This is Mark Hatmaker’s latest video and it looks like a good one. Grappling dummies are getting cheaper and more common so a video on how to use it make a lot of sense. I loved his Floor Bar workout video because he showed a whole lot of basic wrestling skills (I reviewed it here). This dummy DVD looks to be even better. Hatmaker really gives you your money’s worth with his material.
Here’s a look at the floor bag workout:
What I like about both of these is that you can train moves without injuring your partners. I see lots of talk about how such training is “dead” since you’re using dead weight and how useless that supposedly is. Apparently you should always throw a live opponent. But such arguments make zero sense to me. It’s like telling a boxer that heavy bag training is useless.
Training your throws and ground and pound material on a heavy bag or dummy is a great idea. It doesn’t replace training with a live opponent, but the ability to get nearly endless reps without hurting your partner seems so smart to me. And nobody’s saying it should replace live practice anyway.
If you get either of these, please be sure to tell me what you think.
3 responses so far ↓
1 William // Jul 30, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Dave, I have Marks’ bag workout DVD and it has some interesting drills. I do like to use the bag since it really works you hard, lifting 100lb dead weight is not joke. The dummy DVD looks pretty cool too. Cheers
2 Joseph T. Oliva Arriola // Jul 31, 2008 at 12:24 am
Heavy Bag, Wing Chun wooden dummy, fireman’s dummy…
The use of inanimate objects as targets and “stand-ins” for real human beings is nothing new.
I remember using the above techniques/w/grappling dummy in “judo” classes at the UC of California, Berkeley in 1974 almost 35 years ago.
3 Meow // Jul 31, 2008 at 11:09 am
i rekn the vids look pretty kool, i rekn could be better with some joints? what do you guys think (especially at base of spine / pelvis)
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