Solo grappling drills

**Ronin** · Posted On: 1/18/2005 7:45am

Well, probably between 400 and 600 US.

**VikingPower** · Posted On: 1/18/2005 9:12am

There's some that are cheaper, maybe around 200 USD and they can work out okay as well. Just go ghetto with it and use a heavy bag on the floor, you'd be surprised what you can do with just that.

**Ronin** · Posted On: 1/18/2005 10:17am

You can throw the heavy bag and you can fall on it, or it can fall on you.
Better know as Mexican Grappling or "How to tackle a burrito".

**VikingPower** · Posted On: 1/18/2005 1:18pm

You can practice mobility drills on it just like you were saying with the basketball as well as using it for bagwork for the ground. You can do suplexes with it, bridge with it, etc. There's a lot you can do with just a simple heavy bag. Most of the stuff I learned with it was mostly for regular wrestling, but it could easily be used for other styles. Besides, it's usually available and doesn't cost an ungodly amount of money.

**Kidnemo** · Posted On: 1/18/2005 1:48pm

It never hurts to work on your pyramids and shrimping.

**VikingPower** · Posted On: 1/18/2005 1:58pm

Originally Posted by Osiris

I suppose. You wouldn't be able to get too complex, but I can see how those drills would coe in handy.

Simple works surprisingly well for getting results. Look at Steve Justa :)

**Can Chaser** · Posted On: 1/18/2005 2:13pm

I practice my deadly RNC by taking flying leaps at semi-wild foals that my boss wants dewormed, and hanging on for dear life until they sort of stop running enough to put a halter on. If nothing else, I'm buff, and I can latch that sucker on in a flash. :tongue8:

In all (rare) seriousness, get your basics strong, like bridging, leg hooks and the like so that you can do them without thinking about it. Doing that sort of stuff with a heavy bag would probably also work.

**Aesopian** · Posted On: 1/18/2005 2:35pm

The books The Triangle and Passing the Guard have entire sections on solo and 2-man drills you can do to improve things like hip movement, standing and moving with base and posture, bridging, rolling, surviving the stack, etc.

You can find both of these books reviewed in the Gear forum.

**Ronin** · Posted On: 1/18/2005 2:38pm

If my review of the grappling dummy EVER gets posted, you will have more info there too...

**VikingPower** · Posted On: 1/18/2005 3:14pm

Originally Posted by Aesopian

The books The Triangle and Passing the Guard have entire sections on solo and 2-man drills you can do to improve things like hip movement, standing and moving with base and posture, bridging, rolling, surviving the stack, etc.

You can find both of these books reviewed in the Gear forum.

Thanks Aesopian, I might have to check those out :thumbsup: