Some of the best.

2008-10-10T11:46:03-04:00

Martial Arts School NYC, Guided Chaos, Grabs, Footwork, Crossing Center, Prevention

2008-10-10T11:10:14-04:00

I learned four new things from Master Ridenhour today.

I never thought that Master Ridenhour would be able to grab people the way he does – I thought that at high speed his grabs might not work, because they have not worked well for me. I now see that he grabs differently to some degree then I previously understood. He grabs by hitting and does not commit to the grab working. When he does grab, he’s grabbing the structure of the bones beneath the surface. If the opponent does nothing about the grab he uses it to suspend their motion or pull or push them in a way that will better his position or make his next attack more possible or more devastating. If the opponent does something effective to release the tension Al has created or moves in a way that the hit/grab (like a Slambag) doesn’t work for him then he works off of the new motions, changing his A to B picture if you will.
I noticed a single yield that looked different then motion I was familiar with, when Master Ridenhour was working with Instructor Joe Marterano. Joe threw a left that Al parried off center toward his own right shoulder, but he also did many other things. Al moved to the end of the reach of Joe’s strike where it would have made contact. While he did this he rotated on an axis that was unfamiliar to me..... FULL ARTICLE HERE @ DAVIDRANDELJR.COM