumes throughout the year that feature No Second Chance integration, that is entire videos referencing skills and drills in the following areas:
- Unarmed vs. Static Attacks
- Unarmed vs. Fluid Attacks
- Unarmed vs. Weapons
- Improvised weapons
- Designated weapons: firearm, home shotgun, tactical folder, cudgel work. (Both Dry-Fire & Live-Fire drills for all.)
- Outer Limits Drills (Stressors)
- Flight Drills
- Scenario Specific Drilling: Home invasion, abduction drilling, environment profiling, pragmatic mind-setting applications, et cetera.
Our inTENS Conditioning Material will still provide 6 GPP conditioning challenges per week and 6 CMC/MMA Drills per week. But it will now also include 6 No Second Chance NSC Drills per week.
We offer this material integration knowing that the majority of you want a pragmatic, stream-lined integration of functional conditioning, CMC/MMA sport work, and reality-based drilling to keep yourselves primed for all eventualities.
For those of our RAW brethren who wish to emphasize one track over another (CMC over NSC or vice versa) you will always have the option of substituting the current RAW volume for a past volume that fits your goal-set. I don't want to a put a volume of Stop, Drop & Roll Pistol Drills in your hands when you wanted shoulder-snapping double-wristlocks off of an inside sit-out, or vice versa.
We always want to treat the RAW crew like the friends and family that you are.
The inTENS Material each and every week will always feature all 3 aspects of the RAW matrix: inTENS Conditioning, CMC/MMA, & NSC.
All of this material is only available to the RAW Crew, and there is no change in price whatsoever for this upgrade in service.
The inTENS Subscription will rise from $10 monthly to $15 monthly.
If this sounds up your alley and you'd like to become part of the RAW Crew and get started on the inTENS and No Second Chance Programs see our RAW Subscription in the sidebar.
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Join the RAW Crew in the month of February and in addition to the 3 free RAW DVDs, the inTENS SERVICE, and the No Second Chance Book of Drills, you can pick out any single copy of our books published by Tracks as an additional welcome aboard the Crew gift.
(Make sure you read that right, I can only offer this deal to books published by Tracks.)
To take advantage of the deal, simply sign up, drop me an email with your 3 RAW choices and which book you'd like and we'll get you set up with your goodies!
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Places to Go; People to See
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We'll be in Charlotte, North Carolina at Martial Arts Carolina, Saturday March 22nd for a grand old day of Old School Pugilism & All-In Wrestling.
The price is $75, for more info contact Brad Butchka or Yevette Hutchinson at 704-847-2222 or e-mail Brad or Yevette.
As a bonus bit of madness, myself, and some of the Martial Arts Carolina Crew are running in the Spartan in Charlotte the very next morning--if you'd like to play along, sign up for the seminar and then drop us a line and we'll set you up with the Team Code so you can enjoy the muddy fun with the crew!
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April 24-27 we will be having a blast at the Martial Arts on the Mountain Retreat in Virginia.
Myself, Boyd Ritchie, and Carlos Cummings (w/ Coach John Miller is thrown in for good measure) will be having 4 days of bone-snapping fun. For details or to register click here.
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We'll be back with our might good friends the SVTP Crew in Germany, May 15-25 for some old school reality street fun. For details contact Mr. Michael "CC" Schmid.
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This June 26-29 we'll be back at the formidable Karate College in Radford, Virginia. To register or for more info see here.
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We'd love to have you come out and play at any of these events, or failing that, we'd love to come out your way. If you'd like us to come to you, see our Pick An Adventure sidebar and we may just come to you far cheaper than you'd imagine (I'm easy when it come to new friends and fun stuff.)
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Pick An Adventure
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Some of us are old-enough to remember a series of interactive books where readers were asked to make a decision and then go to a corresponding page to see what sort of mess you got yourself into. You never quite knew where you were going to wind up with these books--pre-video game era, these were a novel idea.
Here's where you come in, if you'd like to host a seminar and save yourself some bucks off of the standard fees in the process--if you've got an Adventure Race in your area, a rock you think I'd like to climb, a river you think I want to raft, a hike you think I just need to take, a desert I've not run on, you get the idea--pitch your adventure and school location. If the adventure appeals and the logistics are right we offer greatly reduced fees to come to your school and play with your crew before we go play at your Adventure Pitch.
BTW--You and your crew are welcome to attend the adventure, as a matter of fact, we'll knock off even more bucks for this sort of hands-on guiding.
So, you got some adrenaline in your neck-of-the-woods and want to train? Feel free to make your pitch and we'll see what happens.
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Mark Hatmaker
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