CombatChaz

Thanks for the technique! I'll make some of my guys do it !!

Posted by CombatChaz on Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:45 am.

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smash

Ah crap!

Posted by smash on Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:17 am.

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bruceleeroy

So you are 'shrimping' yourself around in a circle with the heavybag held tightly in guard?

When you described it before I envisioned your spining the heavybag rather than your body, kinda like those little Japanese guys that flips tables and chairs around with their feet.

I'll try it out as soon as I get a chance. Thanks,

Posted by bruceleeroy on Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:13 pm.

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myke7777

no, you actually lift or drag the bag around just after you turn your head to the right.. you'll see it's very hard to simply move your body around the bag.

Posted by myke7777 on Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:34 pm.

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MAGIC

WOW..............never would have thought of that?????how did you think of it???

Posted by MAGIC on Sun Oct 22, 2006 6:00 am.

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myke7777

hey, we do 360's at my school and i thought, let's make it harder :)

Posted by myke7777 on Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:58 am.

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jumbo_cactar

i like this a lot very good!!!

Posted by jumbo_cactar on Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:25 pm.

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L-Train

Interesting... I wonder if I coudl do it with the mma dummy we have... since there are no loose bags lying around.

Posted by L-Train on Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:15 pm.

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myke7777

i don't see why.. how much does that thing weigh???

Posted by myke7777 on Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:29 pm.

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toughmanchamp

Yeah,I was waiting for the pics on this.I was tellin'my guys about it and they thought it was an awesome idea.Thanx..

Posted by toughmanchamp on Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:15 pm.

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Happy Norman

Thanks man. I'm surprised it improved your guard so much. I'll let you know if mine improves as well.

Posted by Happy Norman on Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:17 pm.

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roac2138

Looks great thanks for the idea.

Posted by roac2138 on Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:32 pm.

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dflujan

Gonna try this. Looks like a good drill.

Posted by dflujan on Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:39 pm.

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Spaz

Nice drill, keeps you in a nice tight guard, plus good shrimping drill

Posted by Spaz on Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:51 pm.

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chrissaloon

did this one yesterday. what a great workout!

Posted by chrissaloon on Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:47 pm.

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Ricopcola

i will definately try this one, i need to work on my back and this looks really good.

Posted by Ricopcola on Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:00 pm.

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phillip77

Thanks for the drill! Can't wait to see the results over the next few months.

Posted by phillip77 on Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:58 am.

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cooksta2

This look like a great drill and I am sure it will only help. I bet it was tougher than expected at first.

Posted by cooksta2 on Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:36 am.

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Tujunga_Warrior

Incorporates a good amount of muscles, flexors, abductors, abs...good stuff!

Posted by Tujunga_Warrior on Sat Dec 30, 2006 5:33 pm.

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2017futureufcchamp

Hmm...nice technique, keep em coming!

Posted by 2017futureufcchamp on Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:38 pm.

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98Dawg

This is an amazing drill. I make my guys work the bag from left to right as well as punch it 25 times each side (total of 50) and then work the 360. When back in start position they do a second set then 360 the opposite direction. Its a killer workout! Great post thanks!

Posted by 98Dawg on Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:57 pm.

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LiveFightDie

this is great for hip ups also. i agree with 98 dawg, punching the bag or bringing elbows are great warm ups while youre doing this. you can even mix it up by sweeping to a mounted position and practicing gnp.

Posted by LiveFightDie on Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:16 pm.

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JRemew

I love this drill, it really develops strong hip muscles. I like to mix in strikes too.

Posted by JRemew on Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:21 pm.

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Muay_Thai_Fly_Guy

This was a hot workout smoked the hell out of my abs and hip flexers. I added short elbows upon the head turn. But this is bad ass.

Posted by Muay_Thai_Fly_Guy on Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:24 pm.

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ModernGladiator

Awesome workout. I am going to use this a lot in my training. Thanks!!

Posted by ModernGladiator on Fri Nov 16, 2007 8:38 pm.

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mini_mull

Love this. I'm going to work it into my routine this week. Thanks.

Posted by mini_mull on Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:38 am.

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Neltharius

A purple belt just told me I have a really strong guard. I'll take that to mean that he means "strong" and not "good", since he eventually passed it. Still though, I think this drill had to do with why it was so strong.

Posted by Neltharius on Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:32 am.

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bpt13

Great drill!! Have been using it for a couple of weeks and I already can tell the difference.

Posted by bpt13 on Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:13 pm.

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mERCury6l6

I saw this in a book by Mark Hatmaker... it isreally neat. Seeing as i dont really use the closed gaurd, this is one that i am going to start doing. I have a great open gaurd, but i need to start working my closed gaurd too.

*come on legs... grow LONGER*

lol

Posted by mERCury6l6 on Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:59 pm.

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myke7777

I'm surprised it's in a Mark Hatmaker book. I bought his heavybag workout video and it was nowhere to be found. I knew this exercise was working the day I started pushing the big guys around while they were in my guard. Keeps them off balance. I'm glad all of you like the idea. Thanks also for adding the punching and elbows idea to it. I'll try that tomorrow..

Posted by myke7777 on Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:50 am.

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Unknown

i like this exercise, when i do this i also throw elbows and other strikes to work on my multi tasking while working my guard, both very essential

Posted by Unknown on Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:46 pm.

gentlemanjoe

This looks great. Would be more fun if the bag was actually hanging though... >:-)

Posted by gentlemanjoe on Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:49 am.

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niteshroud

i do a similiar drill with an MMA dummy where i use my butterfly guard to lift the dummy barely off the ground and shrimp in a circle slowly... then once it starts burnning and i bout to put it down i throw a sweep or put it into my high guard (lately tho i have been trying to transition to a spider guard... the shin on bicep one)

Posted by niteshroud on Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:21 am.

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Gibb

got a tournament coming up. started this great drill again. 1-5 min round between leg drills . abs burn

Posted by Gibb on Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:00 am.

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JayDeeHero

Good stuff.

Posted by JayDeeHero on Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:41 am.

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