So I just had a guy come in the other day for a private lesson on how to use hsing yi in a fight. He had some previous experience being a former amature boxer and having studied for several years with Di Guoyong and Andrea Falk. For about three hours he and I went through my different ideas and opinions about how to use hsing yi. This also included quite a bit of groundwork and clinch work. He and I rolled pretty hard for awhile which was nice in that I got to try out using some ideas I had been playing around with for awhile. In terms of ground fighting mostly we went over basic movement and transitioning from one position to another. Throughout all of this, I am not aware of using any movement or technique or anything that is not part of the hsing yi system. It was actually pretty fun. One problem I see in my own groundwork is that I am putting out a lot of energy. Even back in the tournament in vegas, after the second fight, I was all but passed out, haha. I believe it is because I never stop moving and I am always working. I believe this stems from not being completely comfortable on the ground yet. I hope with more practice Ill be able to work efficiently on the ground without expending so much energy. I also just need to work on my cardio in general.

Training in a good BJJ academy will save you 100 years of trial and error on the ground, and your cardio will skyrocket.

Tim thanks for the tip. So just out of curiosity, what types of training do Jitsu schools employ for cardio work?

rolling against resisting opponents in 5 minute intervals for around an hour . Done 3-6 times a week your cardio wll improve rapido

spoken from personal experience.

could anyone point to a good bjj school in san diego? just curious...

In addition to competitive rolling against full resistance, most BJJ academies will also spend a half hour or more class time on various conditioning exercises and technical cardio drills.

Most people, regardless of how fit they believe they are, will find grappling to be the hardest workout they have experienced.

The Ribiero brothers are in San Diego, and currently you cannot really find anyone much better!
Cheers
Jake

rodrigo Medeiros , dean lister, roy harris you have a huge choice in the area but Saulo and xande are where I would go , I beleive they incorporate Judo and Ginastica Natural into their curriculum

Or Shen Wu... Especially if you wanted to learn from someone with extensive Xing Yi experience and incorporates ground fighting

Sometimes you've gotta save up and travel to find what you're looking for.


Shane

Shane
Aimen to that brother;)
Jake

cool,

just what i wanted, i am happy nowthank you garret and jake

shane, you dont know how bad i want to train at shen wu.

saulo and xande are amazing

I train under one of Rodrigo Medeiro's black belts here in richmond. I think that Medeiro and Fernandes are good teachers. They learned from Carlson Gracie, whom a lot of people believe was the best coach/teacher of all the Gracies.

Fabio Santos is also in the San Diego area.

Robert if you get a chance to train with Tim you will not regret it.
Very good teacher great atmosphere awful jokes !!
Lots of great folks train there all very friendly .
I can honestly say that my 9-10 months training at Tims was one of the best experiences ever. Tim has a way of breaking stuff down that will help almost anyone get it and all the guys there I trained with could not have been more helpful.
I learned a lot made some great friends and now have an interest for life

Robert.

Man I have driven 3-5 hours on the weekends to train and am now planning on moving to go train with my teacher.I don't know your situation, but I believe in " Where there is a will there is a way."

To clarify, by "awful" Garrett means "funny."

Sorry Tim , yes of course very funny

Awfully funny?

lol

"Most people, regardless of how fit they believe they are, will find grappling to be the hardest workout they have experienced."

Boy I know, haha. Ground work is a pretty serious workout. I am trying to find people who will roll with me on a regular basis so I can build my cardio and skills on the ground. I actually am having a lot of fun with ground work. To me it is just like pushhands but done on the ground. It looks different, but it feels the same to me.

Eh-hm, its "irregardlessly"

Bob#2