Several years ago I had my first viewing of grappling with sticks while in New Bedford, MA from a fellow named Tim (sorry, but I forgot Tim's last name) who among things, worked with the Dog Brothers. On and off for the last few years I have been working a bit with sticks and grappling but recently went into working weapons with grappling - both knives and sticks.
Its an interesting experience and grappling with knives is a unique experience.
Are other people working weapon work into there ground (and clinch) game?
One interesting drill I use is stopping draws from the clinch or ground. Both individual can have knives and sparodically someone will try to draw a knife while in the clinch or on the ground. I originally tried this with a workout partner who studies BJJ and when he went to draw the knife he lost his ground game - he could not multi-task. He had problems maintaining his ground game while applying the knife.
Burton, any chance of seeing any weapon grappling in the monthly training tapes?
Regards,
Bryan
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