Introduction to base, posture and structure as it pertains to standup wrestling and no gi. Introducing the first of three lessons in the 3-H defense, the head.

Details added to control ones posture if its being broken and level changing to the sprawl.The sprawl being a fundamental needed in standup scenarios as a go to Defense md level change controller.

An important concept is to level change or to match the opponents head level with a sprawl.In this lesson the head level gets beat and a sprawl resets the level.

From the 3-H defense system comes the second layer which are the hands when the head is broken down.

Using the the last Defensive layer of the 3-H defense we examine the hips and how they safeguard us from the low level takedown and shot.Some drilling is included to get an excellent form of practice with high reps.

A summary of the concepts of standup wrestling and standup gi defence in preparation to full standup wrestling and scrimmaging using the 3 layers of defense in the head, hand and hips.

Once the defensive layers are learned the offensive entries are introduced.The first fundamental entry is the standing pummel.It will give an understanding of leverage and penetration for upper body throws.

A form of body drop that uses level changing in a winding motion or cork screwing into the ground.Known in Japanese as makikomi winding and toshi which is dropping.

In stand up wrestling and grappling a fundamental approach is needed to be successful at controlling the takedown or controlling the damage of being taken down and recovering back to the feet.In this lesson the 3 layers of stand up wrestling defence are broken down.