http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuP6cApKAD8
Okay, everyone has seen this by now I would guess. But a lot of us have been waiting for this so I thought I’d highlight it. Tim is one of the few guys to do both IMA and BJJ, giving him the ability to flow from one to another. He makes them work seamlessly meaning that most anything that he produces in this area is worth checking out. Heck, anything he produces is worth checking out!
This vid and the power generation vid that he’s been working on for a while have been eagerly awaited by many of us. So let’s hope ordering info is available soon so we can all get this before Christmas!
4 responses so far ↓
1 wujimon // Nov 28, 2006 at 9:29 pm
I especially like how he outlines the concept of “dead angles”. I tried to explain this in an earlier post talking about triangle points and such, but his explanation was much more succinct.
I agree, Tim can provide a wealth of perspective coming from a ‘no-nonsense’ BJJ background coupled with IMA. One of my other buddies also trains in similar arts (xingyi, bjj, judo) and ready to “throwdown” pretty much anytime to test what he’s learning.
IMO, there’s a lot of value to this type of approach in training. Especially, if what we train in a MARTIAL art.
2 Q // Nov 28, 2006 at 10:59 pm
Well, the triangle theory is pretty much the 1st thing you learned in judo. HOWEVER, adding the phrase “your weight” at his dead angle is what makes the word “eureka!” light up in my head.
3 Casey // Nov 29, 2006 at 12:55 am
This looks awesome. To actually have someone who knows what they’re doing explain the technical aspects of IMA grappling in a clear, concise manner is a real godsend.
4 Jess O // Nov 29, 2006 at 1:44 am
Yeah Tim is a great guy. We drove through some hellish traffic a few weeks ago, it took like 2 hours to get from Santa Monica to Garden Grove. We did a fun series of warmups which are quite demanding, all on the ground. Then we did a nice Ba Gua hip throw. Then we moved into ground submissions based on how the person landed or tried to escape the throw. Then we all took turns “rolling” and Tim showed me lots of cool submissions. Pretty much your average day with the Shen Wu crew. Quite the work out, my feet had mat burns on them for about 2 weeks afterwards. I have zero ground experience so it was all new to me. If you get to LA, it’s certainly worth the trip to visit Tim’s.
-Jess O
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