Pad training

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Kev

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Hi,

Last week, I tried using some old taped up focus mitts to feed the knife.

Never trained this before, but thought it might be a good way for the newer
knife player to learn how to move with the knife.

Worked pretty good... I just fed different angles with the pads and had the
trainee react with a corresponding attack.

How many of you "guys" make use of pads to train different weapons?
Tips and comments would be appreciated!

~Kev
 
I haven´t used pads as training targets, but you can see Hock Hochheim using them in his first book.

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"Peace is not without conflict; it is the ability to cope with conflict" - Leo Giron
 
The "new & improved" Burton Richardson tape sets from Straight Blast have two videos on focus mitt drills.

I've heard good things about the first series but nothing on the second.
 
Hi,

Here is a cut-n-paste of what I had previously written on these tapes...

>>I also got the new burt richardson series last week.

The first focus mitt tape ran about 57 minutes (contrary to the ad in the mags). Burton shows basic feeding of strikes. Demonstrates how the feeder fires back to keep trainee honest. Demos the feeding the shoot (trainee sprawls). Then my favorite.... striking from the clinch! The basic sriking/defense didn't excite me terribly since I train this already. I prefer my method of feeding in some ways.. but got a couple of ideas. But... WOW... loved the striking from the clinch material... this is going to work very nicely with the clinch material from the Erik Paulson tape (see review)! Can't wait to train this tomorrow nite!

The second focus mitt tape had more clinch striking.... striking from your knees... from the ground... striking and transitioning between positions.... and all-around focus mitt training. This moves from kicking to punching to clinch to ground.... Tape runs about 59 minutes.

Two very good tapes!
~Kev<<
 
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