HKD takes a different approach to escaping holds than BJJ.
BJJ is more technical-for example when you are being arm-barred on the ground you will twist your arm (palm facing up) clock wise (palm facing 3:00) while pushing through and thus change the angle and render the lock less effectve; from there you can drive into your partners hips/thigh with your shoulder and roll into a number of different scenarios. I like the ground mobility; bjj practicioners don't spend alot of time in one position. It is fluid, dynamic and response based which makes it like boxing
HKD goes for what our president calls "shock and awe". To escape from an arm bar one would instantaneously grab the groin and pull your self out using the groin as a lever while simultaneously rotating and pulling the arm out. Its like pulling on a bow (the arm your trying to free) and arrow (the groin). Ironic how archery is one of Korea's favorite sports.
Anywho, in the old UFCs not too many Korean MAs came knocking on the doors (allthough they should have). The only Korean MA fighters that showed up were Mark Hall (Moo Yeah Do) and Gary Goodridge (Kuk Sool Won). True that Goodridge pulled off some classical Korean grappling against that wrestler that came in for the double leg; but he outweighed the wrestler by 50+ pounds. Mark Hall also broke that Sumo guy's nose but he got taken down and out pretty fast from Don Frye. Then again MYD and kuk-sool are two different Korean arts. |