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| Dave Jones Seminar Report |
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| Written by MarkLeonard | |||
| Thursday, 12 November 2009 15:45 | |||
 Friday night featured Next Generation coach Dave Jones running a seminar in the gym, his first visit to Point Blank, and it surely won't be his last! Dave is probably better known to most of the Galway faithful in his capacity as Tribal Warfare referee; Dave is one of Ireland's top referees and officiates for shows around the country.Over the two hours of the seminar Dave took us through a series of chokes and strangles all daisy chained together by counters and re-counters, which made them that much easier to remember. Its small surprise that Dave has been so successful in BJJ given the level of detail he has on each technique he relayed. The D'arce choke has been a problematic submission to finish without piling on the squeeze for many students and it was amazing the way Dave was able to break it down so everyone could finish it with a minimum of squeezing and no cranking to their opponent. Every avenue of counter and re-counter was explored from there providing ample opportunity for Dave to demonstrate the depth of his knowledge in this area.
Dave always comes across as a friendly easy going guy, and his demeanor carries into his coaching, the two hours flew past as he kept us entertained between and during technique descriptions. Although we gained a massive amount of material for just over two hours training, its pretty evident that this was only the tip of the ice berg. Dave's no-gi approach and his awareness of the realities of MMA made him particularly well suited to gym's like Point Blank. Feedback from the participants at the seminar was extremely enthuiastic and we can't wait to have Dave back in the gym again.
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| Last Updated on Thursday, 12 November 2009 16:00 |