What are some good drills to...

[MMA Apostate]

What are some good drills to get you to fight well under pressure/adrenaline dump for real life situations?

[Tant01]

Ever heard of the training aid known as a "Bullet Man" or armored assailant scenario?

[szorn]

-Scenario simulations with and without padded assailants
-Use of verbal assaults during all drills
-Sudden random deployment of training weapons by partner during all drills
-Multiple attacker scenarios with moderate to full force
-All of the above done with low light or no-light scenarios
-Conducting the above against larger and more aggressive partners that you have never trained with before

[Thai Bri]

Milling

2 people, size and strength being irrelevant. Don 16 ounce gloves, and hit each other with 'em, going all out, for 1 minute.

[Sagacious Lu]

--Multiple attacker scenarios with... full force

That sounds a lot more like one person getting a beating at the hands of their training partners than it does a training exercise.

[Tom Yum]

What are some good drills to get you to fight well under pressure/adrenaline dump for real life situations?

1. Getting sucker punched (with head-gear + mouthguard on ~60-70%) from behind or beside, and responding by either attacking from that position or re-adjusting and attacking or pulling clinch.

2. Toughman-drill (thanks Pat!) - 2 minute round of all-out sparring, allowing some dirty moves (obviously not gouging or groin attacks). Attacker starts off throwing homerun haymakers for intimidation and eventually tightens his game up to text book boxing.

The attacker is allowed to use verbage as well to try and psyche you out!

3.. Having 2-3 thai-pad/focus holders surround you (with gear). Focus on attacking the biggest one the hardest - getting solid clinch, head control and use him as a shield as the others try to reposition themselves and attack you.

3.a. Attacking 2 of the 3 attackers to do damage, get separation and run.

4. Getting tackled and working out of a dominant position. Add punches to make it more challenging. Bridge & roll out or under hook the leg.

Not sure how well these work in real-life, although i've worked them a few times.

[treelizard]

Do a ton of kettlebell swings before your scenario simulation; exhaustion mimics adrenal stress response.

[gregimotis]

Do a ton of kettlebell swings before your scenario simulation; exhaustion mimics adrenal stress response.

That's an interesting idea, and I think I can see how it might work. Where'd you hear about it, have you tried it or seen it done?

[treelizard]

That's an interesting idea, and I think I can see how it might work. Where'd you hear about it, have you tried it or seen it done?

I did it in an FMA class a long time ago. We were working a drill and would do KB swings between drills. It really helped cement the drills in my mind better even though I could barely do them after four rounds. Then I did it again in an MMA training group. It kicked my butt again. I do swings between drills on my own every once in a while for fun, but I think it's better in a group.

It's also very good for helping you figure out what is really a gross motor movement and what isn't. Because you can barely do anything other than gross motor after so many swings. Or at least, I can't.

[Jiu-fu fighter]

Kettlebell swings?
care to let me in?

[treelizard]

Uh, when you swing a kettlebell?

You can use dumbbells too. Or heavy rocks, for that matter.

[piousmaximus]

...or, anything along those lines. Do a set of burpees til you can't do anymore, and then go straight to the heavy bag (or sparring partner) and unleash some furry on it (him/her).

[piousmaximus]

Yeh well, sometimes it's good to be your own sensei.